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Froghemoth
Number Appearing: 1 (1)
% in Lair: 30%
Alignment: Neutral
Movement: 30' (10')/Swim 90' (30')
Armor Class: 4 (body), 2 (tentacles), 5 (tongue)
Hit Dice: 16
Attacks: 6 (4 tentacles, 1 tongue, 1 bite)
Damage: 1D10 (tentacles), 1D8 (tongue), 4D6 (bite)
Save: F8
Morale: 10
Hoard Class: XIX
XP: 4,200
The froghemoth is a weird aberration that dwells in marshes and swamps. It appears as a huge frog-like creature with 4 large tentacles in place of its front legs, each with AC 2 and 20 hit points; a 10-foot long tongue, with AC 5 and 14 hit points; and a retractable eyestalk on top of its head. Its underbelly is yellow, its body green, and upper legs are mottled green. The froghemoth attacks using its tentacles and tongue to grab opponents. Grabbed opponents are shoved into the froghemoth's mouth.
A grabbed characters is drawn toward the froghemoth's mouth at a rate of 5' per round. He or she may break free by making a successful force doors roll, suffering a -1 penalty for every appendage of the froghemoth that successfully grabbed him or her (but a roll of 1 on 1D6 always succeeds). Those drawn into the creature's mouth suffer 4D6 points of damage immediately from its teeth and an additional 1d8 points of damage from digestive juices every round until either the grabbed character or the froghemoth is dead.
Froghemoths are immune to the damage of all electrical attacks, but are slowed for one round after each successful attack involving electricity.
The Froghemoth is one of my all-time favorite monsters.
ReplyDeleteThis thing always terrified me when I first started playing. I had a killer DM, this guy Tony was savage. Liquidated 1/2 dozen of my PCs and when we hit this guy in a swamp in the middle of nowhere I knew right off I was a goner, sure enough 1/3 the party dies and the rest run away.
ReplyDeleteI learned the true meaning of Fear and that even heroes DO run sometimes.
There's no way I'd fight one...
ReplyDeleteWhat...No Vegapygmies?!
ReplyDeleteHeh
Funny..It's listed in the Monster Manual II.
ReplyDeleteWhile the current wording is evocative, I think you meant to say that a froghemoth DWELLS in marshes and swamps.
ReplyDeleteDevisor,
ReplyDeleteProbably I did :)
I think it was the first beastie I used out of MM2.
ReplyDelete*Punches the air* YES!
ReplyDeleteThanks James, you are a true scholar of grognardic lore as well as a gentleman!
Classic Otus.This is the one module I wish they made a sequel for.
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