Monster Geographica Marsh & Aquatic.PDF

Monster

Geographica:

Marsh &Aquatic

Monster Selection and Design: Joseph Browning, and Suzi Yee

Conversion and Editing: Kevin Baase, Eric Jansing,

Joseph Browning, and Suzi Yee

Art: Ravindra Rana

Expeditious Retreat Press

Alphabetical Listing of Monsters

Marshwillow .............................................56

Marsh Assassin .........................................16

Marsh Babbler ...........................................25

Melboreth...................................................57

Memory Moss............................................49

Merchant’s Bane ........................................57

Mire Horror................................................67

Mire Walker ...............................................10

Mokele M’bembe.......................................90

Morgathrell ................................................94

Morou-Ngou ..............................................67

Mud Elemental...........................................77

Mummy of the Deep..................................39

Mustard Jelly..............................................68

Myrcloud....................................................58

Narwhale....................................................94

Nereid.........................................................58

Night-Blooming Lotus...............................68

Njuzu..........................................................16

Nommo ......................................................78

Northern Sea Dragon ...............................101

Orb Beast ...................................................95

Orcam...........................................................6

Pelagian Makara.........................................10

Piranha Swarm...........................................17

Plague Bringer ...........................................69

Plesiogigan.................................................93

Poisonous Frog Swarm..............................18

Puddle Stalker............................................26

Pumina Snake.............................................78

Quisloi........................................................26

Rakklethorn Toad.......................................11

Ravelly Pad................................................49

Reef Golem................................................84

Renzer (Devilin) .......................................59

Retch Hound ..............................................27

Riptide Horror............................................79

River Temptress ........................................27

Rootbeast....................................................39

Russet Diver...............................................92

Rust Fern ...................................................28

Samebito ....................................................39

Sand Sifter..................................................86

Sanguine Stalker ........................................87

Scalewhale .................................................69

Scuttling Ooze............................................70

Sea Giant.................................................97

Sea Gypsy ..................................................18

Sea Scorned................................................70

Sea Walker .................................................49

Sebrein......................................................28

Serpentine ..................................................28

Sharkman ...................................................40

Shipwreck Ooze.........................................50

Shojo..........................................................11

Sinew Dragger ...........................................50

Skin Wraith ................................................19

Skresh.........................................................51

Skull of the Deep .......................................71

Slaver .........................................................71

Slithervine....................................................4

Sloth Viper .................................................29

Smoke Dragon ...........................................19

Soultrapper.................................................29

Spearisher..................................................30

Spinal Leech...............................................20

Spindleshank..............................................51

Spitting Octopus ......................................100

Stilt Beetle..................................................40

Stinging Grappler.......................................99

Stymphalian Bird.......................................41

Suffocation Jelly ........................................20

Sunset Ooze ...............................................30

Swamp Hellion...........................................79

Swamp Troll...............................................31

Tangleiend ................................................59

Thet............................................................60

Transposer..................................................52

Treell..........................................................87

Tusked Terror.............................................72

Vampiric Ooze ...........................................80

Vendrin.......................................................72

Vine of Decay ............................................60

War Snail..................................................100

War Whale..................................................85

Waterbaby ..................................................52

Waterlight...................................................20

Waterlost ....................................................21

Well Haunt ................................................31

Whipstriker ................................................32

Winterbrood Fury.......................................53

Wish Fish ...................................................11

Adithari......................................................41

Ahlinni (Cackle Bird) ................................32

Aquane.......................................................80

Arageld.........................................................5

Arcanodile .................................................61

Archer Clam...............................................42

Argill..........................................................21

Asrai...........................................................42

Assassin Colony.........................................73

Awabi.........................................................33

Barrow Roach ............................................12

Bayowulf....................................................53

Blackwater Slough.....................................96

Blight Belcher............................................54

Blind Lasher...............................................81

