I hope you enjoy the retributoad and the fantastic illustration by Hugo Solis (https://www.deviantart.com/butterfrog). See you tomorrow!
{Sounds of angry croaking}
This toad has bright
red scales broken up by strange scorch marks and stands as tall as a pony. Its
vestigial wings look like it can barely hold it aloft.
Retributoad CR 4
XP 1,200
CE Medium dragon
Init +5; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light
vision; Perception +10
DEFENSE
AC 17, touch 11,
flat-footed 16 (+1 Dex, +6 natural)
hp 42 (5d12+10)
Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +6
Immune paralysis,
sleep; Resist fire 5
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., fly
20 ft. (clumsy)
Melee bite +9
(1d6+3), 2 claws +8 (1d4+3)
Special Attacks
blood rage, breath weapon (30-ft. cone, 6d6 fire damage, Reflex DC 14 for half,
usable every 1d4 rounds), suppress regeneration, troll foe
STATISTICS
Str 17, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 11, Wis 14, Cha 15
Base Atk +5; CMB +8; CMD 19 (23 vs. trip)
Feats Improved
Initiative, Power Attack, Weapon Focus (bite)
Skills Appraise
+8, Fly +0, Intimidate +10, Knowledge (local) +4 (+16 when identifying giants),
Perception +10, Stealth +9, Survival +10; Racial
Modifiers +12 Knowledge (local) when identifying giants
Languages
Draconic, Giant
ECOLOGY
Environment any
mountains
Organization solitary,
pair, or conflagration (3–8)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Breath Weapon (Su)
A retributoad’s fire resistance does not apply to its, or another
retributoad’s, breath weapon. When the retributoad rages, per its blood rage
ability, and uses its breath weapon, a sphere of fire engulfs the toad, dealing
half damage to it (no save).
Suppress Regeneration
(Su) When a retributoad strikes a creature with its natural attacks, it
suppresses the creature’s regeneration, regardless of the normal means to suppress
the creature’s regeneration.
Troll Foe (Ex) A
retributoad gains a +4 bonus on Perception and Survival checks against trolls.
Additionally, it receives a +4 bonus on attack and damage rolls against them.
Retributoads or troll-killer toads are actually draconic
creatures rather than amphibians. There are various theories about their
origins: they were once frogs bathed in red-dragon blood that produced hybrid
offspring, they were frogs deliberately crossbred with dragons, etc. The most
popular theory, given their prowess at dispatching trolls is that they were
once red dragons, cursed to assume a lesser form in retaliation for their
decision not to destroy an army of trolls. Once they kill an absurd number of
trolls (totaling a million, according to the most prevalent conjecture), they
will return to their true forms.
Whatever their origins, everyone agrees retributoads are
angry creatures. They brook no intrusion upon their territory, which can
measure from something as small as a cave entrance to something as large as
entire mountain, and attack anyone they see with absolutely no warning to turn
away. They make generous use of their fiery breath, curiously even when they
enter a berserker state and their breath backfires on them explosively.
Retributoads eventually calm down if trespassers leave the toads’ assumed
territory and won’t follow those who flee.
This is not the case for trolls, however. Retributoads
absolutely loathe trolls and attack them in preference to any other opponents.
They relentlessly pursue these hated enemies until the trolls or they are dead.
Given most trolls refuse to back down from a fight, casualties mount up quickly
in an encounter between retributoads and trolls.
A retributoad measures 6 feet in length, stands 5 feet tall,
and weighs 400 pounds. While most retributoads don’t live this long, they can
reach 200 years of age.
