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Toad Tongue
Male goblin occultist 1 (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 156, Pathfinder RPG Occult Adventures 46)
CN Small humanoid (goblinoid)
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception -1
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Defense
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AC 18, touch 13, flat-footed 16 (+5 armor, +2 Dex, +1 size)
hp 11 (1d8+3)
Fort +4, Ref +2, Will +1
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft. (20 ft. in armor)
Melee rapier +3 (1d4+1/18-20)
Ranged light crossbow +3 (1d6/19-20)
Implement Schools
. . Necromancy (Tribe Elder's Finger Bone, 1 point) Resonant—necromantic focus; Focus—mind fear
. . Transmutation (Ancient Dagger with long-since faded enchantment, 2 points) Resonant—physical enhancement (strength); Focus—legacy weapon, philosopher's touch
Occultist Spells Known (CL 1st; concentration +3)
. . 1st (2/day)—inflict light wounds (DC 13), magic weapon
. . 0 (at will)—mage hand, touch of fatigue (DC 12)
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Statistics
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Str 12, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 15, Wis 9, Cha 8
Base Atk +0; CMB +0; CMD 12
Feats Weapon Finesse
Traits reckless, teacher's pet
Skills Acrobatics +3 (-1 to jump), Knowledge (arcana) +6, Knowledge (history) +8, Knowledge (religion) +6, Ride +2, Stealth +10, Use Magic Device +3; Racial Modifiers +4 Ride, +4 Stealth
Languages Common, Dwarven, Goblin
SQ implements 2, mental focus (3/day)
Other Gear scale mail, light crossbow, rapier, backpack, bedroll, belt pouch, flint and steel, hemp rope (50 ft.), mess kit[UE], pot, soap, trail rations (5), waterskin, 6 gp, 20 cp
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Special Abilities
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Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white only).
Implements (Su) Gain a series of items which grant access to schools and powers.
Mental Focus (3/day) (Su) You have a pool of points that activate your focus powers.
Necromancy (Tribe Elder's Finger Bone) Implements that draw power from necromancy can control undead and harm the living.

Implements: Bone, coin, doll, drum, robe, skull.
Philosopher's Touch (1 weapon, cold iron/silver, 1 minute) (Su) 1 focus: Weapon touched counts as special material for overcoming DR.
Transmutation (Ancient Dagger with long-since faded enchantment) Transmutation implements can alter the properties of both objects and creatures.

Implements: Belt, boots, sandals, vest, weapon.
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Toad Tongue

Toad Tongue was born your average goblin of the Dog Skull tribe living in swamps of Sinaria. He grew fighting his fellow cagemates for scraps of dead bird and possibly the ears he ripped off in the fight. When he reached old enough he was released from his cage and taught the ancient arts of horse and dog slaying. The horse and dog skull in the elder’s hovel marveled Toad Tongue not because they were the mighty prey that the elder had said but he ran his fingers over the animal skulls they echoed into his mind images. The first was of a nasty horse beast sinking into a bog its eyes wide with panic --which amused Toad Tongue. The other image was a dog being bitten by another dog and there was a circle of humans cheering the dogs on. Toad Tongue could feel the pain of the teeth into the throat of the dog as it died. Toad Tongue was not sure what to make of these image but they certainly were not the stories the elder had told.
As time went on Toad Tongue would go out the trash dumps in Karcau and scavenge for food. Occasionally a bone, shiny picture (locket), an old sword or something like that would fall into Toad Tongue’s possession each giving the picture like the old skull of the elder’s. Toad Tongue had no idea what to make of these images but collected the items. This was how life was for a goblin of the Dog Skull tribe was until the day it wasn’t.
One day the tribe was dead, humans killed them. Well except the goblin that was at the garbage dump. Toad Tongue came back with a dagger he had found to find a dead human in the center of the village with a sword drawn and everyone else he knew dead around him. So he did the only thing he thought reasonable he went over to the elder and attempted to take his crown. The crown was being tightly grasped by his hand so Toad Tongue began removing fingers. Only one finger was removed before he heard movement behind him. A human pursuit party chased poor Toad Tongue to the Vhatsuntide River where he lost his footing and fell in. Slowly the water filled his lungs and he went unconscious.
A deity must have been watching over Toad Tongue because he awoke very far from home in the Lake of Lias near the town of Ravengo. The only things from home left to the goblin were the elder’s finger and the dagger he had recovered from the dump, both instantly seemed to mean more to him than food ( and that’s odd for a goblin ). Stuffing his precious items into his rags Toad Tongue began to explore the new area he had been brought to. The trash dump of Ravengo began to serve as home and gathering point for Toad Tongue’s odd collecting obsession.
Unbeknownst to Toad Tongue someone began watching him and his collecting habit. Professor Petros Lorrimor he taken notice of the little goblin at first puzzled at his behavior and eventually beginning to understand the peculiarity of Toad Tongue. To finally confirm his hypothesis he found an old blanket that had been at a children’s hospital that had seen more children die in its embrace than memory recall and baited a trap. As expected, Toad Tongue was lured in and captured.
What Professor Petros found when he examined his catch was beyond belief. Using a combination of hand gestures and broken goblin Professor Petros discovered Toad Tongue had a large vocabulary and concepts of empathy and suffering unknown to any other goblin he had seen. The Professor was curious what this specimen could grow into and began a regiment of stimuli and instruction for Toad Tongue.
Toad Tongue began to learn. He wasn’t sure it was learning at first because he wasn’t being injured but eventually he knew things like how to talk to humans and tales of the past (history). Toad Tongue grew and began to understand the pictures in his head and how to focus his mind. He learned the certain objects like his finger and dagger could be used to make things happen outside of his mind. He left the Professor with his head open, to most things… (reading obviously didn’t steal the words from his head like the elder said and shiny bits of metal can be used to buy things; however, morality still confused Toad Tongue). Toad Tongue left Professor Petros changed to explore the world actually prepared to contribute to it.
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