Bloodlust Willow.......................................61

Bloodworms...............................................54

Blood Golem..............................................55

Blood Naga ................................................88

Boalisk .......................................................33

Bog-Spawn.................................................43

Boggart.......................................................62

Bog Beast...................................................43

Bog Creeper...............................................73

Bog Mummy..............................................55

Bog Slain......................................................7

Brine Zombie...............................................7

Brown Pudding ..........................................62

Carp Eater ....................................................8

Cephalarcane..............................................85

Cerebral Stalker .........................................74

Cloud Walker ...............................................8

Coral Snare.................................................44

Corrosion Grub ..........................................12

Crimson Moth............................................88

Crystal Ooze...............................................34

Cuttershark ................................................81

Dank ..........................................................63

Deep Blue Ooze.........................................44

Delusion Hummer........................................6

Devil Bine..................................................22

Devil Fish.....................................................6

Dingonek....................................................45

Dire Piranha.................................................8

Discordant Fiddler .....................................45

Diseased Boar ............................................46

Dragonish..................................................13

Dragonship.................................................86

Drowner Fish ..............................................5

Encephalon Gorger ....................................74

Epicurean ...................................................34

Eyeburn Eel..................................................9

Eye of the Deep..........................................75

Feasting Fratricide .....................................22

Fen Vapor...................................................35

Fen Witch...................................................46

Filth Belcher...............................................13

Filth Gator..................................................35

Firetide Hunter...........................................92

Fisherman...................................................82

Floating Dead.............................................36

Fog Strider .................................................36

Froghemoth................................................93

Fukuranbou................................................47

Fungoid......................................................23

Gator Folk..................................................47

Gharian ......................................................37

Giant Anemone ..........................................76

Giant Bog Turtle ........................................90

Giant Caribe.................................................9

Giant Cone Shell........................................23

Giant Sea Slug............................................91

Giant Slug ..................................................56

Giant Snapping Turtle................................82

Giant Water Beetle.....................................23

Gloomfog...................................................56

Glowing Frog...............................................9

Goldencrest................................................63

Gray Lady ..................................................14

Grethell ......................................................14

Groaning Spirit...........................................64

Growler Lizard ..........................................24

Grumpet .....................................................64

Hook Squid ................................................24

Iridescent Coral..........................................15

Iron Crab....................................................65

Jastra Root..................................................65

Juhivai........................................................89

Kalavij........................................................98

Kari Dragon ...............................................48

Kelp Devil..................................................76

Kelp Stalker ...............................................48

Klorthack Spine .........................................37

Lady-in-Waiting.........................................66

Lake Hag....................................................38

Latch Toad..................................................38

Lau .............................................................98

Leechman...................................................25

Lesser Sea Giant ........................................91

Lightmaw...................................................83

Lightning Ray ............................................66

Littoral Makara ..........................................15

Lost Sailors ................................................77

Lurking Lizard.............................................4

Malamari....................................................83

Mammoth Slug ..........................................84

Mantafai.....................................................10

Marshlight..................................................89

Monsters By Type

Plant: Slithervine (4),Iridescent Coral

(2), Devil Bine (3), Fungoid (3), Rust Fern (3),

Soultrapper (3), Rootbeast (4), Kelp Stalker (5),

Ravelly Pad (5), Gloomfog (6), Marshwillow (6),

Myrcloud (6), Tangleiend (6), Bloodlust Willow

(7), Jastra Root (7), Night-Blooming Lotus (7),

Assassin Colony (8), Bog Creeper (8), Kelp Devil

(8), Treell (10)

(Psionic): Rootbeast (4), Waterbaby (5), Night-

Blooming Lotus (7), Juhivai (11), Kalavij (16)

(Reptilian): Quisloi (3), Gharian (4), Skresh

(5), Spindleshank (5)

(Shapechanger): Transposer (5), Nommo (8)

(Swarm): Piranha Swarm (2), Poisonous

Frog Swarm (2), Waterlight (2), Myrcloud (6)

Undead: Bog Slain (1), Brine Zombie (1),

Mire Walker (1), Barrow Roach (2), Gray Lady

(2), Skin Wraith (2), Waterlost (2), Well Haunt

(3), Filth Gator (4), Floating Dead (4), Fog Strider

(4), Lake Hag (4), Mummy of the Deep (4), Bog-

Spawn (5), Fukuranbou (5), Sinew Dragger (5),

Waterbaby (5), Bog Mummy (6), Vine of Decay

(6), Groaning Spirit (7), Lady-in-Waiting (7), Sea

Scorned (7), Skull of the Deep (7), Lost Sailors (8),

Vampiric Ooze (8)

