Common

Source: Alien Archive 4

CR: 2 XP: 600

N Large animal

Init.: +5 Senses: blindsense (scent) 60 ft. Perception: +7

Defense

HP: 25

EAC: 13 KAC: 16

Fort: +6 Ref: +6 Will: +1

Offense

Speed: 60 ft., swim 30 ft.

Melee: gore +10 (1d6+4 P) or tail +10 (1d4+4 B)

Offensive Abilities: ferocious charge

Statistics

Str: +2 Dex: +4 Con: +1 Wis: +1 Int: -5 Cha: -2

Skills: Athletics +7

Ecology

Environment: any marsh (Castrovel)

Organization: solitary, pair, or herd (3–12)

Special Abilities

Algal Gas (Ex) Swamp striders’ fur supports thriving colonies of algae that emit malodorous, flammable gas. Creatures in the algal gas effect are sickened while they remain in the aura and for 1 round afterward (Fortitude DC 11 negates). Creatures with active environmental protections or no sense of smell are immune to this sickened effect. Flammable (Ex) When a swamp strider takes fire damage, it also gains the burning (1d8 F) condition, after which the creature’s algal gas and flammable abilities are disabled for 1 hour. While it burns, the swamp strider’s attacks deal an additional 1d4 fire damage. Marshborn (Ex) A swamp strider can move through bogs without penalty to its normal speed.