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Date Created: February 10th, 2009
Status: Complete
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Yellow-banded.poison.dart

A poison dart frog.

Poison Dart Frog
Size/Type: Fine Animal
Hit Dice: 1/4d8 (1 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 10 ft. (2 squares), climb 10 ft., swim 5 ft.
Armor Class: 21 (+8 size, +3 Dex), touch 21, flat-footed 18
Base Attack/Grapple: +0/-21
Attack:
Full Attack:
Space/Reach: 1/2 ft./0 ft.
Special Attacks: Poison
Special Qualities: Amphibious, low-light vision
Saves: Fort +0, Ref +5, Will +1
Abilities: Str 1, Dex 17, Con 10, Int 1, Wis 13, Cha 6
Skills: Climb +13, Hide +9, Jump –7, Listen +3, Spot +3, Swim +3
Feats: Alertness
Environment: Warm forests
Organization: Solitary, pair, or bunch (2–5)
Challenge Rating: 1/6
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always true neutral
Advancement:
Level Adjustment:

{{#set:Prerequisite=None |Benefit=No risk of poisoning self while applying poisons. }} This animal is a small amphibian with sticky pads on its feet. Its skin is brightly colored in reds, blues, yellows, and oranges.

Summary::The statistics presented here represent a wide range of brightly colored, poisonous frogs.

Combat[]

Poison dart frogs rely on their bright coloration to warn off predators. Any who don’t get the message are subjected to their deadly poison.

Bright Skin (Ex): A poison dart frog’s brightly colored skin is meant to warn predators of its poison, potentially helping it to avoid being eaten. A creature that spots a poison dart frog is entitled to a DC 5 Wisdom check to realize that the frog is poisonous. Animals and most other creatures that succeed this check will not bite or attempt to eat a poison dart frog.

Poison (Ex): Ingested, Fortitude DC 14, initial and secondary damage 2d6 Con. The save DC is Constitution-based and includes a +4 racial bonus.

Skills: Poison dart frogs have a +8 racial bonus on Climb and Jump checks. A poison dart frogs can always choose to take 10 on a Climb check, even if rushed or threatened. A poison dart frog uses its Dexterity modifier instead of its Strength modifier for Climb checks.

A poison dart frog has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard. It can always choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. It can use the run action while swimming, provided it swims in a straight line.

Due to their bright coloration, poison dart frogs have a –10 racial penalty on Hide checks.

Poison Dart Frogs as Familiars[]

A poison dart frog may be selected as a familiar. Its master is not at risk of poisoning himself when applying poison.

Poison Dart Frog Toxin[]

A character can extract the poison of a dart frog with a successful DC 14 Survival check. On a successful check, the character extracts a single dose worth of the poison. On a failed check, the poison is ruined but the character suffers no ill effects unless they roll a natural 1, in which case they are exposed to the poison while attempting to extract it. A poison dart frog can supply only a single dose of poison per week.

Dart frog poison is less deadly when extracted, dealing an initial and secondary damage of 1d4 Constitution damage, with a DC 12 Fortitude save to resist the effects. Poison dart frog toxin has a market price of 130 gp.



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