Vermin: Delusion Hummer (2),

Corrosion Grub (2), Giant Water Beetle

(3), Spearisher (3), Stilt Beetle (4), Archer Clam

(5), Giant Slug (6), Mammoth Slug (9), Crimson

Moth (11), Giant Sea Slug (12), War Snail (16)

(Water): Njuzu (2), Nereid (6), Mud

Elemental (8), Northern Sea Dragon (20)

Flora and Fauna

Animals: Angler Lizard (87), Benzer’s

Sponge (22), Blood Floater (43), Collector Crab

(27), Comb Jellies (5), Cowish (21), Floatstep

Flower (99), Golomyanka (62), Mudskippers (45),

Rot Plankton (25), Salty Spartina (41)

Features: Barrier Islands (31), Bogs (15),

Brine Lakes (67), Coral Reef (25), Estuaries (33),

Fens (15), Green Iceburgs (4), Kelp Jungles (72),

Lagoons (31), Mangrove Swamps (96), Peatlands

(15), Sargassum (18), Wetlands (15),

Hazards: Doldrums (76), Gas Hydrates (19),

Mud Flats (33), Scurvy (36), Quaking Bog (4)

Plants: Breather Berries (15), Glowbies

(67), Greater Bladderwort (32), Mage Spores (52),

Mermaids Kiss (84), Trollsbane (18)

Aberration: Grethell (2), Feasting Fratricide

(3), Leechman (3), Fen Vapor (4), Klorthack

Spine (4), Coral Snare (5), Boggart (7), Dank

(7), Grumpet (7), Mire Horror (7), Slaver (7),

Cerebral Stalker (8), Encephalon Gorger (8), Eye

of the Deep (8), Aquane (9), Sanguine Stalker (10),

Blood Naga (11), Juhivai (11), Froghemoth (13),

Orb Beast (14), Kalavij (16), Lau (16)

(Air): Smoke Dragon (2), Boggart (7)

Animal: Lurking Lizard (4), Drowner

Fish (3),Dire Piranha (1), Eyeburn Eel (1), Giant

Caribe (1), Piranha Swarm (2), Poisonous Frog

Swarm (2), Giant Cone Shell (3), Growler Lizard

(3), Hook Squid (3), Sebrein (3), Serpentine (3),

Whipstriker (3), Diseased Boar (5), Bloodworm

(6), Scalewhale (7), Tusked Terror (7), Giant

Anemone (8), Pumina Snake (8), Cuttershark (9),

Giant Snapping Turtle (9), War Whale (9), Mokele

M’bembe (11), Spitting Octopus (17)

(Aquatic): Lurking Lizard (4), Drowner

Fish (3), Arageld (2), Devil Fish (2),Brine

Zombie (1), Cloud Walker (1), Dire Piranha (1),

Giant Caribe (1), Glowing Frog (1), Mantafai (1),

Pelagian Makara (1), Wish Fish (1), Dragonish

(2), Littoral Makara (2), Piranha Swarm (2), Sea

Gypsy (2), Suffocation Jelly (2), Waterlight (2),

Waterlost (2), Feasting Fratricide (3), Giant Cone

Shell (3), Giant Water Beetle (3), Hook Squid

(3), Quisloi (3), River Temptress (3), Sebrein

(3), Serpentine (3), Swamp Troll (3), Awabi (4),

Crystal Ooze (4), Klorthack Spine (4), Mummy

of the Deep (4), Samebito (4), Sharkman (4),

Archer Clam (5), Asrai (5), Coral Snare (5),

Dingonek (5), Discordant Fiddler (5), Kelp

Stalker (5), Shipwreck Ooze (5), Spindleshank (5),

Waterbaby (5), Blight Belcher (6), Bloodworm

(6), Melboreth (6), Merchant’s Bane (6), Renzer

(6), Dank (7), Iron Crab (7), Lightning Ray (7),

Morou-Ngou (7), Scalewhale (7), Skull of the

Deep (7), Tusked Terror (7), Vendrin (7), Eye of

the Deep (8), Giant Anemone (8), Kelp Devil (8),

Nommo (8), Pumina Snake (8), Riptide Horror (8),

Aquane (9), Cuttershark (9), Fisherman (9), Giant

Snapping Turtle (9), Lightmaw (9), Malamari

(9), Reef Golem (9), Cephalarcane (10), Sand

Sifter (10), Juhivai (11), Marshlight (11), Mokele

M’bembe (11), Giant Sea Slug (12), Lesser Sea

Giant (12), Russet Diver (12), Firetide Hunter

(13), Morgathrell (14), Narwhale (14), Sea Giant

(15), Kalavij (16), Stinging Grappler (16), Spitting

Octopus (17)

