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PFS StandardSilt Frog

The silt frog is an oversized frog that makes its home in the rich silt alongside the lakes and rivers within the islands of the High Seas. Though their form and markings are indistinguishable from other common frogs in the area, they are easily identified by their prodigious size. Silt frogs are highly territorial, and it’s common knowledge that a silt frog even bullies its own offspring if they fail to vacate their parent’s territory upon reaching maturity. While a silt frog can feed on birds, bats, lizards, and other small creatures, it prefers to devour anything magical over mundane. The stronger the magic it detects—be it creatures, spells, or otherwise—the more driven the frog’s prodigious hunger becomes, insatiable by anything else. With this innate ability as a highly accurate magical sensor, silt frog farms aren’t unheard of, as rearing them can be a profitable enterprise for those willing to deal with their territorial aggression. If exposed to the same magic and sources repeatedly, a silt frog can become desensitized to them, which makes it a creature even the most advanced spellcasters aim to keep around, utilizing it as a guard against any magical infiltrations and an alert when unexpected guests come to call.

Thanks to their unusual diet, silt frogs pose a unique threat to sentient magical creatures. Many a sprite or poppet has found themselves abruptly devoured by a wild silt frog that doesn’t even notice the difference between them and a summoned familiar. Because of this danger, most ancestries with innate magic are careful to avoid the marshes and rivers of the High Seas and especially villages where silt frogs are raised and trained. Sprites who do live in the region, drawn to the plentiful treasure and easily pranked sailing crews, often protect their towns and villages with elaborate defenses designed to keep hungry silt frogs away—though even these measures are prone to failure, and such settlements can find themselves abruptly wiped out by a sufficiently large and determined predator.

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Elite Silt FrogCreature 7

Uncommon Medium Amphibious Animal 
Source High Seas pg. 123
Elite Changes are marked. The +2 damage bonus to non-strike offensive abilities (+4 if the ability is limited, such as spells) is NOT factored in.
Recall Knowledge DC 25 (includes +2 from Uncommon) • Animal (Nature)
Perception +19; low-light vision, magic sense (imprecise) 60 feet
Skills Acrobatics +13, Athletics +17 (+20 to High Jump and Long Jump), Stealth +15
Str +5, Dex +3, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +5, Cha +1
Magic Sense (primal) A silt frog detects the location of any source of magic within 60 feet as an imprecise sense.
AC 26; Fort +13, Ref +16, Will +19
HP 110; Resistances sonic 5; Weaknesses poison 5
Speed 25 feet, burrow 15 feet, swim 25 feet
Melee [one-action] jaws +17 [+12/+7], Damage 2d10+2+7 piercingMelee [one-action] tongue +17 [+12/+7] (reach 10 feet), Damage 2d6+2+7 bludgeoning plus GrabIngest Magic [two-actions] (primal) A silt frog can eat spells and magical effects, removing them from a creature. The silt frog makes a jaws Strike. If the Strike hits and deals damage, the frog attempts to ingest the highest spell or magical effect currently affecting the target, using the result of its Strike as a counteract check. If the silt frog successfully counteracts the effect, it ingests the magic, regaining 10 Hit Points. Regardless of the result, the silt frog can't use Ingest Magic again for 1d4 rounds.Thunderous Croak [two-actions] (auditory, mental) The silt frog unleashes an eardrum-rattling croak. All creatures within 30 feet become deafened for 1 minute unless they succeed at a DC 26 Fortitude save; those that critically succeed are temporarily immune for 1 minute.

Raising Silt Frogs

Silt frog eggs are veritable treasures, as silt frogs can be tamed only if they're raised from birth. Wild silt frogs quickly become too temperamental when living near people, croaking out thunderous challenges to anyone who even walks near the edges of their territory. If trained from birth, silt frogs can learn how to share territory with others and become accustomed to living in smaller spaces, such as a captain's quarters or a wizard's tower, but they are still happiest with a large range of land and a body of water to lord over. Remote villages might have a lineage of silt frog tamers who maintain an environment for a single silt frog to protect the village from magical threats. These frogs are highly honored, with villagers telling the story of how the ancestors of these beloved folkloric creature saved the village from malicious wizards or fate-changing curses.
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