Plodfoot

Description

The Plodfoot, as its name implies, is a slow-moving creature, at least for a mount. It is a four-legged reptile about the size of a rhinoceros, except for its extended, snakelike, neck which terminates in a small head fill with blunt, flat, teeth. They are commonly used as draft animals and beasts of burden in civilized territories, as they are of little value in the savage wilds. Their main advantage is that they can move through thick muck and swampy terrain as easily as they can along dry ground. (They also can eat while moving, constantly scavenging for food -- on long treks through the swamps, only a little extra food needs to be brought along for them.)

While it would be a very down-on-her-luck adventurer who would charge (well, plod) into battle on one of these creatures, they are nonetheless commonplace among the peasantry and are sometimes captured and used as labor by such races as orcs and kobolds, who will work them until they die.

Plodfoot		Level 4 Brute
Large natural humanoid (reptile, mount)		XP 175
Initiative +2 Senses Perception +1 HP 68; Bloodied 34 AC 18; Fortitude 17; Reflex 16; Will 15 Speed 6
m Tail Swipe (standard; at-will)
+6 vs. AC; 2d8 + 4 . If target is smaller than Plodfoot, target is pushed 1 square and knocked prone.
The creature's heavy tail smashes into its enemy.
Resolute • Mount
Forced movement affecting either the Plodfoot, or the Plodfoot and rider equally, is reduced by 2.
Swampwalker
The Plodfoot may ignore difficult terrain caused by swampy or muddy grounds. For overland travel, such terrain is considered to be open.
Alignment Unaligned		Languages —
Skills Endurance +11
Str 23 (+8)	Dex 10 (+2)		Wis 9 (+1)
Con 18 (+6)	Int 1 (-3)		Cha 6 (---)

(Those interested in some of the reasoning behind this critter, and the background on the world setting it's part of, might wish to look at this essay. )

LizardGames is a proud member of the RPG Bloggers Network!