(Chaotic): Devil Fish (2)

(Cold): Northern Sea Dragon (20)

Construct: Blood Golem (6), Reef Golem

(9), Dragonship (10)

Dragon: Smoke Dragon (2), Northern Sea

Dragon (20)

(Earth): Mud Elemental (8)

Elemental: Njuzu (2), Waterlight (2), Mud

Elemental (8)

(Evil): Devil Fish (2), Filth Belcher (2),

Fisherman (9), Malamari (9)

(Extraplanar): Encephalon Gorger (8),

Malamari (9), Blood Naga (11)

Fey: Mantafai (1), River Temptress (3),

Winterbrood Fury (5), Nereid (6)

(Fire): Waterlight(2), Asrai (5)

Giant: Swamp Troll (3), Adithari (5),

Merchant’s Bane (6), Lesser Sea Giant (12), Sea

Giant (15)

Hazard : Spinal Leech (2), Memory Moss (5)

Humaniod: Arageld (2), Orcam (2), Cloud

Walker (1), Quisloi (3), Skresh (5), Spindleshank (5)

(Incorporeal): Gray Lady (2), Well Haunt

(3), Fog Strider (4), Groaning Spirit (7), Lady-

in-Waiting (7), Sea Scorned (7), Blood Naga (11),

Russet Diver (12)

Magical Beast: Glowing Frog (1), Pelagian

Makara (1), Rakklethorn Toad (1), Wish Fish (1),

Dragonish (2), Littoral Makara (2), Puddle Stalker

(3), Retch Hound (3), Sloth Viper (3), Ahlinni

(4), Boalisk (4), Epicurean (4), Latch Toad (4),

Stymphalian Bird (4), Dingonek (5), Discordant

Fiddler (5), Kari Dragon (5), Sea Walker (5),

Bayowulf (6), Blight Belcher (6), Melboreth (6),

Renzer (6), Thet (6), Arcanodile (7), Iron Crab (7),

Lightning Ray (7), Morou-Ngou (7), Vendrin (7),

Riptide Horror (8), Blind Lasher (9), Lightmaw

(9), Cephalarcane (10), Sand Sifter (10), Giant

Bog Turtle (12), Firetide Hunter (13), Morgathrell

(14), Narwhale (14), Stinging Grappler (16)

Monstrous Humanoid: Carp Eater (1),

Shojo (1), Marsh Assassin (2), Sea Gypsy (2),

Argill(3), Marsh Babbler (3), Awabi (4), Gharian

(4), Samebito (4), Sharkman (4), Bog Beast (5),

Fen Witch (5), Gator Folk (5), Plague Bringer (7),

Nommo (8), Swamp Hellion (8), Plesiogigan (13)

(Native): Devil Fish (2), Filth Belcher (2), Njuzu

(2), Waterlight (2), Transposer (5), Mud Elemental

(8), Fisherman (9)

Ooze: Suffocation Jelly (2), Sunset Ooze (3),

Crystal Ooze (4), Deep Blue Ooze (5), Shipwreck

Ooze (5), Brown Pudding (7), Goldencrest (7),

Mustard Jelly (7), Scuttling Ooze (7), Marshlight

(11), Blackwater Slough (15)

Outsider: Devil Fish (2), Filth Belcher (2),

Transposer (5), Fisherman (9), Malamari (9)

Introduction

First, thanks for supporting Expeditious Retreat Press and the Monster Geographica Line. Second,

this is quite a book you’ve got in your hands.

Monster Geographica books compile 200 monsters found in speciic terrains, collected from over

20 different sources into one inexpensive resource. In each Monster Geographica book, up to 50% of the

monsters are from 3.0 sources, updated for a 3.5 game. Arranged by increasing challenge rating with an

alphabetical table of contents and creature listing by type, Monster Geographica books are easy to use

from many different approaches.

