Bullywug

Kitsunekaboom

First Post
Yea yea, I know, I've been busy and for some reason decided to work up a Bullywug tonight, must be the wet weather.

Bullywug
Small Humanoid (Amphibious)
Hit Dice: 1d8+1 (5)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 20 Ft, Swim 40 Ft,
AC: 16 (+1 Size, +4 Natural, +1 Small shield)
Attacks: Short Sword +0 melee; or halfspear +0 ranged
Damage: Short sword 1d6; or light crossbow 1d6
Face/Reach: 5 Ft. By 5ft/5ft
Special Attacks: Hop
Special Qualities: Amphibious
Saves: Fort: +3 Ref: +0 Will: +1
Abilities: Str:10, Dex:10, Con:12, Int:7, Wis:12, Cha:8
Skills: Hide +4, Jump +8, Wilderness Lore +5, Swim +8
Feats: Weapon Focus (Short Sword)
Climate/Terrain: Any damp land
Organization: Company (2-4) squad (11-20 plus 1 leader 3-6th level, and 2 3rd level lieutenants), or band (30-50 1 2nd level sergeant per 20 adults, 5 4th level lieutenants, 3 6th level captains, and 2-5 dire frogs)
Challenge Rating: 1
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Usually Chaotic Evil
Advancement: By character class

Bullywugs are savage frogmen who live in any swampy and murky area. Their feet are webbed, their faces resemble a frogs with a wide mouth and bulbous eyes. They rarely wear clothing but armor is uncommon. Bullywugs speak their own language, the intelligent ones pick up Aquan, Sylvan, or Infernal. The average bullywug is smaller than a human, about the size of a halfling.

Combat

Amphibious: A Bullywug can survive on land and in water.

Hop (Ex): A Bullywug can hop 30 feet straight up, coming down on an opponent with great force. Using hop does allow an attack of opportunity. When coming down on an opponent the Bullywug gains a +2 bonus to hit, in addition when using any weapon that can be used in a charge will deal double damage. This is particularly devastating when used with their chameleon ability.

Dry Out: A Bullywug must immerse itself in water once per day or suffer dehydration.

Skills
Bullywugs receive a +4 racial bonus to hide and a +8 racial bonus to Jump and Swim; in swampy settings this bonus improves to +8 due to their chameleon like ability.

Bullywug Society

Bullywugs live in semi-organized communities that are often slightly mobile. They respect no one but those stronger than they are. Bullywug colonies disrupt the natural environment of any land. They will eat off the land until their immense gullets are filled and then they move on.

Bullywug colonies are often ruled by smarter, larger, and stronger Bullywugs known as the Advanced. Though the Advanced are quite hated by their smaller cousins they do rule over them with an iron fist due to their power and intelligence. Leaders are eventually eaten by the next ruler, and life goes on for the bugbears. There is rarely any infighting, most outsiders chalk it up to a lack of intelligence.

Organized groups of invaders usually conquer a bullywug colony easily, they do not deal with incursions very efficiently. When the bullywugs can manage they attack, kill, and eat the invaders.

Bullywug Characters

The few Bullywugs that take up character classes favor fighters. Bullywug clerics worship Ramenos, a sleeping god of the Bullywug. Ramenos gives his faithful access to the Chaos, Evil, Strength, and Water domains.

Advanced Bullywug coming soon.
 

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Nice. :)
I hope you are aware of the Bullywugs presence in Monsters of Faerûn.
Kitsunekaboom said:
Attacks: Short Sword +0 melee; or halfspear +0 ranged
Damage: Short sword 1d6; or light crossbow 1d6
Couldn't decide on the ranged weapon? ;)
 

Bummer, I wasn't aware they had been brought back. Bad me. And not really, the problem was whenever I build a monster I use an old file for the format, saves a lot on typing. >_< Ah well.
 

your bullwug is small, aren't the standard ones medium-size or larger? i'd suggest, since you put the effort into it, that you change the name and make it a smaller relative of the bullywug. :)

also, it's a good idea to check here before converting something (unless you want it to be a surprise!), as i know people have caught things which i wasn't even aware of. ;)
 

According to the 2nd edition monster manual bullywugs were small, advanced bullywugs were medium. :)

And yea, I goofed, from now on I stick to adapting thigns from dragon magazine! >_<
 


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