FREQUENCY: Rare

FREQUENCY: Rare ([Dungeon Level IV])

FREQUENCY: Rare ([Temperate Wilderness Desert])
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Tropical Wilderness Plains])

NO. APPEARING: 1-6
ARMOR CLASS: 10
MOVE: 6"
HIT DICE: 4+1
% IN LAIR: 20%
TREASURE TYPE: [C]
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1
DAMAGE/ATTACK: Variable
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Nil
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard
INTELLIGENCE: Low
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic neutral
SIZE: S
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: IV | 165 + 5

A large red toad about 4' high and covered with warty purple excrescences,
this beast shuns water and inhabits dry regions above and
below ground. Throwing liquid -- even ordinary water -- at it will
cause it to retreat, though in doing so it will concentrate two fireball
attacks, in the single melee round of its retreat, on the person
performing this act.

The fire toad has the power of breathing small fireballs with a range of 30'
and a blast radius of 5' at will. This is its only mode of attack,
the fireball doing danage equivalent to the #number# of HP the
firetoad has remaining. A normal save is permitted against
this attack, success indicating half damage.

The firetoad will rarely (20% chance) attack unless threatened,
molested or in defence of its treasure.

    by Roger Musson