Frog

Frog
Official art of Frog, by Elaine Tipping.
Type	PC
Actor	Caroline Lux
Character Information
Pronouns	she/her
Also known as	Archivist Librarian Lorekeeper 1/ALL-1 (original designation)
Creature type	Humanoid
Race	Aeormaton
Class	Monk (Way of the Cobalt Soul)
Languages	Common, Aeorian
Places	Aeor (originally) Vasselheim
Connections	The Re-Slayer's Take
Profession	Librarian (formerly) Adventurer
Status
Status	Alive (before 843 PD)
Stats
Level	7
HP	>55
AC
DC
Appearances
First seen	"The Carnivorous Cube" (RTx01)

Frog (originally called Archivist Librarian Lorekeeper 1, or ALL-1 for short), is an Aeormaton monk and a member of The Re-Slayer's Take. She is played by Caroline Lux.

Official art of Frog, by Elaine Tipping.

Description

Appearance

Frog is a 6'11'' tall Aeormaton whose copper-colored metallic body make her look like she wears full-body armor, so she covers it with trousers and a hooded green poncho; the metal under the clothes presents a leaf-like pattern. In a similar way, since her eyes emit a constant blue glow, she tends to wear spectacles to hide it.

Personality

She is a very curious person, friendly and nerdy, eager to learn about everything. While she's happy to be around other people, she can get nervous thinking her appearance or behavior might upset them.

Biography

Background

Frog was one of the sentient automatons created in the floating city of Aeor during the Age of Arcanum. She originally worked as a librarian, and during the destruction of the city she was able to abandon it in some sort of vehicle, eventually crashing in Issylra, with some of her pieces scattered. Centuries later she was partially repaired and regained consciousness thanks to Devexian, who had been waking their people up for years, being found by the monks of the Cobalt Soul shortly after. Frog started exploring the world, learning about modern Exandria and taking notes about anything that sparked her interest. The monks taught her how to fight in a temple, and told her she should hide her Aeormaton nature for her own safety, although Frog herself didn't known much about what she was or where did she came from.

"The Carnivorous Cube" (RTx01)

Around 839 PD, roughly a year after she woke up, Frog received an invitation to try to join the Slayer's Take, and she went to the monthly Himblewood market, where other candidates gathered. After unintentionally scaring a local child with her glowing eyes she noticed Farah Vallari alone in a table, and went to her to socialize, asking her about the name of a sketched instrument on her journal (a guitar). The half-elf was initially annoyed (and Frog apologized), but when she noticed the Aeormaton also intended to join the Slayer's Take, she softened a bit, and started sharing advice, telling Frog to be ruthless and confident, and using Heera Agneheart's cunning removing competition as an example. When Poogs asked her why she was there, she (who was writing her name down with some difficulty) explained she wanted to learn new things.

Fan art of Farah encouraging Frog, by Elaine Tipping.

During his presentation, Timpani Guff noticed several candidates that he called to the stage. Frog (who had been taking notes until then) was the first, and when she was talking Farah whispered her to act more confident, which she immediately did; she was joined shortly after by Farah herself, Idrin Shadowstep and Heera. When Timpani accidentally released a gelatinous cube, the four candidates took care of it, with Frog hitting it several times with her fists; she was almost engulfed at one point, but after that, inspired by Idrin's fire spells, kept fighting and managed to stun the ooze long enough for Heera to finish it. An old captain in the market they saved gave them some fish, and Frog loudly declared that she had the capacity to consume food. Timpani, who had been hiding until then, told them they had been accepted as members of the Slayer's Take, and asked them to meet him at dusk for their first job. At the end of the day, the group met the firbolg and Poogs in the forest, and Timpani decided to share with them a ghost story that was popular in the guild; Frog took notes of all of it. This ended when strange sounds were heard in the forest, followed by a violet light and an avalanche, that caused Frog and the rest to start running.

"The Bog House" (RTx02)

Frog ran as fast as she could, and remembering his training with the Cobalt Soul monks, she decided to take a big leap to safety. Then, seeing that Poogs had been buried under the snow and that Heera was trying to get him out with a bolt and a rope, she helped drag him to the surface. Shortly after, four snowmen controlled by undead vines appeared and attacked the group; although Frog was very agile and wasn't hit, when she tried to hurt and stun the enemies she failed. After roots dragged Poogs away and the rest of them went to rescue him, Frog praised her friends, who had fought very efficiently, displaying affinity with fire, and apologized for not being more useful; Idrin, however, argued that she had done well by avoiding hits. When they found a shining dome of green energy Frog approached, believing that an inorganic person like her wouldn't be affected by strange forces, but she miscalculated the risk, and when she touched it, she felt powerful energy activating; she was saved by Idrin's Chronal Shift, which caused a less harmful outcome, with the monk being pushed a few feet away by the magical wave.

While they were there Timpani confessed to them that he wasn't an actual member of the Slayer's Take, but a failed recruit doing his own research and trying to prove to the guild that something strange with Putridius Festerkin and long defeated monsters was going on. Frog agreed to stay and help him, stating that she wanted to save Poogs and keep learning stuff. When Idrin and Timpani had a small disagreement, Frog told the wizard he was being judgmental, although he defended himself by saying he was just trying to help access the dome, since Poogs could be inside (and the monk herself thought so). Shortly after Timpani guided the four of them to a willow tree that transported them to a strange bog; Frog had been carrying Idrin on her back, and when they approached the dark entrance, she commented Idrin would have to guide her, so the wizard cast Light on her hands to help her see. They found a hut that needed a door knocker to be opened, they managed to locate the broken pieces of the item, and when Frog confirmed she had some experience with reparations (something essential for her basic well-being), Idrin asked her to assist him, keeping the pieces of the door knocker together as he cast Mending. When the door was finally opened they were greeted by Gurt Stumpstuck, a dwarf and friend of Timpani who identified the four younger adventurers as the "chosen" ones of a prophecy, and offered them some legendary weapons to face undead threats: following Idrin's suggestion, Frog put on a pair of chained gloves that, according to Gurt, would produce light whenever she punched someone. The dwarf at one point noticed the blue glow in the Aeormaton's eyes, but his curiosity didn't last long, since Frog hesitated too much before answering, making him lose interest. After all that the group returned to the green dome, and with their new gear, they were able to pass through.

"The Frozen Puppet" (RTx03)

Fan art of Heera warming up, by Elaine Tipping.

