This creature is a halfling-sized humanoid with swarthy skin and dark hair. Its eyes are greenish-brown and its clothes are brown.
Buckawn CR 2
XP 600
N Small fey
Init +3; Senses low-light vision; Perception +9
AC 17, touch 15, flat-footed 13 (+3 Dex, +1 dodge, +2 natural, +1 size)
hp 11 (3d6)
Fort +1; Ref +6; Will +4
DR 5/cold iron; SR 13
Speed 30 ft.
Melee dagger +5 (1d3 plus poison)
Ranged dart +5 (1d3 plus poison)
Spell-like Abilities (CL 3rd)
At willâdancing lights, disguise self, ghost sound (DC 12), invisibility (self only)
1/dayâentangle (DC 13), pass without trace, insect plague (one swarm only)
Str 10, Dex 17, Con 11, Int 12, Wis 13, Cha 14
Base Atk +1; CMB +0; CMD 14
Feats Dodge, Weapon Finesse
Skills Bluff +8, Craft (alchemy) +7 (+9 when making poison), Escape Artist +9, Knowledge (nature) +7, Perception +9, Sense Motive +7, Stealth +13; Racial Modifiers +2 Craft (alchemy) when making poison, +2 Perception
Languages Common, Sylvan
SQ poison use
Buckawns never risk accidentally poisoning themselves when applying poison to a blade. They favor moonseed berries as poison and usually have a plentiful supply readily available.
These small berries are bluish-purple and resemble wild grapes. They are highly poisonous and are often mixed with food or crushed and smeared on a weapon or object.
Moonseed Berries: poisonâcontact or ingested; save Fort DC 13; frequency 1/round for 4 rounds; effect 1d2 Con; cure 1 save; Price 1,500 gp.
Environment temperate forests
Organization gang (2â4), band (6â11), or tribe (12â20)
Treasure incidental
Buckawns are somehow related to brownies, but they are nowhere near as kind-hearted and playful. Buckawns are extremely reclusive and rarely have dealings with outside races. Trade of any kind between a buckawn tribe and another race is virtually unheard of.
Characters who journey into a buckawnâs realm are usually left alone, providing they themselves leave the buckawnâs realm alone. Trespassers, evil-doers, and those that disturb the natural beauty of a buckawn domain are dealt with quicklyâand permanently if necessary.
A buckawn stands about 2 feet tall and weighs about 30 pounds.
Buckawns favor daggers and darts in combat. They readily use poisoned blades when confronted with a tough opponent, when outnumbered, or when battling opponents for whom they have great disdain.
Buckawn from the Tome of Horrors Complete, Copyright 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author Scott Greene, based on original material by Gary Gygax.