b'Croaker Brute \n'b'  Family:   Croaker  \n'b'  Small   monstrosity  (aquatic),  chaotic evil  \n'b'  Armor Class  14 (natural armor)  Hit Points  16 (3d6 + 6)  Speed  30 ft., swim 30 ft.\n'b' STATS STR: 14 (+2) DEX:  16 (+3)  CON:  13 (+1)  INT:  10 (+0)  WIS:  12 (+1)  CHA:  11 (+1)  \n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'     Skills   Stealth  +5  Senses  darkvision 60 ft., passive  Perception  11  Languages  Abyssal, Tsathar  Challenge  1/2 (100 XP) \n'b' Special Traits \n'b'   Amphibious . The croaker can breathe air and water. \n'b'  Brute . A melee weapon deals one extra die of its damage when the croaker hits with it (included in the  attack . \n'b'  Keen Smell . The croaker has advantage on  Wisdom  ( Perception ) checks that rely on smell. \n'b'  Slimy . Croakers continuously cover themselves with muck and slime. Creatures attempting to grapple a croaker do so with disadvantage. \n'b'  Standing Leap . The croaker\xe2\x80\x99s long jump is up to 20 feet and its high jump is up to 10 feet, with or without a running start. \n'b'  Actions \n'b'   Multiattack . The Croaker brute makes one Bite and one Claws  attack  or one Bite and one Morningstar  attack . \n'b'  Bite .  Melee Weapon Attack : +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.  Hit : 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage. \n'b'  Claws .  Melee Weapon Attack : +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.  Hit : 4 (1d4 + 2) slashing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 13  Constitution  saving throw or become the living host to a croaker egg, which over the course of the egg maturing, migrates to the chest cavity of the host. The host creature must make another DC 13  Constitution  saving throw 24 hours after the egg is implanted. A failed saving throw results in the host becoming violently ill, followed by a deep coma-like state that lasts 2d6 + 2 days. At the end of each day, the host can attempt another saving throw with a success indicating that its body has managed to destroy the egg through normal immune response. At the end of the incubation period, the host awakes to excruciating pain as the young croaker, freed from its egg, tears its way out of the host, who is reduced to  0 hit points  in the process. A DC 16  Wisdom  ( Medicine ) check can be attempted to surgically extract an egg from the host. A  lesser restoration  spell will also cure the condition and purge the host of the egg. \n'b'  Morningstar .  Melee Weapon Attack : +4 to hit, reach 5 ft. one target.  Hit : 11 (2d8 + 2) piercing damage.'