Frog and her friends appeared in the middle of a blizzard in a tundra, and they looked for Poogs; on their way there the monk accidentally revealed herself as an Aeormaton when she was lending her poncho to Heera, but her friends accepted her as she was; the tiefling hugged her, calling her kind, and Idrin (who was relieved that his friend wasn't a weird person always covered in actual armor) asked only if she was ok taking him on a piggyback ride again (she was). Eventually they found Poogs inside a cavern that they recognized as the old lair of Rimefang, a dragon defeated by Vox Machina and the Slayer's Take, and about whom Frog had read; there, they had to fight the dragon's skeleton, puppeteered by marionette vines. Idrin Enlarged Frog, making her twice as tall, and she used her new gloves to attack several times, creating light where she hit, and destroying one of the vines. However, the puppet knocked her unconscious, and Timpani had to move his Healing Spirit towards her. When the marionettes used Rimefang's remains to produce a terrifying scream, Frog was frightened, but she managed to hit the enemy again, destroying another vine and overcoming her fear in the process; however, the dragon's claw fell on top of her, knocking her prone, and Timpani cast Cure Wounds on her. When Heera destroyed the last tendril, the group followed a green glow and climbed towards it (Frog lifted Idrin), finding a strange bulb that the tiefling killed, stopping the strange aura filling the cavern. After that, the group left the lair with some magical earrings Idrin found, and when they noticed some of the designs were similar to Frog's aesthetic, Heera showed interest, although the monk, excited as she was, didn't know much about their connection with her, or her own origins.

An hour later the group had a meeting with two members of the Slayer's Take, and Timpani, who had brought Rimefang's skull with them and had been encouraged by Heera, tried to convince them of the strange phenomena in the area. The others supported him, showing their injuries as proof of the battle they had won against the marionette ghosts, but the members of the guild didn't believe the story, and didn't got a good impression of the four new adventurers either. Later, when Timpani stated his desire of unveiling the truth and helping people, Poogs immediately went with him, being followed shortly after by the other adventurers, with Idrin perched on Frog's back. The following day they settled into an apartment on the outskirts of Vasselheim, and took "the Re-Slayer's Take" as their new group name.

"The Voiceless Village" (RTx04)

When the group was talking about their potential first mission, which involved dealing with combined spirits that had kidnapped people, Timpani offered them to take whatever they needed from the apartment as part of the preparations. Frog took a screwdriver, which she could use to repair her own body if needed, and the firbolg told her to keep it, since it belonged to a cousin he hadn't seen in three years. When Poogs brought them cupcakes, Frog thanked him but reminded the group that she didn't need to eat nor drink; thus, when they were offered water bottles she let Idrin keep hers, since he was very thirsty.

With Timpani's Transport via Plants they appeared in the intended swamp, but in quicksand. Frog found it fascinating and started taking notes about it as she sank, but when she saw that Poogs was below surface and Timpani wasn't able to help him, she did, and they joined Heera on solid ground as soon as they could. Before leaving the quicksand they got a glimpse of a local dire frog, and the monk, amazed, started drawing it, complaining when it went out of sight; she also joked by telling her friends she didn't know there were frogs bigger than her. After walking for a bit they reached Josgren's Hollow, the village the missing people were traveling to before being abducted: the place, however, was very deteriorated and mostly silent. While they were there, Frog theorized that the strange mold growing everywhere might isolate the sound from inside the houses; Timpani, curious about that possibility, started loudly stomping wherever he saw mold, and the neighbors told him to be quiet. Shortly after, Igor, the wereboar from the Slayer's Take appeared and started shouting at them, but that attracted the attention of the local whispers, which after making him disappear attacked Frog and her friends.

"The Whispers" (RTx05)

During the fight Idrin gave Frog his holy water and she threw it at the spirits, as the wizard cast Enlarge on it to cause massive damage. The whispers seemed to be difficult to hit, but when Frog managed to use her Extract Aspects, she revealed to her friends that they were sensitive to sound, giving them a clue about how to defeat them. The monk kept using her glowing fists against them, resisting their poisonous attacks, and when Farah accidentally shot her with her crossbow she didn't worry too much, since she hadn't been hit.

After the battle they had a brief meeting with a local politician, Vaughn Josgren Jr, who told them to rescue someone from the local prison who seemed to be aware of the whispers. Heera sneaked in the prison while the guards were distracted and when she found the prisoner she shot an arrow outside to alert her friends. Frog and Idrin noticed and approached, and the Aeormaton used her tinker's tools to create an opening, brining Janet the goliath outside, followed by Heera herself.

"The Hungry Cloud" (RTx06)

The group stopped in Janet's caravan for a bit to take some instruments to use against the whispers, and Frog, after checking her notes and asked Farah for confirmation, chose a guitar as her instrument; she accidentally broke the strings, but Idrin used his Chronal Shift to fix it, allowing her to do a decent first performance. While Janet was teaching her how to play, he noticed her metallic nature and told her that he saw her, to which the monk responded by telling him she saw him too. On their way to the whispers' lair the bard stayed with Frog for a little bit longer, and they talked about sounds. After a brief stop in an abandoned altar (where Frog found a potion that she kept, listening to Farah's advice), they reached the lair, and Frog went into the water to stealthily approach and destroy the mushrooms that produced the spores forming the whispers' bodies; shortly after, she acted as a platform for Heera when she teleported away from the whispering mouther, who Frog had correctly assumed was the leader and the original whisper. The main enemy, however, was powerful and loud, and even underwater the monk became incapacitated by the overwhelming whispers; when she regained her faculties she left the water and went with Janet, who was being attacked by the whispering mouther, but then Poogs managed to move him away from the danger, and the Aeormaton was left alone, being attacked by the whispers to the point where she ran away, scared, back into the water. Shortly after, Idrin put an end to the battle by destroying the whispering mouther with a Lightning Bolt. After that he immediately went with Frog, who was back in solid ground, and reassured her. She was sad, and regretted not having thought about her journal before jumping into the water, getting it wet.

Later, when they were celebrating back in Josgren's Hollow, Frog went with him again and held his hand, thanking him for his help, and the wizard responded by explaining that was what friends do. Shortly after they left the village they received a message via seagull about a new job, and they started making their way back to Vasselheim, while arguing with Timpani about going to proper shops for preparation, instead of his messy apartment.

"The Monster in the Mirror" (RTx07)

On their next mission the Re-Slayers went to Shoresight Isle with Timpani's Transport via Plants spell, but appeared on the edge of a cliff and fell; luckily, they were able to catch themselves in time and climb back up, in Frog's case using her shortsword on the stone wall. After they were back on solid ground Frog asked Timpani to choose a better tree next time, to which the druid responded by explaining that erosion was to blame, since the oak he had chosen used to be far from the coast. They went to the lighthouse where they met Duderonomous, Timpani's old friend who had sent them a message asking for help; as he was greeting the younger adventurers he noticed that Frog was an Aeormaton, and found her fascinating, briefly debating with her if she would count as a construct. They went to the local tavern, where they were soon attacked by the villagers, controlled by some sort of invisible ghost tentacles that Frog and some of her friends noticed through the reflections.

