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Giant, Marsh

CR 8.00 Humanoid CE Large

Cold, black eyes stare out from the fish-like face of this hideous green-skinned, web-fingered, and obese giant.

Description

Hideously ugly, marsh giants dwell in the most desolate of swamps—preferably those that share a sodden border with the sea. Marsh giants typically use a hooked club called a gaff (wielded in both hands) in combat—treat these weapons as flails, save that they do piercing damage.

Marsh giants are hateful thugs bound together by a common zealotry. Powerful opponents and beasts are the most prized of meals, though many marsh giants are also cannibals—they often attack fellow tribe members just to gorge on a particularly fearsome or delicious-looking relative.

Some marsh giants mingle with abominations from the deepest seas, creatures they believe are sent by their god. This has further contributed to their racial degradation, but the immediate offspring of these unholy unions are powerful. Deformed with tentacles, scales, and other aquatic traits, these marsh giants are known as “brineborn.” They are advanced marsh giants with the aquatic subtype, a swim speed of 40 feet, the amphibious special quality, and the following additional spell-like abilities:

Constant—speak with animals; 3/day—contagion (DC 15), confusion (DC 14), quench (DC 14).

Ability Scores

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CHA

Combat Stats

HP: 102 (12d8+48)
AC: 21, touch 12, flat-footed 18 (+3 Dex, +9 natural, -1 size)
Speed: 40 ft., swim 20 ft.
Init: +3
Melee: gaff +16/+11 (2d6+12) or2 slams +16 (1d6+8)
Ranged: rock +12 (2d6+9)
Space: 10 ft.
Reach: 10 ft.
BAB: +9
CMB: +18
CMD: 31
Fort: +12
Ref: +7
Will: +8
Defensive Abilities: rock catching
Racial Modifiers: +8 Stealth in swamps

Proficiencies

Weapons: Simple

Special Attacks

rock throwing (120 ft.)

Feats

Combat Reflexes, Improved Iron Will, Improved Sunder, Iron Will, Power Attack, Vital Strike

Special Abilities

Combat Reflexes from Feat

You may make a number of additional attacks of opportunity per round equal to your Dexterity bonus. With this feat, you may also make attacks of opportunity while flat-footed.

Improved Iron Will from Feat

Once per day, you may reroll a Will save. You must decide to use this ability before the results are revealed. You must take the second roll, even if it is worse.

Improved Sunder from Feat

You do not provoke an attack of opportunity when performing a sunder combat maneuver. In addition, you receive a +2 bonus on checks made to sunder an item. You also receive a +2 bonus to your Combat Maneuver Defense whenever an opponent tries to sunder your gear.

Iron Will from Feat

You get a +2 bonus on all Will saving throws.

Power Attack from Feat

You can choose to take a –1 penalty on all melee attack rolls and combat maneuver checks to gain a +2 bonus on all melee damage rolls. This bonus to damage is increased by half (+50%) if you are making an attack with a two-handed weapon, a one handed weapon using two hands, or a primary natural weapon that adds 1-1/2 times your Strength modifier on damage rolls. This bonus to damage is halved (–50%) if you are making an attack with an off-hand weapon or secondary natural weapon. When your base attack bonus reaches +4, and every 4 points thereafter, the penalty increases by –1 and the bonus to damage increases by +2. You must choose to use this feat before making an attack roll, and its effects last until your next turn. The bonus damage does not apply to touch attacks or effects that do not deal hit point damage.

Vital Strike from Feat

When you use the attack action, you can make one attack at your highest base attack bonus that deals additional damage. Roll the weapon's damage dice for the attack twice and add the results together before adding bonuses from Strength, weapon abilities (such as flaming), precision based damage, and other damage bonuses. These extra weapon damage dice are not multiplied on a critical hit, but are added to the total.

Skills

Perception +11, Stealth +5 (+13 in swamps), Swim +16

Spells

spell-like abilities:

3/day—Augury, 3/day—Bestow Curse, 3/day—Fog Cloud

Details

Type: Humanoid
Alignment: CE
Size: Large
Environment: temperate marshes
Organization: solitary, gang (2-6), or tribe (7-22, plus 20% noncombatants plus 1 cleric or witch leader of 4th-8th level, 1-3 barbarian or fighter champions of 2nd-5th level, 2-12 merrows, 10-20 boggards, and 6-12 giant frogs)
Treasure: standard (gaff, other treasure)
Senses: low-light vision; Perception +11
Languages: Boggard, Giant
Source: Bestiary 2

Sources Used in This Record

9 House/Core

Uses feat: Combat Reflexes (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Improved Iron Will (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Improved Sunder (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Iron Will (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Power Attack (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Vital Strike (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Augury (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Bestow Curse (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Fog Cloud (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.

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