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Swamp Troll
Large Giant (Aquatic)
Hit Dice: 3d8+15 (28 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)
Armor Class: 16 (-1 size, +2 Dex, +5
natural), touch 11, flat-footed 14
Base Attack/Grapple: +2/+10
Attack: Claw +5 melee (1d6+4)
Full Attack: 2 claws +5 melee (1d6+4) and
bite +0 melee (1d6+4)
Face/Reach: 10 ft./10 ft.
Special Attacks: —
Special Qualities: Amphibious, darkvision
60 ft., low-light vision, scent, water
dependant
Swamp trolls are large, stocky, dark gray or
brown hunched humanoids. Their flesh is slick and
slimy like moss. Swamp trolls make their lairs
deep in swamp-land and marshes away from more
settled areas, but not far enough away where they
cannot hunt humans if game and other food runs
scarce in the swamps.
Swamp trolls are 7-foot tall with long, thick
arms and legs (both of which end in razor-sharp
talons). A swamp troll’s body is covered with moss
and seaweed, and its hair is dark green or brown.
Large, upward curving fangs jut from its jaws.
Combat
Swamp trolls are aggressive predators that
attack living creatures on sight (especially when
a swamp troll is hungry). When hunting, a swamp
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Saves: Fort +8, Ref +3, Will +0
Abilities: Str 18, Dex 14, Con 20, Int 6, Wis
9, Cha 4
Skills: Hide +3*, Listen +3, Move Silently
+6, Spot +3
Feat: Alertness, Track
Environment: Any marsh
Organization: Solitary or gang (2-4)
Challenge Rating: 3
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always chaotic evil
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: +2
troll moves quietly along, easing closer to its prey
and then finally striking with its claws and bite
when within range. Swamp trolls rarely fight to the
death unless threatened or hungry.
Amphibious (Ex): Swamp trolls can breathe
both air and water, although they rarely leave their
swampy home.
Water Dependant (Ex): Swamp trolls must
keep their bodies covered in a thick coating of mud
and swamp water. Swamp trolls can survive out of
the water away from their murky home for 1 hour
per 2 points of Constitution. After that time, they
begin to drown.
Skills: A swamp troll has a +4 racial bonus
on Hide and Move Silently checks. *A swamp
troll has a +8 racial bonus on Hide checks when in
swampy or forested areas.
Barrier Islands: Long narrow sandbars built up in shallow offshore waters. They run parallel to
the coast and are anywhere from a few hundred yards to several miles in the sea. They are the result
of debris collected where large waves begin to break in shallow waters of continental shelves. Barrier
islands prevent new seawater from penetrating the waters between the shores, creating a lagoon between
the mainland and the barrier island. Over time, mudflats form from deposited silt, turning the lagoon into
marshy waters.
Lagoons: A body of quiet salt or brackish water. They usually form in areas between mainland and a
barrier island or a barrier reef. In the case of barrier islands, lagoons become choked with sediment and/or
silt deposits that become marshes, mudflats, or meadow. In the case of volcanic barrier reefs, the lagoon
will eventually become atolls as volcanoes die and erode away.