The monk started by stunning one of the customers, but she failed to do the same with a second one. Since they wanted to avoid killing the controlled people, Timpani cast Enhance Ability on Frog, making her more charismatic, and suggesting her to talk to one of the men there and remind him of his actual personality as an art enthusiast (which ended up working). After all the villagers fell unconscious, Frog checked a puddle of ale in the floor, and noticed the glow of three eyes getting larger; she was psychically attacked, and the undead entity pulled her towards the puddle, causing the reflection itself to absorb part of the Aeormaton's body, although her friends grabbed her in time and saved her. After that they returned to the lighthouse, and suddenly Duderonomous called the building his house, with a voice that wasn't his own, and with three glowing red eyes.

"The Lost Light" (RTx08)

Duderonomous, under the control of the entity (the ghost of an aboleth), manipulated the Magnificent Mansion spell affecting the lighthouse to send the adventurers to different spaces; Frog and Idrin tried to stay together, but they ended up separated. The monk appeared near her old monastery, with a voice whispering to her that her search for knowledge made her vulnerable, and offering her knowledge and protection for both her and her friends. She saw Delmy, her best friend in the temple of the Cobalt Soul, and approached, very happy to see her and tell her about her adventures; when Delmy told her she had abandoned her and that she only cared about writing on her journal, the Aeormaton received psychic damage, but while she tried to repair herself she answered that Delmy had been the one encouraging her to leave the monastery. After that she got up, and seeing that the aboleth's red eyes were on her friend's face, she head-butted her, confirming that it is not her, and causing her to tremble and scream before the illusion ended.

When Frog reappeared in the same room as the rest of her friends, he was very nervous, and when Poogs asked if they were ok, the Aeormaton told him that she wasn't, and Timpani cast Cure Wounds on her. After a short pause during which Farah's encouraging speech made Frog laugh, they prepared to go after Duderonomous, and the monk checked on Idrin, who showed her a quick smile before following her upstairs. There they found the weakened mage, near the darkened crystal of the lighthouse, surrounded by windows from where the reflections of the ghost laughed at them all, sending a wave of psychic energy that they resisted; after that, Idrin and Farah scared the entity away, and they helped Duderonomous regain his memories.

"The Dark Well" (RTx09)

Before they followed the aboleth they spoke with Duderonomous for a bit, and he revealed that the aboleth was interested in recovering its bones, and when Frog asked why, the wizard explained that with them the ghost would be able to interact with its physical environment more easily. Eventually, they agreed on a plan to face the aboleth and bait it with its bones; before they left Timpani healed the monk. As they were going inside the well Idrin cast Dancing Lights to help Frog see, and she stayed ready, with the bag of holding containing most of the bones, as Farah, using the aboleth's skull, made it appear in its ghostly form, and attacked it with her shortsword. The monster then chased Frog as she was leaving the well, and when they came out to the surface the aboleth produced a wave psychic energy meant to scare them, but Frog resisted it; she tried to send Poogs away to protect him, but the goblin fighter stayed with her to help her. When the ghost focused on Idrin, who had hurt it with his magic, Frog tried to it using the bones as breadcrumbs, and although she caused some indecision, the enemy knocked Idrin unconscious anyway. Frog attacked it with her fists, producing light at the same time she tried to analyze any potential weaknesses, not finding any; although the Aeormaton left the monster vulnerable, she was knocked unconscious too, and it was Heera who ended up destroying it. Poogs stayed with Frog, but since he was unable to stabilize her, he had to wait for Timpani and his magic; the druid woke her up and congratulated her for her good job.

They went to the sea cave to close the portal the ghost had been using, and as Timpani was doing so a spectral black finger attacked him, leaving him confused and unfocused, talking nonesense. After Idrin determined that was likely a magical disease they tried to bring the firbolg to Duderonomous, but he used his Hidden Step to walk away, still confused, running towards a tree and casting Transport via Plants. His friends ran after him and crossed the portal in time, appearing in the Utesspire Mountains. Recognizing the area, Poogs agreed to bring Timpani to his old home to help him.

"The Curse of Strife (episode)" (RTx10)

Poogs guided his friends through the mountains, while Timpani stayed tied to Frog with a rope to make sure he didn't walk away again. The monk asked their guide if there was someone at home he wanted to see, to which he responded by explaining that although he didn't have many friends at home (with the exception of a pet skull spider). Later, when Poogs and Heera were talking about their first impressions of Timpani, she retorically asked who hadn't thought of stealing from the firbolg when they met him, and both Frog and Idrin raised their hands. When they were going through a tunnel, the Aeormaton checked her journal and started talking to her friends about the differences between stalagtites and stalagmites.

When they finally arrived to the goblin settlement, Hug Hive, they found it very welcoming, and were greeted by Freedom Windsong, the medic Poogs had told them about; Frog asked him about a "P" symbol he was wearing, and he (not realizing she was made of metal) praised her armor, to which the Aeormaton jokingly responded she was born inside. They asked him for help, and the doctor agreed to examine Timpani, revealing the firbolg suffered from mindfire, an effect of the Contagion spell, and left him with his assistants, assuring the group that with a few hours and the proper ritual, Timpani would be healed. Freedom guided them through a tunnel, showing them a pillar with a goblin hand holding a cupcake, and telling them how Poogs indirectly helped free his community from the Curse of Strife; then he recommended the adventurers to meditate there for a bit, and they did so. Frog adopted a stance she remembered from her time with the Cobalt Soul monks, and felt her eyes shine brighter as she received a magical boon. Later, after Poogs told them that the Slayer's Take had defeated a mind flayer there once, Frog started taking notes as Farah explained what kind of monster that was. Shortly after they got confirmation that the remains of the aberration had been gone for only a week, the entire group (and especially Frog and Farah) suffered a psychic attack and heard a telepathic threat, falling to their knees.

"The Rotten Soldiers" (RTx11)

Scouts informed the people of Hug Hive that an army of undead was approaching, and the adventurers and some of the local goblins (who had also been affected by the psychic attack) took a moment to rest and drink some healing kombucha; Frog tried to thank them in Goblin, and Heera spend some time giving her tips to improve her accent, although they stopped when Poogs reminded them it wasn't the moment for that. The Re-Slayers decided to organize the defense of the settlement, and although Frog accidentally scared some of the goblins by asking them about the skeletons coming, spreading the news, she assured them they should be easy to defeat, and formed a team to create noisy traps and trip wires. As the skeletons started approaching, the monk positioned herself in the center, very exposed to attract attention, giving the goblins a sign to use the ropes, causing enemies to start colliding and stacking. Frog then punched the floor, creating spinning points of light, and when the undead got close enough she activated them, causing them to explode like radiant mines. She then went to one of the biggest enemies, a moss monster, using her Extract Aspects to determine it was vulnerable to cold, attacking it again to hit its core (connected to some of the marionettes moving the skeletons); shortly after Farah shot at the creature and destroyed it, although she unintentionally damaged the Aeormaton in the process, since she was too close. After that Frog used Step of the Wind to approach the mushroom monster, having her guitar ready in case she needed to use sound against it.

