From:	bluewizard@*****.com (Steven A. Tinner)
Subject:	Re: Kick butt toad
Date:	Tue, 10 Sep 1996 11:29:28 -0500 (EST)

>
>@ Steven Tinner Wrote as a Sig Line:
>@
>@ > FAMOUS LAST WORDS
>@ > "Help! The toad is kicking my butt!"
>@ >
>@ >
>@ Ladies and gentlemen, has this ever happened to you? If so, join the ranks
>@ of the proud and brave...:)
>@
>@ Seriously, though, for my own morbid fascination, is there a giant awakened
>@ toad? If not, let me know because it would be an absolute delight t5o
>@ create one! :)
>@
>@ JKust my sick little mind...:)
>
> I remember reading of an awakened toad, but it is very small and
>highly toxic.

That would be the Stone Toad - Crystal in forehead usable as magic
focus/enchanting radical, psychoactive skin, "Lick the Toad see Nirvana . . ."

There is nothing stopping some or the other mage
>creating an enlarge spell. Of course I would suggest that the
>creature make a body roll against the force of the spell when it
>reverts to normal size. Expansion and contraction of the skeletal
>system by more than a couple percent cant be healthy for anything ;)
>
>Still nice idea, prehaps it feed on dual natured or astral beings
>such as fly spirits perhaps ;). I can just imagine the game.
>
>GM: The door crashs open and 3 Fly Spirits charge in.
>P1: Drop to the floor, while drawing my Pistol
>P2: Reach for my can of Baygon
>P3: Panic, scream and dive through the window
>Mage: Pull out my toad and cast enlarge.

That would be a much cooler toad than the one that devoured me!
Would have been very useful in Chi=Town too!
Giant toad should def. have the envelop power . . .


FAMOUS LAST WORDS
"Help! The toad is kicking my butt!"