Exposition
<horrible shriek followed by hissing of vapours>
“See how it recoils when young Julien casts Frostbite upon it? Now Julien, please go ahead and use Ignition.”
<flame gout>
“There, you see! It recoils from the fire, but the aggression, the retaliation, the pure hostility that followed Frostbite, it does not react with the same fury. It’s just regular mad. Julien! Try Electri-“
“No that’s quite all right Julien. Professor Fimen, I get your point. The creatures dislike the cold. What’s the point to it?”
“No Mr. Mayor, you don’t get my point. You see, they like other creatures respond to the harm elemental magics usually cause, but their reaction to the cold is different. More pronounced, more… bellicose. They hate it you see. They hate the cold so much it makes the more aggressive.”
“So Professor, then what is your point?”
“We should ensure the villagers do not enter the marsh after the first frost, until the snow melts and the ground is warm enough to plant.”
“That’s… your plan, your advise, is to ask the populace not to enter the marsh over the winter and half of the spring? That’s nearly 5 months! All because you’re afraid of these little toadapuses? I hardly think such –“
The mayor stopped short as the Professor stepped aside to reveal a cold metal table with a young mans corpse upon it. Their death was evident from the massive hole in their chest.
“That was Titus, one of my other apprentices. One of the Bogwids got him. Out of his chest sprung three more, fully grown after only a week. If they did this in the fall when their hostility has not yet been peaked by the coming frost, imagine how aggressive they will be come the winter.”
The mayor swallowed hard and rocked back on their heels a few times until what the professor was saying began to sink in.
“Can…can we not get rid of them somehow? Hire an adventurer to Moonburst the marsh? Or something of the like?”
“Perhaps, but until we have an adventurer with such power I suggest you levy a rigid warning to the populace. Perhaps we can cull their population in the summer. Put a bounty on them, but only in groups. They are cunning. Ambush predators.””
“Right, stern warning. Consequences even, I’d say.” The mayor replied, mostly to himself as he turned to head out Professor Fimen’s classroom already formulating the announcement in his mind.
Introduction
James: Polliwog
Freeman: Krake
Source: Monster Core p. 46
Reading List:
Pathfinder Lore
Sarcasmasaservice Patreon Request,
· Not first choice, but on the list
· Gave us some interesting ideas with their first choice
Appearance
· A toad head and body w/ tentacles and razor sharp teeth
· Smells real bad
· Best word to describe movement appearance: oozing along
· “oddly cute” from sarcasmasaservice
Ecology
· Lives in wetlands; marsh, swamp, eponymous bog
· Can be found in warm environments close to settlements
· Usually results in them being exterminated
· “Some have discovered that bogwids have an extremely negative reaction when introduce to the cold and will violently attack whatever they perceive to be the source.”
Hunting
· Drags itself around looking for food
· Carries larvae on its back
· Ambush predator
· Hide in sand, vegetation or whatever until food walks by
· Once it kills its prey, larvae jump onto and eat the remains
· Larvae fighting each other for survival
· Bury themselves into the body and eat the corpse
· Emerge in a week as a young bogwid
· Immediately beings producing its own larvae
Sidebar - Lore
· Foreshadowed by discovery of bodies with gaping holes in their chest
· Mostly large aquatic creatures
· Could be an adventurer, with treasure
1e
· “This nightmare shambles along…” love this
· Covered in warts
· Larvae are described as “fistsized pustules”
· RESIST cold (+ acid)
Mythology and Folklore
· n/a
· it’s a frogtapus
Comparison
· n/a
Mechanics
ET! Test Kitchen
Swash by patron Lucem
Wiz by melzorz
Cam Nickname: Protuberance
· Bag of hit points
· Hits like bag of bricks
· Interesting bleed mechanics
· Highly mobile
· With more difficult terrain could be proper menace
· Most of the party had a 15-30% chance to crit due to very low AC, with frighten 2 and off guard the fighter had 50% chance to crit
Freeman
· the intimidation bonus without languages.
· No stacking of Sickened and Drained due to both being Status Penalties
James
· MVP speedy Swashy
· Questions about stacking the same aura
· Interesting weakness: cold
Homebrew
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Hiatus
· Experiment with a new format for a new suit
· Returning October 31st with ep 130
· This ep out on Thursday August 8th 2024
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