As that was happening, a frightful psychic wave moved through the battlefield, scaring Frog, as the missing illithid skeleton appeared; Idrin, however, noticed his friend's fear and went with her, using his beads to dispel that effect. She went to attack the mushroom monster again, and for a second time got hurt when it got destroyed. By then the mind flayer had determined she was weak, so it focused its Psychic Assault on her, and although the monk was trying to protect Heera, both of them were affected by the enemy's power, feeling confused and with blurry vision. Frog found herself in her old monastery, chained by the other monks, and she suffered psychic damage as the chains produced purple energy, knocking her unconscious. Shortly after, however, her friends won the battle, and Freedom, who had finished healing Timpani, approached the Aeormaton and woke her up.

"The Timberblight of Dead Man's Table" (RTx12)

After saying goodbye to Freedom and his people, they were given miniature horses to return to the tree that had brought them to the Utesspire Mountains; Frog's horse was very nervous, since the Aeormaton looked heavy, and although Heera tried to calm it down, Farah took the intiative and took that mount for herself, forcing Frog to choose a less nervous animal; as she was doing so Idrin spoke with the monk for a bit, telling her how glad he was that she was ok after the fight, and she thanked him for his help. Later, as Timpani was speaking to them and thanking them for being with him in that mission, Frog checked her notes and confirmed with the firbolg that they were probably about to face Putridius himself. With Travel via Plants they returned the Vesper Timberland, arriving through a tree near Dead Man's Table; when they reached the top Putridius was already waiting for them. A battle ensued, and Frog immediately tried to punch the dark druid, without success, and got damaged when the spores surrounding him expanded. She tried again and managed to hit him, creating light around him and Extracting Aspects, although being Mind Slivered right after; shortly after hitting him once more, the Timberblight hit her with a staff made of necrotic energy, and knocked her unconscious, being healed by Timpani's Healing Spirit. When Putridius knocked Poogs unconscious Frog panicked and immediately took the goblin with her, moving away from the enemy as she activated the bombs of radiant light around him, destroying him.

Timpani healed the group with Mass Cure Wounds, and when Poogs woke up Frog told him he had been very brave. After a brief celebration Poogs suggested to go back to Himblewood to rest, and as they were making their way to the town, they were stopped, with Frog, Heera, and Farah being magically paralyzed. They were surrounded by people of the Slayer's Take led by Heldwell, very ready to kill them; however, one of them, Sweeny (a gnome), saved them by teleporting them to a bakery where Kashaw Vesh told the group Osysa wanted to speak with them.

"The Cat's Cathedral" (RT2x01)

While Kash guided them to the lair of Osysa, Frog asked him permission to draw him, and he agreed without stopping walking, asking her to get his good size. Frog was very excited to meet the leader of the Slayer's Take, and when they finally were in front of the sphinx (after falling through the floor, gracefully in the monk's case) she asked to draw her too; Osysa, however, snapped at her and told her to focus. Shortly after she isolated each member of the group with darkness and illusions, and told Frog that while her desire for knowledge was encouraged by her own goddess, the Knowing Mistress, many had fallen into ruin in the search of it, to which the Aeormaton responded by confirming that despite her metallic nature she wasn't immune to damage or temptation, but that she was confident about her friends' support. To that the sphinx replied telling her that there are paths she would have to walk alone, and showed him a vision of the streets of Aeor before the crash, with Aeormatons walking everywhere; Frog started taking notes and asking when did that happen, but Osysa didn't tell her. When the Re-Slayers were released, Idrin, who was very affected by his own test, threw his magical beads to Poogs, and before the adventurers could react, the wizard crossed a portal to Xhorhas.

After returning to Timpani's house, Kashaw spoke with them for a bit, and before leaving he gave Frog a heavy tome with information about monsters defeated by the Slayer's Take in the last two centuries. Frog asked if Idrin seemed happy as he was leaving, but Heera told her that he seemed hurt and conflicted. Poogs was nervous about what to do with the beads, and Heera tried to cheer him up telling him that Idrin wanted him to protect them, although she mentioned that the goblin lacked ability, making him feel worse. Frog kneeled in front of him and helped him put the beads on his wrists, causing the moved Poogs to declare that he would do his best until they find someone worthy of the item. Again Heera tried to cheer him up by saying that he was already worthy, and the goblin commented that in the past he had been a thief, recounting the way he met Timpani; Frog replied that under other circumstances she could have ended up a criminal too, although she would not be as good as Poogs (making him feel bad again).

"The Masked Man" (RT2x02)

The next morning, after sleeping for the first time in the new headquarters, Frog spent some time meditating and thinking about Aeor before going out with her friends. After receiving some money from Timpani and being part of a failed attempt to follow the druid and see who was his crush (even though she didn't fully understand what that meant), she decided to go for a walk with Farah, who, after asking her about the tome of monsters Kashaw had given Frog, agreed that it would be a good idea to make purchases based on the potential threats found in that book. The monk asked her friend to tell her a story about her adventures, and for a bit Farah told her about how she had sinked a pirate ship by blowing it up. They eventually found a library, but since they weren't allowed to go in as a group and they failed to convince the guards that they didn't know each other, Farah told her to go in by herself, and Frog thanked her.

Inside, Frog spent some time lost among the many books there, until she was found by "D", a mysterious hooded figure that turned out to be an Aeormaton like her. They went to a private room, where they introduced each other and he gave her his full name, Devexian; he told her about Aeor (showing her a Minor Illusion of it), his work finding their people (and how surprised he had been after finding her so far from Aeor), and some of their history, although insisting on the importance of their new life rather than their past. After he examined her jawline (with her permission) he was able to tell her her original designation (Archivist Librarian Lorekeeper 1), and she, thankful, asked for more information. After sharing some of his notes with the monk he warned her about a suspicious "merchant" obsessed with the Age of Arcanum who worked in the Spectrum Gorge, in case she wanted to do some research about her own origins (since he was pretty sure some of her missing pieces could still be there); he also asked her to find him again if she ever learned anything about how Aeormatons were originally made. They said goodbye, shaking hands while looking into each other's eyes, and since they had the room reserved for three more minutes, he agreed to pose heroically for Frog while she drew him, admitting to being somewhat uncomfortable being the center of attention.

Frog left the library extremely happy, and when she found Poogs, Farah, and Heera and told them about how interesting the library was, the latter asked her if she was ever worried about discovering something about the past that she would rather not know, declaring that the present and the future were more important. The Aeormaton told her that that was very wise, but that she still wanted to learn new things, asking Heera and Farah about their favorite colors (gold and brown, respectively). After Timpani arrived covered in pottery shards Frog joked about him having "crushed" something after all, but the firbolg didn't want to talk about it.