Need a CR7 monster? All CR7 monsters are next to each other with challenge rating markers on the

upper corner of each page. Need a CR4 undead? Monsters By Type list all monsters by type and subtype

in ascending challenge rating and list each monster’s CR in parenthesis. Due to its unique organization,

Monster Geographica books are ideal monster supplements for random encounters, adventure building,

and campaign design.

Monster Geographica: Marsh & Aquatic is the second book in the Monster Geographica line,

preceded by Monster Geographica: Underground . As with Monster Geographica: Underground , we

have maintained our no-internal art policy that allows us to offer customers 200 monsters for $20.

For those customers who are interested in visual aids, we are pleased to announce Fiery Dragon

Productions’ Counter Collection: Murky Depths and Slimy Shores , which contains counters for all 200

monsters found in Monster Geographica: Marsh & Aquatic along with other creatures of the wetlands

and water.

Look for Monster Geographica: Forest in April 2005. And don’t forget to pick up Fiery Dragon’s

Counter Collection: Murky Depths and Slimy Shores .

Good Gaming,

Suzi and Joe

P.S. Scattered throughout the book are Flora and Fauna sections which contain information

appropriate to the terrain type. Although some are not strictly lora nor fauna, they help lesh out the

setting for players and game masters alike.

P.P.S. A special thanks to the people at the Creature Catalog Forums at www.enworld.org.

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Lurking Lizard

Slithervine

Tiny Plant

Hit Dice: 1d8 (4 hp)

Initiative: +5

Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares)

Armor Class: 19 (+2 size, +5 Dex, +2

natural), touch 17, lat-footed 14

Base Attack/Grapple: +0/-11

Attack: Thorn rake +7 melee (1d3-3)

Full Attack: Thorn rake +7 melee (1d3-3)

Space/Reach: 2-2 ft./0 ft.

Special Attacks: Tear cloud

Special Qualities: Blindsight 60 ft.,

camoulage, plant traits, telepathy

Saves: Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +2

Abilities: Str 4, Dex 20, Con 10, Int 11, Wis

15, Cha 6

Skills: Hide +14, Listen +6, Move Silently

Feats: Ability Focus (tear cloud), Weapon

Finesse B

Environment: Warm marshes and forests

Organization: Solitary or hedge (2-12)

Challenge Rating: 4

Treasure: None

Alignment: Usually neutral

Advancement: 2 HD (Tiny); 3 HD (Small)

Level Adjustment: —

Tiny Animal (Aquatic)

Hit Dice: 2d8-4 (5 hp)

Initiative: +3

Speed: Swim 5 ft. (1 square)

Armor Class: 11 (+2 size, -1 Dex), touch

11, lat-footed 11

Base Attack/Grapple: +1/-10 (+2 when

attached)

Attack: 2 hooks +0 melee (1d3-3 plus

poison)

Full Attack: 2 hooks +0 melee (1d3-3 plus

poison)

Space/Reach: 2 2 ft./0 ft.

Special Attacks: Attach, poison

Special Qualities: Low-light vision

Saves: Fort +1, Ref +2, Will -2

Abilities: Str 5, Dex 9, Con 6, Int 1, Wis 6,

Cha 2

Skills: Hide +9, Spot +2, Swim +5

Feats: Improved Initiative

Environment: Temperate aquatic and marsh

Organization: Colony (5-10)

Challenge Rating: 4

Alignment: Always neutral

Advancement: 3-4 HD (Tiny); 5-6 HD

(Small)

Level Adjustment: —

The sly and slippery slithervine is an

intelligent race of mobile plants created by an evil

wizard in her experimental garden. The slithervine

is rather innocuous looking, consisting of a

collection of green leafy vines and roots, topped

by a short central stalk somewhat resembling an

ear of corn. This stalk really is an ear, and is highly

sensitive to all frequencies of sound. This ability,

coupled with the plant’s inconspicuous appearance

and a limited telepathy, make the slithervine a

highly coveted spy and servant.

