Frog 🐸
Shadow Marsh — Bouncy, Talkative, Humorous
A frog faces the darkness the same way they face everything else: with a big croak, a bigger leap, and total confidence that this is going to be hilarious.
Home Region
Shadow Marsh
Personality
Frogs of the Shadow Marsh are lively musicians who use croaks, chirps, and ribbits to communicate across the swamp. They're surprisingly brave, facing corruption with rhythm and ridiculous enthusiasm. They talk a lot — sometimes mid-battle — and are almost always right about the joke they're about to make.
Gameplay Style
Support and mobility specialist. Swift +2 makes frogs exceptionally fast and acrobatic, while Sticky Hop lets them cover ground others can't. Bog Sense grants resilience in their home terrain, and Croak Pulse gives them a unique DP-breaking tool that requires nothing but their voice.
Stats
| Stat | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Swift | +2 |
| Brave | +1 |
| Warm | –1 |
Save Bonus
Body Save +1
Animal Abilities
Sticky Hop
Long jump up to twice normal distance and climb sticky or rough surfaces without a check. Frogs navigate any terrain as if it were flat ground.
Bog Sense
Advantage on Mind Saves while in marsh, swamp, or wet terrain. The Shadow Marsh is strange and disorienting — but frogs know every echo in it.
Croak Pulse
Remove 1 Darkness Point from a corrupted creature within 10 feet with a resonant croak. Once per rest. Corruption can't handle the frequency.
Trickles
Minor magical abilities. No roll required for flavor effects.
- Mini-Croak — An echoing croak distracts a foe, interrupting their focus for a moment.
- Bubble Breath — Blow harmless bubbles that pop against illusions to reveal hidden objects or creatures.
- Wet Step — Move silently across shallow water or wet surfaces for the next minute.
Lore
Frogs of the Shadow Marsh are lively musicians who use croaks, chirps, and ribbits to communicate across the swamp. They're surprisingly brave, facing corruption with rhythm and ridiculous enthusiasm.
The Shadow Marsh is a place where echoes whisper old stories and shadows pool like water. Most creatures find it unsettling. Frogs find it home. They learned long ago that the right sound, at the right pitch, in the right place, can unstick even the stickiest lie — and corruption is, at its heart, a lie told to a creature about who they are.
The Croak Pulse is a frog's way of cutting through that lie. It's not fancy magic — it's just honesty, delivered at volume.
Suggested Calling Pairings
- Wildscout — Swift +2 + Sticky Hop creates a wilderness navigator without equal, leaping through swamps and forests to track, scout, and outmaneuver any threat.
- Stonecaller — Brave +1 + the frog's natural marsh resilience pairs with earth magic to create a grounded, surprisingly durable spellcaster who commands terrain they already understand.
Tags
species shadow-marsh role: support role: utility