"The Dire Descent" (RT2x03)

Outside their headquarters Frog told her friends about her encounter with Devexian, and showed them the sketch of the other Aeormaton, causing Heera to comment how attractive it was, and Farah to wonder if the monk had a crush of him (something she still didn't understand); when she mentioned a potential mission to retrieve her missing pieces, she was surprised when the group agreed to go; moved, she called them her family, and Heera joked about how they got along too well to be family, avoiding Frog's question when she asked about her relatives. After an hour of preparation Timpani cast Transport via Plants and brought them to the Spectrum Gorge, but shortly after there was a landslide; Frog managed to avoid being dragged by it, but she hit a dark rock that started warming up, at the same time that her gloves and the other weapons of the group started glowing, sensing the monster: a magma landshark controlled by marionettes. Frog tried to find a stable platform, without much success, and after they noticed a man watching them from a window in the building of a mining company nearby, they started to move in that direction. Since Farah had transformed into sentient goo because of a experimental product she had purchased, Frog used her poncho to take her with them as they ran away from the landshark; however, when the creature was about to reach them she threw Farah towards the building, being knocked unconscious when the landshark's bite. Luckily Timpani rescued her from the undead vines, brought here inside and healed her.

There they met the dwarven man who had been observing them, and after Heera noticed his Disguise, he revealed his true appearance, introducing himself as Xella. He seemed to be very interested in Frog, declaring it was rare to see someone like her alive, and explained it was profesional curiosity, since he was a member of the League of Aeorian Historians, and the monk was clearly from the flying city; when she asked him about the merchant Devexian had told her about, Heera had to point out Xella was that person. While they were there Frog checked her tome of monsters and confirmed that a magma landshark like the one that had attacked them had been defeated by the Slayer's Take in 784 PD, leading Poogs to realize that the undead creature had been created by the Timberblight, who wasn't truly gone, as Timpani confirmed. The Re-Slayers decided that they would defeat the monster if Xella helped them, when they went to a workshop for some preparation, a piece of metal threw itself towards Frog; although Xella catched it, when he notice the magnetic force pulling it, he let it go, and it was absorbed by the Aeormaton's body, and he told her it would likely help her Identify things. Eventually they descended through the tunnels guided by Xella, and as they walked he asked Frog some questions about her mechanical nature; initially she was happy to share information, although when the merchant expressed interest in examining her, she remembered Devexian's warning and showed hesitance. Xella assured her that they wouldn't do anything she wasn't comfortable with, which she thanked, but in that moment Heera intervened, Commanding the merchant to sit (although his mechanical armor prevented him from doing so). Shortly after they discovered that the river that was supposed to keep the magma landshark away was hampered by fungal growth.

"The Monstrous Mine" (RT2x04)

After analyzing the fungus and determining it was connected to the Timberblight, Frog and Xella started attacking it, with the idea of creating an opening big enough to restore the river; Timpani hid them with a Fog Cloud, and when the landshark arrived and Xella joined the battle against it, Frog stayed and kept using her gloves and the radiant detonations until the current broke through (dragging her in the process) and reaching the combat zone. Frog hit the monster to Extract Aspects, confirming its resistances to her allies, and when it used its lava against her, she avoided most of the attack, although she was burned; luckily, shortly after that Heera hit its last marionette bulb, destroying its body and freeing Xella's bodyguard, Sasha.

When the unconscious half-orc didn't respond to healing magic, Frog used her new recovered piece to determine that she was under the effects of a Contagion spell, so Timpani got rid of it with Lesser Restoration. The group left the mines with Sasha and Xella, and the latter was so thankful that he gave three magic items to the Re-Slayers: Frog's was the Scrapfinding Compass, and when she Identified it she was able to determine it was used to find Aeorian technology that wasn't being worn or used. The Aeormaton, remembering her conversation with Xella, offered him to examine her if he still wanted, but the artificer told her that he had other priorities at the moment; when Frog asked if Sasha was said priority, the half-orc blushed. After Xella informed the Re-Slayers about strange things happening in a gnomish village nearby, the adventurers left.

"The Befuddled Bravehearts" (RT2x05)

The next morning, on the way to Seedfeld, Frog Identified Farah's new boots and explained their properties when she asked. When Heera offered to train Poogs (who was annoyed because they didn't let him participate in battles), the monk offered to help too; shortly after that the tiefling also asked for Frog's help, who Identified the Quick Coil Wand and the chain mark Heera had, explaining its properties too.

When they arrived to Seedfeld they were attacked by aggressive wind gibbons, so Timpani had to appeal to the leader's vanity, convincing it to let them leave in exchange for a bribe; since he had no money left, it was Frog who provided the gold. They entered the village and found it mostly empty, finding a muscular gnomish woman absently cleaning the streets; when Frog approached and tried to introduce herself, she didn't respond, and only reacted to instinctively move away when she tried to use her Identifying Palm on her. Shortly after Norbert Klott appeared, bringing them to a tavern and telling them that he was taking care of the local heroes, the Mega Magic Paladins, who had become incapacitated after trying to solve the mystery of the yellow cloud blocking the sun over their town. After hearing about the tale of the Slayer's Take slaying a monster nearby, Frog checked her tome and confirmed they defeated the troll in the cave of Oogleberg a decade before. She then asked for permission to examine one of the paladins with her palm (in the process Norbert noticed she was made of metal and praised her appearance), and when she used Identify her spell wasn't able to reveal the issue, beyond pointing at the brain of the paladin. They tried using Lesser Restoration like they had done with Sasha, but it didn't work.

After leaving Poogs behind to take care of the paladins, Norbert guided them to Oogleberg. Farah and Heera climbed first, but the latter was attacked by cave fishers, so Timpani Enhanced Frog's dexterity so that she could reach their friend faster to help her; the monk was then attacked by the tendril of another fisher, but Timpani and Norbert arrived, and the latter used his battle ax to cut the filament. They managed to reach the entrance of the cave together.

"The Confounding Cavern" (RT2x06)

After Timpani used sap, vines, and Cure Wounds to re-attach Heera's horn tip to her head, she was worried it was crooked and looked at her reflection in Frog's body until she sketched her in her journal to show her how she looked. Frog briefly suggested if she should go inside the cave alone, since there seemed to be poisonous gas inside, but her friends refused, so they all entered together just to reappear outside with some injuries but no memories. Norbert had a dart sticking out of his body, so Frog Identified it, confirming it was made of condensed and calcified fungus. The monk suggested they should tie themselves with rope, and the group agreed: Farah, Heera, and Timpani went inside again, while Frog and Norbert waited outside, holding the rope and noticing patterns in the way it moved and tensed. Eventually the blood hunter and the rogue reappeared outside once more, without the druid.

