Giant Toad
Creature 2 — animal
Pre-Remaster content. May include legacy alignment.
WeaverAnvilLANDanimal
Most giant toads live in dry environments, particularly deserts, and eagerly eat almost any creature smaller than themselves. They're known to eat giant rats, then take over the rats' burrows as homes. Giant toads have large poison glands behind their eyes that enable them to coat their skin with poison. This leads to them having very few natural predators, and populations can quickly explode if left unchecked. While most consider giant toads dangerous pests, some groups of ogres and hill giants
Source: pathfinder-bestiary-2 (Pre-Remaster)
Perception +8; low-light-vision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Skills athletics +9 (+11 to High Jump or Long Jump), stealth +6
Str
+5
Dex
+2
Con
+3
Int
-4
Wis
+2
Cha
-2
AC 17
Fort +9
Ref +8
Will +6
HP 36
Speed 25 feet
Offense
Melee Bite +11, Damage 1d8+5 piercing plus Grab
Melee Tongue (reach-10) +11, Damage 1d4 bludgeoning plus Tongue Grab
Abilities
Poisonous Warts — Any creature that hits the giant toad with an unarmed Strike or otherwise touches the toad is exposed to giant toad poison.
Giant Toad Poison (poison) — Saving Throw DC 19 Fortitude
Maximum Duration 6 rounds
Stage 1 Stupefied 1 (1 round)
Stage 2 Stupefied 1 and Confused (1 round)
Maximum Duration 6 rounds
Stage 1 Stupefied 1 (1 round)
Stage 2 Stupefied 1 and Confused (1 round)
Swallow Whole (attack) — Medium, 1d8+2 bludgeoning damage, Rupture 8
The monster attempts to swallow a creature of the listed size or smaller that it has grabbed or restrained in its jaws or mouth. If a swallowed creature is of the maximum size listed, the monster can't use Swallow Whole again. If the creature is smaller than the maximum, the monster can usually swallow more creatures; the GM determines the maximum. The monster attempts an Athletics check opposed by the grabbed creature's Reflex DC. If it succeeds, it swallows the creature. The monster's mouth or jaws no longer grab a creature it has swallowed, so the monster is free to use them to Strike or Grab once again. The monster can't attack creatures it has swallowed.
A swallowed creature is Grabbed, is Slowed 1, and has to hold its breath or start suffocating. The swallowed creature takes the listed amount of damage when first swallowed and at the end of each of its turns while it's swallowed. If the victim Escapes this ability's grabbed condition, it exits through the monster's mouth. This frees any other creature grabbed in the monster's mouth or jaws. A swallowed creature can attack the monster that has swallowed it, but only with unarmed attacks or with weapons of light Bulk or less. The swallowing creature is Off-Guard against the attack. If the monster takes piercing or slashing damage equaling or exceeding the listed Rupture value from a single attack or spell, the swallowed creature cuts itself free. A creature that gets free by either Escaping or cutting itself free can immediately breathe and exits the swallowing monster's space.
Effect: Engulf and Swallow Whole
If the monster dies, a swallowed creature can be freed by creatures adjacent to the corpse if they spend a combined total of 3 actions cutting the monster open with a weapon or unarmed attack that deals piercing or slashing damage.
The monster attempts to swallow a creature of the listed size or smaller that it has grabbed or restrained in its jaws or mouth. If a swallowed creature is of the maximum size listed, the monster can't use Swallow Whole again. If the creature is smaller than the maximum, the monster can usually swallow more creatures; the GM determines the maximum. The monster attempts an Athletics check opposed by the grabbed creature's Reflex DC. If it succeeds, it swallows the creature. The monster's mouth or jaws no longer grab a creature it has swallowed, so the monster is free to use them to Strike or Grab once again. The monster can't attack creatures it has swallowed.
A swallowed creature is Grabbed, is Slowed 1, and has to hold its breath or start suffocating. The swallowed creature takes the listed amount of damage when first swallowed and at the end of each of its turns while it's swallowed. If the victim Escapes this ability's grabbed condition, it exits through the monster's mouth. This frees any other creature grabbed in the monster's mouth or jaws. A swallowed creature can attack the monster that has swallowed it, but only with unarmed attacks or with weapons of light Bulk or less. The swallowing creature is Off-Guard against the attack. If the monster takes piercing or slashing damage equaling or exceeding the listed Rupture value from a single attack or spell, the swallowed creature cuts itself free. A creature that gets free by either Escaping or cutting itself free can immediately breathe and exits the swallowing monster's space.
Effect: Engulf and Swallow Whole
If the monster dies, a swallowed creature can be freed by creatures adjacent to the corpse if they spend a combined total of 3 actions cutting the monster open with a weapon or unarmed attack that deals piercing or slashing damage.
Tongue Grab — A creature hit by the giant toad's tongue becomes Grabbed by the giant toad. The creature isn't Immobilized, but it can't move beyond the reach of the toad's tongue. A creature can sever the tongue with a successful Strike against AC 15 that deals at least 6 slashing damage.
This deals no damage to the toad but prevents it from using its tongue Strike until it regrows its tongue, which takes a week.
This deals no damage to the toad but prevents it from using its tongue Strike until it regrows its tongue, which takes a week.
Grab —
WORKS WELL WITH
CrasherLANDThe toad's tongue pull and Swallow Whole immobilize a target for a Crasher to follow up with area damage.
FlankerLANDWhile the toad grapples a primary target, a Flanker harries other foes and exploits the distracted positioning.
MenderLANDThe toad's frontline grapple playstyle demands active healing to survive multiple rounds of focused fire.
PUNISHES
✖ ranged positioning✖ unarmed attacks✖ clumping
Works well with · Punishes · Pairing advice
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