A slithervine requires blood from its

master to genetically bond to him. Once bonded,

the slithervine gains the ability to understand

its master’s language, and can communicate

telepathically. Slithervines can be bonded to more

than one master at a time. Other than their master’s

language, slithervines also generally understand

the common tongue, although they cannot

physically speak.

Slithervines not well treated by their

masters often provide incomplete or misleading

information, and may attempt to auction off the

knowledge they absorb to others desirous of it. A

slithervine considers the good life to be lots of sun

and water, rich soil, regular grooming, and plenty

of interesting conversations to overhear.

Combat

A slithervine is not well equipped for

combat. It can defend itself from small predators

with its thorny vines, but against larger foes it is

ineffective. If cornered, the slithervine releases

a cloud of blinding pollen and tries to slip away

in the resulting confusion. Fleeing slithervines

normally head for foliage to hide.

Tear Cloud (Ex): A slithervine can release a

cloud of stinging pollen into the air as a standard

action. Any creature within 15 feet must succeed

on a DC 12 Fortitude save or be blinded for 1d4

rounds. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Blindsight (Ex): A slithervine has no eyes,

but uses heat, sound, and telepathy to view its

surroundings up to a range of 60 feet. Beyond

that range, it is considered blinded. A slithervine

is invulnerable to gaze attacks, visual effects of

spells such as illusions, and other attack forms that

rely on sight.

Camoulage (Ex): Unless a slithervine is

moving, it is unlikely that characters see it as

anything other than an ordinary plant. A character

can recognize a slithervine on a DC 15 Survival or

Knowledge (nature) check.

Telepathy (Su): A slithervine can mentally

record and relay anything it senses directly

into the mind of its master, up to a maximum

range of one mile. Information must be relayed

within 24 hours, or it is lost, and only a general

synopsis can be transmitted. This communication

is only one way unless the plant’s master also is

telepathic. Relaying information is a move action.

Slithervines can also communicate telepathically

with all intelligent creatures up to a range of 60

feet.

Campaign

The slithervine is designed to be a spy for

the campaign’s villains. The creature works best

in an outdoor environment, although it can be used

in cities and dungeons if appropriate places are

arranged for it to hide. Most villains place these

plants on the outskirts of their domains or at key

locations to warn them of intruders. The slithervine

also makes a good double agent. If discovered, it

may offer up its master’s secrets in return for

sparing its life. It’s also possible for the PCs to

employ these vines for their own protection.

The lily pad shifts upon the pond’s surface,

revealing itself to instead be a kind of enveloping

hood for a tiny lizard-like animal. The creature

pokes its head above water and looks around with

deep sapphire-blue eyes as brilliant as jewels. Its

coloring goes from the pale green of its head and

hood to a dark, greenish-black lower body and

tail.

Combat

The lurking lizard kills its prey through a

combination of suffocation and poisoning. Its

hood constricts around its prey with surprising

strength, and inward-curving hooks dig deep into

the lesh, injecting poison and making escape for

the victim that much harder. Finally, the creature

uses its powerfully muscled tail to pull itself

deeper underwater, hopefully drowning the victim

if the poison is not suficient for the task.

The lurking lizard stings its prey with poison

hooks that contain a powerful paralytic toxin.

Attach (Ex): If a lurking lizard hits with

both hook attacks, it uses them to latch onto the

opponent’s body. An attached lurking lizard is

effectively grappling its prey, and holds on with

great tenacity, dealing hook and poison damage

each round. Lurking lizards have a +12 racial

bonus on grapple checks (already igured into the

Base Attack/Grapple entry above).

An attached lurking lizard can be struck with

a weapon or grappled itself. To remove an attached

lurking lizard through grappling, the opponent

must achieve a pin against the lurking lizard.

Poison (Ex): Injury, Fortitude DC 9, initial

and secondary damage 1d2 Dex. The save DC is

Constitution-based.

Skills: A lurking lizard has a +8 racial bonus

on any Swim check to perform some special action

or avoid a hazard. It can always choose to take 10

on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered.

It can use the run action while swimming, provided

it swims in a straight line.

Flora and Fauna

Quaking Bogs: These bogs form when a lake basin slowly ills in from above as layer after layer

of sphagnum moss falls to the lake loor. Eventually large loating mats of moss completely cover large

pools of water, creating a death trap for any unlucky or foolish creature.