Farah was able to remember a stone door with a face of glowing eyes resembling the Timberblight, and when they were explaining to Norbert who that was it was Frog who admitted they hadn't defeated him completely. The Aeormaton wondered if the magic affecting their minds was responsible for the Mega Magic Paladins being stuck in tasks from their glory days; remembering the warriors, she asked Norbert permission to Identify the pink dagger, and after that she convinced him that they could use them to move through the cave. She tried to activate the properties of hers, but failed, so Heera helped her by giving her advice about her posture, until the item started shining. The four of them entered the cave once more, with Frog walking blindly but with her Identifying Palm extended, until they went through the stone door; only then did the monk dare to look, Identifying the door and revealing it had a teleportation trap that activated through sight. They managed to reach a chamber in which they found a portal and a big troll skeleton; a very alarmed Timpani came out of a portal, followed by yellow gas that reanimated the skeleton of Ügel.

"The Promised Pact" (RT2x07)

Frog started attacking the undead troll and Extracted Aspects to learn about its resistances; by doing so she also noticed that the necrotic energy of the area was diminishing the radiant motes of light produced by her gloves. When the monster attacked her with its jaw and its claws it missed once, so the monk hit it as retaliation. Shortly after recovering some health thanks to Timpani's Healing Spirit, Frog was encouraged by Norbert to activate the wind properties of her pink dagger, although the gnome was too close, so when she did (detonating her motes of radiant light in the process) he was thrown away; she apologized and tried to protect him from the next attack, but it was a blast of poison that engulfed everyone but Heera. However, the tiefling called for the Strife Emperor's help and chains moved Frog and her friends away from danger as a blast of otherwordly fire hit Ügel; the Aeormaton, noticing that Heera was exposed, drank her Potion of Flying and took her with her to move her away from the monster, but it chased them and hit them. As Frog was falling to the ground unconscious she managed to move in a way that would prevent Heera from taking damage; shortly after she woke up thanks to Timpani's Mass Cure Wounds, witnessing how Heera defeated the undead troll.

Shortly after Grimm Heldwell became visible in the reflective walls of the chamber, mocking the Re-Slayers and questioning their morality. Frog intervened twice, the first time supporting Heera as she insulted Heldwell (being ignored), and the second one declaring that despite the wizard's words, she still believed her friends were good people. Norbert encouraged the adventurers, and together used the power of the daggers to destroy the lair and get out of the cave as the mountain collapsed, with Frog instructing them to keep their eyes open; that way, they used the teleportation trap in the stone door to get out saving a lot of time.

"The Melancholic March" (RT2x08)

When the adventurers saw how the local cave fishers returned to the new caldera Frog asked Heera if she should hit them for her, and she told her friend to hit Farah instead; after a brief moment of tension during which the blood hunter explained why she had hit Heera with a rock, the latter laughed, and Frog confirmed there was no need to hit anyone. As they were walking away Farah fell, and although Frog was still flying thanks to her potion she didn't react fast enough, and it was Norbert who grabbed their friend. After that the gnome asked the monk to carry him, and she did so gladly. Back in the gnomish town they reunited with Poogs and the Mega Magic Paladins, and although Frog offered her friend to fly with her until the effects of the potion ended, he refused. The Aeormaton returned Tobi his dagger and didn't correct him when he assumed she was wearing metallic armor, focusing on drawing the poses of their last battle instead. Later, when Annika the Yellow asked about Norbert's performance in combat, Frog and Timpani were very generous with their compliments, contributing to the barbarian's promotion.

The next morning Frog noticed that her compass was detecting one of her missing pieces westward, and she left in a hurry, being followed by her friends shortly after; on their way to the Utesspire Mountains Heera heard the conversation between Poogs and Timpani about the goblin learning new skills to use in a fight, and started ennumerating the many flaws she had noticed on him while Frog started transcribing. She also checked the tome of monsters when Poogs mentioned the area was dangerous, and confirmed that the Slayer's Take had hunted there hundreds of times. Later, when Heera expressed concern about the fact that Heldwell had Gurt's lantern, Timpani agreed to go check on his friend and return the next day. As Poogs had suggested, they camped there, and he spent some time talking with Frog: he asked her how she felt about recovering more of her pieces, and she described how special it felt to be part of something as big as Aeor; he, in turn, revealed to her that Osysa had told him he was supposed to be the protector of the Hug Hive, and that he didn't feel prepared, hence his desire to be a better warrior, so the monk told him that the moment for him to take that role would come eventually but that he shouldn't hurry, and the fighter admitted he didn't like that a sphinx was deciding his future for him. Timpani returned that same night after learning the tree used to access Gurt's bog had been burned, and following Poogs's advice, he used an owl to cast Animal Messenger and send a message to his friend, with the rest of the Re-Slayers telling him how to use the limited number of words for the spell. Frog told the rest of the group that they should keep traveling in the morning, since at night she couldn't see, not even with glasses. Noticing this, Heera pointed out that the glasses weren't very useful as part of the monk's disguise, since she was always very direct about sharing her identity as an Aeormaton; a few moments later she tried to express the same message in a more gentle manner. However, when the tiefling noticed her friends talking about last fight in a cheerful way, with Frog showing them the drawings she had made, Heera approached, closed the journal, and shared her thoughts about their vulnerable position now that Heldwell was an ally of the Timberblight. Poogs suggested to finish their current task (to find Frog's missing piece) and return to Vasselheim to ask the Slayer's Take for advice, there was a brief argument about how trustworthy the guild was, and Frog intervened just to sat that she trusted her own group at the very least; she also addressed Heera and told her she would listen to her advice and try to be more discreet in the future.

"The Restless Retreat" (RT2x09)

The group organized the watches for the night, with Frog agreeing to do the last and longest one, since she didn't need to sleep as much as the rest, and after a small surprise when they found a swarm of eidolon ghosts in the area, the adventurers went to bed. Just as she had promised, Frog stayed awake for the last part of the night, and spent her time drawing, the eidolons and her friends. In the morning, when they woke up, Poogs suggested Goodberry pancakes for breakfast, and him and Timpani made them together, for the rest of the group; when Frog expressed her excitement about the possibility of tasting food, Heera was surprised by it since her friend couldn't taste of digest food (and found the idea of her getting a tongue disgusting) but Farah agreed, since food was one of the pleasures of life.

After the monk thanked her friends again for being in this mission for her, they continued advancing through the mountain pass until they came across a large nest; both Poogs and Frog (who found one of the hatchlings in the nest adorable) were slightly confused when Timpani told them it was the home of a roc, but it became clear when a gargantuan bird appeared, furious at finding strangers so close to her eggs. Farah tried to knock the monster unconscious with her sleepy cupcakes, but smashed the food on its chest instead of the beak, although Frog used the distractions to put all the egg with the emerging hatchling next to the rest; when the roc grabbed Timpani with a claw Poogs approached and managed to push some of the cupcake inside its mouth, causing it to fall asleep. As they were leaving the area Heera started weeping because of the stress, and the group comforted her; Frog, remembering her friend's favorite color, suggested to buy a gold piece for her to put in her broken horn. They ended up hugging as a group, something that made the monk very happy, since she had drawn them doing so. They kept moving, and when they heard some detonations in the distance, they went in that direction, the same the compass was indicating. After a while they came to a valley with a solitary cabin and a sign that threatened trespassers, saying they would be thrown off the top of the mountain.

