Drowse Toad
Fiend · Crown of Sloth
T1d4Minor
Squat, grey-brown toads the size of large dogs with half-lidded leaden eyes, Drowse Toads emit a resonant croak that lulls victims to sleep while their skin secretes a warm, comfort-inducing mucus that smells like whatever the victim finds most soothing.
Tier 1 · Role Minor · Pool Vigor 2 · AC 10 · ATK +3 · Save DC 11 · Dmg 1 (flat)
| Stat | Score | Mod | Die |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body | 16 | - | - |
| Mind | 6 | - | - |
| Sense | 16 | - | - |
| Heart | 14 | - | - |
| Cunning | 12 | - | - |
| Fate | 14 | - | - |
A Minor has no attribute mechanics: the scores describe the creature, they do not roll.
Passives
Comfort Mucus
Its warm slime smells like whatever the victim finds most soothing. Any creature that touches the toad, including in melee, must save (DC 11) or be unwilling to move from the spot for 1 round.
Settle In
Hunkered down in a doorway or path, it looks like nothing more than a warm, inviting place to sit; a Cunning check (DC 11) notices it is a creature.
Maneuvers
Lullaby Croak
A deep, resonant croak rolls out 20 ft. Each creature that hears it must save (DC 11) or be dazed for 1 round; a creature dazed by the croak that fails again falls asleep until shaken awake.
Tactics
GM tactics
Drowse Toads sit in the path and croak. They use Lullaby Croak to daze a group, then croak again to drop the dazed into true sleep. They do not pursue; they wait for victims to come to them. Their Comfort Mucus punishes anyone who tries to move them by hand.
Running it
Rules
- One Vigor pool of 2 x Tier, no Vitality. It breaks and flees with 1 left, and dies at 0. The pool does not regenerate.
- A hit deals a flat 1, no roll. A crit (natural 20 only) rolls d4 and never lands below 1.
- Crits on a natural 20 only.
- Minor: no stat modifiers or dice in play; its scores describe the creature, they do not roll.
- With 1 Vigor left it breaks and flees, out of the fight but alive; Fanatics fight on to 0 instead.
- At 0 Vigor it is dead: 2 total damage, and a single blow of 2 or more kills it on the spot.
- Vigor damage is simply damage against a Minor: its whole pool is Vigor.
- Group morale: when its group loses half its number, fled or dead, the rest check morale.
- NPCs never take wounds.