Green Iceburgs: When a glacier moves over seawater, forming an ice shelf, bits of seawater rich

in organic material freeze onto the underside of the shelf. When an iceberg calves off of the ice shelf, it

usually lips, exposing part of the green underside. Most ice shelves contain no green ice.

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1/3 Drowner Fish

Arageld

Arageld, 1st-Level Warrior

Medium Humanoid (Aquatic)

Hit Dice: 1d8 (4 hp)

Initiative: +0

Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares), swim 20 ft. (4

squares)

Armor Class: 12 (+2 leather armor), touch 10,

lat-footed 12

Base Attack/Grapple: +1/+0

Attack: Spear +0 melee (1d8-1/x3) or claw +0

melee (1d3-1) or javelin +1 ranged (1d6-1)

Full Attack: Spear +0 melee (1d8-1/x3) or 2

claws +0 melee (1d3-1) or javelin +1 ranged

(1d6-1)

Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.

Special Attacks: —

Special Qualities: Amphibious adaptation,

darkvision 60 ft., freshwater sensitivity,

light sensitivity

Saves: Fort +2, Ref +0, Will +2

Abilities: Str 9, Dex 11, Con 10, Int 12, Wis 11,

Cha 10

Skills: Disable Device +5, Listen +2, Open

Lock +4, Search +3, Spot +2, Swim +9

Feats: Iron Will

Environment: Temperate aquatic

Organization: Solitary, squad (2-4), lock

(11-24 plus 2 3rd-level wizards and 1 leader

of 3rd-6th level), or shoal (20-120 plus 150%

noncombatants plus 1 3rd-level wizard per 10

adults, 5 5th-level lieutenants, and 3 7th-level

clerics)

Challenge Rating: 2

Treasure: Standard

Alignment: Often neutral

Advancement: By character class

Level Adjustment: +0

Tiny Animal (Aquatic)

Hit Dice: 1d8-1(3 hp)

Initiative: +0

Speed: Swim 60 ft. (12 squares)

Armor Class: 12 (+2 size), touch 12, lat-

footed 12

Base Attack/Grapple: +0/-8 (+4 when

attached)

Attack: Bite +2 melee (1d3)

Full Attack: Bite +2 melee (1d3)

Space/Reach: 2 2 ft. /0 ft.

Special Attacks: Improved grab, sink

Special Qualities: Low-light vision

Saves: Fort +1, Ref +2, Will -1

Abilities: Str 10, Dex 10, Con 9, Int 1,Wis 9,

Cha 4

Skills: Hide +16, Listen +3, Spot +3, Swim

Feats: Alertness

Environment: Temperate aquatic

Organization: Solitary or school (3-6)

Challenge Rating: 3

Advancement: 2 HD (Tiny); 3 HD (Small)

Alignment: Always neutral

Level Adjustment: —

This freshwater ish is a dark grayish-brown

in color, dificult to see against the muddy river

bottom. It is long and thin, roughly almost a foot and

a half in length. Its large mouth expands horizontally

as it rises from the depths to engulf its prey.

Combat

The drowner ish’s method of attack is simple

and quite effective, with it acting as a millstone

and dragging a victim to a watery grave. Its jaws

are mostly cartilage, making them highly elastic,

yet quite strong and very dificult to remove once

they have closed around a hand or foot. To make

matters worse, a thrashing victim often attracts

other drowner ish in the area, hoping for a meal of

their own.

Attach (Ex): If a drowner ish hits with its

bite attack, it latches onto the opponent’s body. An

attached drowner ish is effectively grappling its

prey, and holds on with great tenacity. Drowner

ish have a +12 racial bonus on grapple checks

(already igured into the Base Attack/Grapple

entry above).

An attached drowner ish can be struck with

a weapon or grappled itself. To remove an attached

drowner ish through grappling, the opponent must

achieve a pin against the drowner ish.

Sink (Ex): A drowner ish that gets a hold

begins to swell, effectively doubling its body

weight each round, and propel itself downward. A

creature so held must succeed on a DC 10 Swim

check each round, or begin to sink down with the

pull of the drowner ish. The check DC has a -1

penalty in the irst round, and the penalty doubles

each round until it reaches a maximum of -8. This

penalty is cumulative with any other penalties that

normally apply for swimming.