"The Hermit's Hill" (RT2x10)

When they started climbing the stairs they soon discovered that there were hidden traps, and the owner of the cabin, Alexander Parade, told them about which steps were trapped; even though Frog took notes, she didn't pay enough attention, activated another trap and fell down the stairs, getting very hurt and alarming Poogs and Timpani. When they finally reached the cabin the Aeormaton was still weak and dazed, and at Farah's insistence, the druid cast Cure Wounds on her. They spoke with Alexander, an eccentric dwarf who was doing research in the valley with local resources, and searching for lost Aeorian technology; Farah noticed he was using two Aeorian-looking arms attached to his back, and after asking for permission, she checked Frog's own back, revealing that those were indeed her missing piece, designed to hide inside her own body whenever she wasn't using them (which surprised the monk a lot). When their host offered them tea Frog got nervous trying to find an excuse to reject it, until Farah intervened saying she didn't like it. Shortly after several twig creatures started attacking the cabin, producing strange sounds that Frog interpreted as bad words; thus, she started punching them out of the window, although at one point she managed to grab one and Identify it, determining that whatever dark magic animated them was connected to a curse. Alexander, recognizing her Aeorian origins, got excited and started sharing interesting (but questionable) facts about the city while he took notes. As they were talking, Heera decided to examine Douglas, the broken automaton the professor kept in the cabin, with Frog's help: they determined it had a missing piece, and because of that it didn't work; after Alexander explained that some thugs had damaged Douglas, Frog deduced that their host probably valued more the well-being of his pet automaton than his discoveries about Aeor. They ended up agreeing to help him with his current problem in exchange for some useful information.

"The Terrible Twigmen" (RT2x11)

After asking Frog to pull a lever to deactivate the trapped stairsteps, and after she cheered him up with the promise of fixing Douglas, Alexander brought them to a crater where he showed them how to use the black powder, causing an explosion that exposed several diamonds, but not the Aeorian technology he was looking for. Shortly after a twigman appeared and attacked Frog; although she was unharmed, it stole her screwdriver, so they went to their lair; on their way there Heera wondered if the dwarf's actions and their damage to nature were the actual cause for the twigmen's weird behavior, and Frog argued that they were also affected by strange magic. Her friend took that chance to tell her about an old woman she knew that used to talk about Scanlan Shorthalt being dead and replaced by a plant Vecna used to send secret messages with music, and compared her musings (harmless but unreliable) with Alexander's own theories about Aeor; both of them agreed they should find a way to tell the dwarf to focus on a different area of study without offending him. When they arrived to the area where the twigmen lived, Frog felt a shiver and declared there was something weird with that place, and Poogs agreed. They talked with a pine tree via Speak with Plants, and it told them that those creatures had been created by a witch, which Frog identified as a night hag using her book and Farah's indications. The professor told Timpani to approach the twigmen's lair and use the black powder against them, encouraging him to use a great amount of it; while he was following the plan, Frog kept speaking to the pine tree and taking notes about the photosynthesis, while the rest of the group hid with her behind its trunk. The black powder caused a big detonation that angered the twigmen.

"The Hexed Hive" (RT2x12)

When the battle started, the small twigmen surrounded Frog, Farah, and Poogs, and the monk defended herself, while declaring she intended to break the wooden creatures' curse; she also tried to hit the bigger two-faced twigman, but it didn't notice. The giant monster attacked her twice, after which it copied her fighting posture and started running. Farah noticed that Frog was badly hurt, so she threw her a flask; her friend thanked her and drank, but she assumed it was an expired potion, since nothing happened at first, beyond a strange feeling inside her. Frog went inside the crater, but another giant twigman with a glowing gem in its body dragged her deeper into the tunnels, smashing her against the floor and knocking her unconscious; it was then when the potion showed its effects: Frog rose again, reanimated, but two feet shorter and slightly weaker than before. She nonetheless attacked her enemy, Extracting Aspects to confirm its weaknesses, and getting assistance from Farah and Alexander shortly after, with the latter being the one who defeated it. When the rest of the group appeared and noticed Frog's former remains turning into dust Timpani was horrified, but the professor explained that all Aeorians were able to do that; Frog then joked saying that shedding skin was somethings frogs couldn't do, but reptiles did. Exploring the tunnels they found the night hag's old lair. Alexander found the "heart" he was looking for (a cylindrical emerald) and was ready to leave, but when Frog noted she still hadn't found her screwdriver, the dwarf told the rest of the group to help her look. It was the Aeormaton herself who found it, being held by a now inanimate twigman; she thanked the creature before taking it. Before they left Heera gave Frog some drawings she had found from Xella's childhood, to keep them in case they found the hexblood again, and the monk put them inside her journal after praising the art style.

After that they returned to Alexander's cabin, where he fixed his robotic dog, and went outside with the rest of the group to play with it and celebrate; Frog stayed behind for a moment to sketch the radio-like device, so that she could investigate about how to fix it in the future. Later the dwarf offered them to stay, but the Re-Slayer's Take had to leave. Noticing that his mechanical arms were drawn to Frog, Alexander let her keep them, arguing he no longer needed them, and he thanked the group for all their help; Frog noticed that her current wouldn't allow her to use the arms, but she declare she would grow up again. After that the adventuring party left with their wagon.

"The Decomposing Domicile" (RT2x13)

After they returned to Vasselheim the Re-Slayer's Take had some time to rest, and Frog regained her usual size. When Poogs noticed while she was reading, he helped her incorporate her new mechanical arms, which she tried holding writing tools; when the goblin mentioned she would be able to fight and draw at the same time she was elated, and showed him one of the walls of her room, which was covered in drawings of the friends they had made during their adventures. After Poogs informed the rest of the team that Kashaw had offered them a mission (to investigate Heldwell's mansion in the outskirts, where people had gone missing), the Aeormaton assured him and Timpani that she and the girls could take care of it while they were doing errands; the firbolg agreed by fist-bumping her two now hands. Heera mentioned she would actually prefer that, since Timpani's presence made her uncomfortable because of some bad dreams, and she ended up confessing that she had made a deal with a supernatural entity; Timpani realized that had been the source of the fire that saved them in the fight against Ügel, and when Frog heard that, she thanked Heera, since that had been a very difficult fight. After the tiefling angrily made Timpani and Poogs leave, Frog fixed the poncho her friend was wearing, and they went find Farah (who had left already).

