I hope you enjoy the soppy frog, and I'll see you tomorrow with the next frog!
Woe is me
This pathetic creature
looks like a damp dishcloth cut into the shape of a frog.
Soppy Frog CR 1/2
XP 200
N Tiny magical beast
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light
vision; Perception +4
DEFENSE
AC 14, touch 14,
flat-footed 12 (+2 Dex, +2 size)
hp 7 (1d10+2)
Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +0
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.,
climb 10 ft., swim 20 ft.
Melee slam –1
(1d2–4
plus strength sponge)
Space 2–1/2
ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Special Attacks
strength sponge
STATISTICS
Str 2, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 9
Base Atk +1; CMB +1; CMD 7 (11 vs. trip)
Feats Go
Unnoticed[APG]
Skills Climb +10,
Perception +4, Swim +10
ECOLOGY
Environment
temperate or warm swamps
Organization solitary,
pair, or stack (3–12)
Treasure none
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Strength Sponge (Ex)
If a soppy frog succeeds in hitting a target’s touch AC, it inflicts 1d4 points
of Strength damage to the target (Fortitude DC 12 half). If the frog
successfully inflicts Strength damage to the target, it gains a bonus to its
Strength equal to half the damage dealt (minimum 1). The save DC is
Constitution-based.
For every 2 points of Strength the soppy frog gains this
way, it adds 1 to its attack and damage rolls, CMB, and CMD. If it gains a
bonus to its Strength equal to 8 or more, it increases to Small size, gains a
+4 size bonus to Constitution (increasing its hit points by 2 per HD, and
increasing the save DC against this ability by 2), takes a –2
penalty to Dexterity (reducing its AC and touch AC by 1), increases its natural
armor bonus by 2, and increases its space and reach to 5 feet. The increase in
size also imposes a –1 penalty on its AC and attack rolls.
The Strength bonus lasts for 1 hour, at which time the soppy
frog returns to its normal size.
Soppy frogs are bizarre creatures that seem utterly harmless
and attempt to parlay that into surprise attacks where they absorb the might of
their victims. They start off flat and shriveled, but as they drain more power
from their prey, they fill out into normal frog-like shapes as they grow to
twice their original size. They leave their ragged victims behind, too weak to
fend for themselves.
Soppy frogs are used by hags and undead that haunt the
swamps the frogs call home. The frogs are more of a nuisance to those powerful
enough to take on the more intelligent swamp denizens employing them, but the
frogs might weaken sword arms just enough to turn the tide for their keepers.
Their use by hags enforces a common belief that the frogs are the remains of a
civilization cursed by hags to take their dejected form.
