Monster: Dragontoad

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Dragontoad

An enormous toad with a hide covered with warts and scales and a pair of grotesquely clumsy wings.

CR 4; XP 1,200
N Medium Dragon
Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +9

Defense
AC 17, touch 11, flat-footed 16 (+1 Dex, +6 natural)
hp 42 (4d12+16)
Fort +7, Ref +7, Will +6
Immunities paralysis, sleep; Resistance acid 10, fire 10

Offense
Speed 20 ft., swim 30 ft.
Melee bite +8 (2d6+8/×3 plus grab)
Ranged caustic spit +5 touch (2d4 acid, 2d4 fire, and entangle)
Special Attacks mighty jaws

Statistics
Str 18, Dex 12, Con 16, Int 5, Wis 15, Cha 11
Base Atk +4; CMB +8 (+12 grapple); CMD 19
Feats Lightning Reflexes, Toughness
Skills Acrobatics +5 (+35 to jump), Perception +9, Stealth +8 (+12 in marshes and swamps); Racial Modifiers +30 Acrobatics when jumping, +4 Stealth in marshes and swamps
Languages Draconic
SQ hold breath, vestigial wings

Ecology
Environment warm swamps and marshes
Organization single or pair
Treasure standard

Special Abilities

Caustic Spit (Ex) A dragontoad can spit a glop of corrosive slime that burst with fire a moment later, dealing 2d4 points of acid damage and 2d4 points of fire damage to a creature within 30 feet on a successful ranged touch attack. A creature struck has to make a Reflex saving throw (DC 15) or becomes entangled with the sticky goo, suffering the damage each round for the next 1d4+1 rounds. The creature can take a full round action to attempt to free itself by making a successful Reflex saving throw, Escape Artist, or Strength check (DC 15). A dragon toad can use her caustic spit every 1d3 rounds. The saving throw DC is Constitution-based.

Mighty Jaws (Ex) A dragontoad powerful jaws add twice the creature's Strength bonus to damage inflicted and inflict triple damage on a confirmed critical hit.

Vestigial Wings (Ex) A dragontoad is always treated as if it had a running start when jumping and never suffers falling damage as long as it is conscious and capable of taking actions.


Dragontoads are draconic creatures that cross the line between reptiles and amphibians, a barely sapient, primal branch of dragonkind, or so it is speculated, though a stories of a a progeny of a dragon turned into a toad surface from time to time. Dragontoads don't seem to care anyway.

Variants:

Greater dragontoads (CR 5) have giant simple template, more functional wings giving them flying speed of 40 ft. with clumsy maneuverability, and more caustic spit dealing 2d6 points of acid and 2d6 points of fire damage per round.