Daily Monster: Frog Men

Today's installment of the Daily Monster is drawn from my Mythic GME adventure, Lair of the Frog King. I have certain fondness for primitive amphibious humanoids dating back to the AD&D Saltmarsh series. Indeed, the Frog King scenario was entirely inspired by the second module in the Saltmarsh series, Danger at Dunwater. Instead of Lizard Men, I opted for the (slightly) weirder-seeming Frog Men. Frogs are indeed weird. They they have icky tongues that that shoot out to catch bugs, an incredible jumping ability, and can exhibit bizarre mutations or even secrete hallucinogenic toxins. All these traits can inspire interesting humanoid opponents for any fantasy RPG. In Risus, it's a snap to roll off dozens of variations on the theme.

Frogman Spear Carrier: Primitive Anthropomorphic Frog Warrior (2).

Frog Warrior: swimming; jumping; fighting with spear & shield; and grappling with a their sticky tongue. Their light spears can be thrown and thus extra spears are carried or kept close by.

Veteran Frogman Soldier: Primitive Anthropomorphic Frog Warrior (3).
Squad of Frogman Light Infantry: A Dozen Primitive Anthropomorphic Frog Warriors (4).
Frogman Sniper: Frog-like Swamp Ranger (3), Blowgun Sniper (4).

Swamp Ranger: swimming; jumping; fighting with knife, spear & shield; tracking, being stealthy, being perceptive, setting traps, and grappling with a their sticky tongue.  

Blowgun Sniper: being stealthy; choosing optimal ambush locations; attacking with a silent and highly toxic ranged weapon (not appropriate in melee combat). 

Frogman Commando: Black-skinned Anthropomorphic Frog Ninja (4), Frog-like Swamp Ranger (4), Blowgun Sniper (3).

Frog Ninja: being stealthy, scaling sheer surfaces, throwing salvos of sharp concealable objects, kicking-ass in melee combat (almost any weapon).

Frog Shaman: Brilliantly-colored Anthropomorphic Frog Witch Doctor (4), Blowgun Sniper (3).

Witchdoctor: being wise and sage-like; secreting hallucinogenic poison; creating folk remedies; creating deadly poisons; claiming to speak for the Great Mother Frog; seeing and commanding spirits; swimming; .

Frog King: Bloated Anthropomorphic Frog Chief (4), Former Frogman Soldier (3).

Frog Chief: Being disgustingly huge; commanding minions in battle (treat as Tools of the Trade); cashing in on all the perks of his office.

Giant Mutated Frogman: Four-Armed Froggy Brute (6), Gentle Giant (5).

Frog Chief: Being fantastically huge; grappling with all four arms; wielding large bludgeoning weapons; jumping; stunning with a sonic ribbit, attacking with a gigantic sticky tongue (can swallow defeated human-sized opponents).

Gentle Giant: Again with the being strong, this cliche can only be used in combat when defending someone who has been nice to him.

Swarm of Hungry Tads: Dozens of Ravenous Meat-Eating Frogmen Tadpoles (4)

Ravenous Tadpoles: Gods help the unfortunate character who falls into the breeding pools of the Frog Men.

Image of Bullywug from the Dungeons & Dragons animated series.