Skills: A drowner ish has a +8 racial bonus

on Hide checks. A drowner ish has a +8 racial

bonus on any Swim check to perform some special

action or avoid a hazard. It can always choose

to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted

or endangered. It can use the run action while

swimming, provided it swims in a straight line.

Aragelds are isolationist sea-dwellers with

waiish, humanoid bodies, and avian limbs and

heads. Their skin is pale blue, and their arms and

legs end in three-clawed talons. Series of short,

curved bones run down their spines, starting at

the napes of their necks. Their heads are mainly

composed of their beaks and mossy crests, and their

large blue or yellow eyes sparkle with light. They

usually wear simple, earth-toned clothing and the

occasional piece of jewelry. Even dried and on land,

it is dificult for aragelds to rid themselves of the

smell of salt water.

Aragelds normally eat small ish and other

aquatic creatures, but can adapt to a diet of fruit and

vegetation. They are egg-layers, considered mature

at the age of ifteen and able to live almost two

centuries. Aragelds speak their own language. Many

also speak Aquan and Celestial. The above statistics

are for an average 1st-level arageld warrior.

Combat

Most aragelds are poor soldiers, with their

combat experience limited to hunting and mounting

defenses against melboreths (page 112) and sahuagin.

They throw javelins at opponents from afar, until

forced to close and use their spears in melee. While

their talons are sharp, aragelds rarely attack with

them. Many aragelds learn to use repeating or hand

crossbows, but only carry them on land.

Amphibious Adaptation (Ex): Aragelds can

survive out of the water for 1 hour per 2 points of

Constitution (after that, refer to the drowning rules

on page 33). However, an arageld who spends 2

hours a day out of water for two or more weeks

adjusts to breathing air normally. These aragelds

can survive in water for 1 hour per 2 points of

Constitution, and can readjust to breathing water by

reversing the process.

Freshwater Sensitivity (Ex): An arageld

fully immersed in fresh water must succeed on a

DC 15 Fortitude save or become fatigued. Even on

a success, it must repeat the save attempt every 10

minutes it remains immersed.

Light Sensitivity (Ex): Aragelds are dazzled in

bright sunlight or within the radius of a daylight spell.

Skills: An arageld has a +2 racial bonus on

Disable Device and Open Lock checks.

An arageld has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim

check to perform some special action or avoid a

hazard. It can always choose to take 10 on a Swim

check, even if distracted or endangered. It can use

the run action while swimming, provided it swims in

a straight line.

Aragelds as Characters

Arageld characters possess the following.

• +2 Intelligence, -2 Strength.

• Medium size.

• An arageld has the aquatic subtype.

• An arageld’s base land speed is 30 feet. An

arageld also has a swim speed of 20 feet.

• Darkvision out to 60 feet.

• Racial Skills: Aragelds have a +2 racial bonus

on Disable Device and Open Lock checks.

• Racial Feats: An arageld gains feats according

to his or her class levels.

• Natural Weapons: 2 claws (1d3).

• Special Qualities (see above): Amphibious

adaptation, freshwater sensitivity, and light sensitivity.

• Automatic Languages: Common and Arageld.

Bonus Languages: Aquan, Auran, Celestial,

Draconic, and Undercommon.

• Favored Class: An arageld’s favored class is

wizard, but many aragelds are experts.

Flora and Fauna

Comb Jellies: These creatures look similar to their jellyish cousins, except that comb jellies have

few if any tentacles. Comb jellies are known for their bioluminescent glow, which make them a popular

light source among aquatic races. When used as a light source, the comb jelly is usually pierced with a

bone ring and tied to a stand or post Comb Jellies used in this manner illuminate a ten-foot radius around

them for up to a week before they perish. They are worth an equivalent of 5sp to most aquatic races,

and do not function out of the water. When encountered in the wild they form packs that number in the

hundreds and span dozens of feet across. Movement through a pack is reduced by half, and any attacks

made suffer concealment penalties. Recognizing a comb jelly requires a Survival check (DC 10). Large

areas of light often attract predators when encountered away from areas populated by aquatic races.

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