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Bog-Spawn
Medium Undead
Hit Dice: 5d12 (32 hp)
Initiative: +6
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)
Armor Class: 16 (+2 Dex, +4 natural),
touch 12, flat-footed 14
Base Attack/Grapple: +2/+3
Attack: Slam +4 melee
Full Attack: Slam +4 melee (1d4+1)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Feed, improved grab,
inject slime
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., undead
traits
Saves: Fort +1, Ref +3, Will +6
The bog-spawn is a grotesque form of
undead formed when bodies die in a swamp
and sink into the murky depths. Sometimes a
bog-spawn is created almost spontaneously from
negative energy in the swamp, but just as often
a new bog-spawn will rise from the among the
uneaten victims of the bog-spawn that killed it.
It appears as a malevolent humanoid whose
eyes burn with a fiery rage. The bog-spawn’s
clothes, if any, hang loosely about its body whilst
its skin is leathery and taut. It hates living creatures
and will attack them on sight.
Combat
The bog-spawn attacks by ramming its
fingers down an enemy’s throat and coating their
lungs with a thick slime that causes suffocation. If
this proves impossible or unwise, the bog-spawn
will pummel a foe with its fists.
Feed (Su): When a bog-spawn slays a
humanoid opponent, it can feed on the corpse,
devouring both flesh and life force, as a full-round
action Feeding destroys the victim’s body and
prevents any form of raising or resurrection that
requires part of the corpse. There is a 50% chance
that a wish, miracle, or true resurrection spell can
restore a devoured victim to life. Check once for
each destroyed creature. If the check fails, the
creature cannot be brought back to life by mortal
magic.
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Abilities: Str 13, Dex 14, Con —, Int 15,
Wis 15, Cha 14
Skills: Climb +7, Hide +9, Listen +9, Move
Silently +9, Search +10, Spot +9, Survival
+2 (+4 following tracks), Swim +7
Feats: Improved Initiative, Weapon Focus
(slam)
Environment: Any marsh
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 5
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always chaotic evil
Advancement: 6-10 HD (Medium); 11-15
HD (Large)
Level Adjustment: —
A bog-spawn advances in Hit Dice by
consuming corpses in this fashion. For every three
suitable corpses a bog-spawn devours, it gains 1
Hit Die, and its Strength, Constitution, and natural
armor increase by +1. Its attack bonus and saves
improve as normal for an undead of its Hit Dice,
and it gains skill points, feats, and ability score
improvements normally.
The bog-spawn only advances by consuming
the corpses of creatures whose Hit Dice or levels
are equal to or greater than its own current total.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a
bog-spawn must hit a Large or smaller opponent
with its slam attack. It can then attempt to start
a grapple as a free action without provoking an
attack of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check,
it establishes a hold and can inject its slime down
the opponent’s throat.
Inject Slime (Ex): On a successful Grapple
check the bog-spawn injects its victim’s lungs
with slime. Each round thereafter, the victim takes
1d6 points of damage as his lungs fill with slime.
Additionally, the victim must succeed on a DC 14
Fortitude save or be unable to act as he chokes.
A remove disease or heal spell will dissolve the
slime if cast before the victim dies. The save DC
is Charisma-based.
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