Bestiary 4 | Monsters | Trox

Trox

Level: barbarian 1. Cr: 2. Xp: 600. Alignment: CN. Size: Large. Creature Type: Monstrous Humanoid.
Init: +1. Senses: darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +0. Ac: 10, touch 8, flat-footed 9 (+2 armor, +1 Dex, –2 rage, –1 size).
Hp: 17 (1d12+5).
Fortitude: +6. Reflex: +1. Will: +2.
Speed: 40 ft., burrow 20 ft.. Melee: warhammer +7 (2d6+7/×3). Space: 10 ft.. Reach: 10 ft.. Special Attacks: frenzy, rage (6 rounds/day). Strength: 25. Dexterity: 13. Constitution: 18. Intelligence: 8. Wisdom: 10. Charisma: 6.
Base Attack: +1. Cmb: +9 (+11 grapple). Cmd: 18 (20 vs. grapple).
Feats: Improved GrappleB, Power Attack.
Skills: Climb +11, Intimidate +2, Survival +4.
Languages: Terran. Special Qualities: fast movement, grabbing appendages.
Environment: tropical deserts. Organization: solitary, band (2–8), or clan (9–20). Treasure: NPC gear (leather armor, warhammer, other treasure).

Description: This hulking juggernaut has two massively muscled arms and a group of four smaller ones that jut from under its rib cage.

Tactics

Base Statistics When not raging, the trox's statistics are

AC 12, touch 10, flat-footed 11

hp 15

Fort +4

Will +0; warhammer +5 (2d6+5/×3)

Str 21

Con 14

CMB +7

CMD 18

Skills Climb +9.

Special Abilities

Frenzy

: Once per day when a trox takes damage, it flies into a frenzy for 1 minute, gaining a +2 racial bonus to Constitution and Strength, but a -2 penalty to AC.

Grabbing Appendages

: A trox's smaller arms are useful for little more than aiding grappling. Trox gain Improved Grapple as a bonus feat, and can maintain a grapple and still make attacks with their main arms.

Trox were once members of a much smaller and more docile race of subterranean burrowers, but were long ago enslaved by the duergar and bred into useful brutes. Eventually, several clans of trox were able to escape their slavers and reach the surface world, though they found the creatures above were just as eager to enslave them. Most trox still live a life of servitude. A free trox tends to be loyal to its true friends and inquisitive, though it can harbor deep grudges and resentments.

Trox

Trox are defined by their class levels—they do not possess racial Hit Dice. Despite having no racial Hit Dice, trox are powerful creatures and their CR is 2 higher than a human of the same level. All trox have the following racial traits.

+6 Strength, –2 Intelligence, –2 Wisdom, –2 Charisma

Trox are very strong, but they can be dim, unreceptive, and inhospitable.

Normal Speed

Trox have a base speed of 30 feet.

Large

Trox are Large and take a -1 size penalty to AC, take a -4 size penalty on Stealth checks, and gain a +1 size bonus on combat maneuver checks and to combat maneuver defense.

Darkvision 60 ft.

Trox can see in the dark up to 60 feet.

Burrow

Trox have a burrow speed of 20 feet.

Frenzy

See stat block above.

Grabbing Appendages

See stat block above.

Languages

Terran. A Trox with a high Intelligence score can choose from the following: Common, Dwarven, Giant, Orc, and Undercommon.