The three adventurers found the mansion surprisingly deteriorated, although with signs of four people having been there recently; Frog assumed those could be the missing people. The monk was amused by Heera's imitation of Heldwell, and later, when they found more clues about the missing people (they were connected to the Spectral Hand) and the rogue mentioned she wouldn't risk her magic weapon for them, Frog reminded her that they should try to finish the mission with no one getting hurt, trying to use Timpani's voice as she did (which Farah praised). While Heera tried to open a door Frog and Farah checked the second floor and found a book and a "wanted" poster of them that the Aeormaton kept; at one point Farah disappeared for a few moments using a new ability, and Frog was so spooked she had to make sure she had done so on purpose before actually congratulating her. As they were returning to the first floor the stairs broke under Frog's feet, and although she landed gracefully she asked her friends not to tell anyone about it. When Farah mentioned she had found a necklace Heera assumed she had checked with Frog if it was cursed before taking it; both of them told her they had, and the monk pretended she was making sure by Identifying "again", confirming it wasn't cursed and had minor magical properties, so her friend could keep it. Eventually they came to a room with an obelisk covered in Druidic runes. Although Heera made a joking attempt to get Farah to share things about herself, when Frog noticed that something was strange, the tiefling admitted that they should confess their greatest fears to the monument; Frog was the last, and she said out loud that she was scared by the possibility that with so few Aeormatons left they could easily become extinct. After her confession a passage opened.

Relationships

Delmy

This member of the Cobalt Soul was among those who discovered Frog and helped her learn about herself, becoming her friend and even helping her choose a name for herself. She is the reason why Frog uses glasses, since she told the Aeormaton it would make her look more normal.

Idrin Shadowstep

Fan art of Frog and Idrin, by Elaine Tipping.

Although when they met the wizard was observing her strange appearance a bit too keenly, during their fight as allies against the gelatinous cube Frog was inspired by his magic, and even imagined that her own fists were flaming like Idrin's attacks. That night, after another battle, Idrin didn't let her belittle her own abilities in combat. The two adventurers seemed to enjoy each others company, with Frog being comfortable carrying Idrin (who liked feeling tall), and Idrin being happy to have their assistance and praises when casting spells. The monk, however, was confident enough to express her disapproval, and let the wizard know when she felt he was being too harsh on Timpani.

When Frog was overwhelmed in a battle, Idrin was the first one to check on her after the danger was gone, making sure she was ok. He considers her a very good friend. When he left the Re-Slayers she was very concerned about how he was feeling.

Devexian

He was the one that found and reactivated Frog, making sure she would be found by the monks. When they met in a library she was elated to know there were others like her, and they established a connection through their mutual appreciation for knowledge and fascination with their past on Aeor. Frog hopes to see him again, and has drawn him in her journal, but behaves obliviously whenever someone mentions how attractive her new friend is.

Character information

Fan art of Frog writing in her journal, by Elaine Tipping.

Notable Items

• Spectacles
• Poncho, a replacement after she gifted her old hooded poncho to Heera Agneheart
• Journal
  • Some drawings from Xella Blacktongue's childhood
  • A "Wanted" poster of the Re-Slayer's Take
• Parchment invitation to the Slayer's Take
• Chained gloves painted gold
• Magic magnetic earring
• Screwdriver that used to belong to Timpani's cousin (+1 to Tinker's Tools checks)
• Shortsword, slightly broken
• Tome containing information about monsters defeated by the Slayer's Take in the past 200 years
• Palm Scanner
• Scrapfinding Compass, used to find Aeorian technology that isn't being used or worn
• Mechanical arms, given to her by Alexander Parade
• Rudimentary healing potion found in Heldwell's mansion

Former items

• Philter of Flying, found in an old altar in the marsh near Josgren's Hollow, used in the fight against Ügel

Abilities

After meditating near the Cupcake Memorial Frog got a permanent +1 to her AC.

Aeormaton abilities

Unless otherwise noted, the following abilities are assumed from the standard Dungeons and Dragons materials.

• Constructed Resilience
  • Resistant to poison damage and advantage on saves against the poisoned condition
  • Doesn't require air, food, or drink
  • Doesn't require sleep and can't be put to sleep by magic. Long rests only take 6 hours, and leave her inactive, but not unconscious
  • Immune to disease
• Integrated Protection: +1 AC, must spend 1 hour to integrate armor onto their body, integrated armor can't be removed unwillingly
• Specialized Design: Proficiency in one skill and one tool

After she recovered her Palm Scanner she gained the ability to use the Identify spell, causing projections of the target to appear, accompanied by text in Aeorian explaining the available information to the Aeormaton. Frog calls this new skill "Identifying Palm".

Monk features

• Unarmored Defense
• Martial Arts
• Ki
• Unarmored Movement
• Deflect Missiles
• Slow Fall
• Extra Attack
• Stunning Strike
• Monastic Tradition: Way of the Cobalt Soul
  • Extract Aspects
  • Extort Truth
  • Mystical Erudition
• Ki-Empowered Strikes
• Evasion
• Stillness of Mind

Behind the scenes

During character creation Caroline Lux was inspired by The Iron Giant and by the concept of an adventurer who carries a journal instead of weapons, constantly asking questions. When she learned about the lore behind the Way of the Cobalt Soul she knew it was the only possible subclass for Frog.

Appearances and mentions

• The Re-Slayer's Take, every episode

Quotation

• Frog: (after revealing she is an Aeormaton trying to protect Heera from the cold) I'm not strictly organic. I'm not even exactly sure what I am, except that I am...
  Heera: Kind.
• (before the battle against Putridius Festerkin) "I can't wait to write about this in my journal."
• Osysa: (about Frog) A child of Aeor, scattered across Issylra. Will she find herself?
• Frog: (as the entire group hugs) Woohoo, it's happening! My dream!

Trivia

• She chose her own name, since she is fascinated by the amphibians, being adaptable creatures that can jump like her.
• Frog's voice effect in the podcast is based on the voice of Alphonse Elric, a character from Fullmetal Alchemist who also looks like a living armor.
• Although mechanically her subclass is the Way of the Cobalt Soul, and it has been confirmed that she trained with their monks, it is unknown if Frog is officially affiliated with them.
• In 843 PD, Imahara Joe mentioned having heard rumors of an Aeormaton in Issylra, although it's unknown if he was talking about Frog or if this was just a coincidence.
• Her handwriting is not very good, but she has learned to write on her own.
• She considers herself lucky.
• She feels like her mind is younger than her body.
• In the new headquarters of the Re-Slayer's Take, Frog lives on the third floor, where she has hanged many of her drawings in a single wall. She also has a nook she uses when she is reading.
• Caroline feels like Frog is writing the "legend" of her own group by constantly taking notes about their adventures.
• If Frog hadn't joined the Re-Slayers she would probably be working as a librarian and trying to be the best at that job.

References

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