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The Grandiose Toad

 

Description

 

The grandiose toad is essentially a massive toad reaching up to 13 feet in height with the ability to speak telepathically. They feature a pale green underbelly and a smooth orange-red back decorated with large navy blue blotches. The legendary creature can be found in thick forests of Tahn, though they are unbelievably rare. When approached, the toad will likely act dismissive towards you, and has a high chance of attacking you if you irritate it, though if you prove to be a peaceful, yet strong person, it will treat you as a friend and accept you as a comrade. They have the ability to jump up to 100 feet into the air, and feature a thick slime coat that can cause severe rashes. The rashes can be cured by being soaked in water for long periods of time, healed through magic, or by having specific alchemical brews applied to them.


 

Origins

 

The first Grandiose Toad, known as the king toad, was created by the deity Cerridwen to preserve and protect amphibians. The reason why is unknown to mortals, though it is likely because amphibeans play an important role in nature's cycle, but it is difficult for them to survive the early stages of their lives. Tadpoles, for example are preyed on by many species and are not seen commonly. Cerridwen also granted this toad telepathy in order to communicate with mortals and tell them of his duty. The King Toad settled in a cave within the druid grove accompanied by various species of frogs, toads, salamanders, and many other amphibious creatures. This first toad lived on for many years until a group of about a dozen mali (None of which were druids) went out to hunt the toad on a bounty quest. These elves were told that the toad had killed many druids, but one particular ‘ame realized that the King’s purpose was simply to protect it’s comrades, which proved the hunter who set the bounty a liar. That wood elf told this to the grandiose toad, and he agreed to switch locations to deceive the man who set the bounty and fake the toad’s death, as long as the group spread four of his eggs throughout axios to expand it's race. He gave them one additional egg to offer to the bounty setter, to show that they had killed the toad, though he still lived on peacefully. The other four eggs were spread throughout the isles by a group of two wood elves and two high elves. Two of the eggs were left on Tahn, and each of the other isles were left with one each. The eggs left on Ceru and Asul would eventually crossbreed with other toads, though the ones left on Tahn would interbreed with each other and produce more grandiose toads. The toads of this new generation inherit the King’s features, and are meant to carry out his will.

 

Lifespan

 

Each Grandiose Toad can live up to 500 years, though subreeds on Ceru and Asul would likely have shortened life spans and don’t inherit the size or telepathy of pure grandiose toads.

 

Diet

 

The Grandiose toad feeds similarly to most other toads, this being insects and other sorts of bugs, though they also feed on fish and some small birds.

 

Bodily Features

 

This creature features large, horizontal pupils, similar to that of a goat, which allow for nearly 300 degree vision and as stated before, a slime coat that can cause rashes. They also have an extensive tongue that can stretch up to 5 feet to catch prey. In addition to this, the toads have glands in their mouths that produce an odd milk-like substance, created through the chiton of the bugs they eat. When mixed with water, the substance forms a sticky paste that the toad can use against it's enemies by shifting it towards the tip of its' tongue, then extending it toward the foe. If stuck to something around them, somebody's movement will be slowed immensly in that particular area of their body

 

Locations

 

Grandiose toads can be found in the thick oak forests of Tahn, though quite rare. The best chance of finding them are in the dominion, where two of the eggs were planted to interbreed with each other.

 

 

 

Taming

 

The Grandiose toad is technically an untamable species, though it will become a somewhat loyal comrade of yours if it is in debt to you for whatever reason. Keep in mind that it will not consistently come to your aid when needed, and will put its mission to protect amphibians over your personal needs.

 

Cons

> The Grandiose toad offers lackluster support in combat aside from it's remarkable mobility and paste.

> The Toad cannot venture through extremely cold or hot climates

> The Toad cannot eat mortals with a single gulp, as if they were flies.

> The Toad will not follow exact orders in combat under most circumstances, as it is independent and technically untamable.

> Unless jumping, the toads are rather slow

> Paste can not be created often (Every 8 emotes, and the toad most have water in it's mouth); however the toad can be performing other actions whilst waiting to use its' paste again.

> The Toad is somewhat easily distracted and doesn't have much energy; it exhausts very quickly

 

 

OOC: The initial king toad was featured in an event led by Dtrik, and there were four eggs spread through Axios, so it would be logical for their race to flourish. My job in writing this lore was simply to come up with a reason for their creation and tell the story of the event.

Edited by Anthony303
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No replies? I'm here for you kiddo.

 

Good length. Good concept. Geographically limited so no LT backlog in future maps which is nice. Originating from IG happenings so very organic.

 

I have no notes. Thanks for writing this. It sounds like this was a cool event.

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Thank you for submitting your piece! This is now under review and you can expect a verdict in roughly a week.

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EDIT: Added the ability to create paste to its features. I decided the Toad was rather useless in combat without it, considering it can only jump around.

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As I can't simply move this to the section, I will request it here.

This piece does not warrant its own entirely separate submission as the Index system is currently working.

Please resubmit to https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/157257-the-creature-index-2017/

 

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