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A fantasy creature resembling a pale toad with tentacles and multiple eyes sits on ice in a snowy landscape.

A fantasy creature resembling a pale toad with tentacles and multiple eyes sits on ice in a snowy landscape.

Arctic Froghemoth This oversized, frog-like creature’s slimy skin is a mottled mix of whites and greys. Multiple inhuman eyes survey its surroundings on miniature stalks that protrude from its head, and it sports a number of long, flexible tentacles that end in cruel-looking barbs and spikes. Smaller than their more common and temperate cousins, arctic froghemoths are no less fierce. Easily distinguished by their pale coloration, their smaller size, and their very long, sinewy tentacles tipped with harpoon-like barbs, arctic froghemoths are well-adapted to their chosen climate. They can typically be found along coastlines in particularly cold regions, although rumors abound that the creatures are alien in nature, and that their natural habitat is a frozen moon. Whatever their role in the stars might be, here they tend to be a nuisance to fishermen and hunters in the areas in which they take up residence, and a deadly threat to those who don’t know to prepare for them. Ambush predators by nature, arctic froghemoths pose relatively little threat to those that are able to spot them in advance and keep their distance, as the creatures will rarely roam or chase after prey. Anyone travelling through land inhabited by arctic froghemoths would also be wise to keep a few flasks of alchemist’s fire with them, or better yet a spellcaster capable of casting fire spells, as heat is not only a very effective means of combatting the creature, but slows it, allowing potential victims to Ver mais