Green slaad

Green slaadi were unusually intelligent slaad shapechangers and spellcasters.

Description
Green slaadi were physically similar to blue slaadi, standing at least tall but often sharing their height, weight and build, albeit being more gangly. Their skin was mostly a pale, mottled green, but otherwise was also identical to that of the blue slaads. They had wide mouths and long claws, although by slaadi standards their claws were actually short, and the frog-like bipeds had the ability to take on other humanoid forms.

Personality
Green slaadi were utterly selfish beings that thirsted for magical might and got defensive about their weaknesses. By the standards of the common slaads, green slaadi possessed a great amount of intelligence,  having some knowledge of the arcane and being skilled in deceit and intimidation. However, given the primitive nature of red and blue slaadi, sizable intellect by their standards translated to the average intellect of ordinary mortals,  and they could still fall victim to loutish behavior. Their primary flaw was their arrogance and boastfulness, as during times of victory they had been known to waste time bragging and even stop to gloat in the middle of combat.

Abilities
Beside their spellcasting abilities, green slaadi were also shapechangers and could assume the form of other humanoids. They usually chose to assume the form of their former hosts.

Ecology
Green slaadi appeared as the result of an infection of a humanoid spellcaster by a red slaad egg or a blue slaad's chaos phage. If the infected humanoid could cast sufficiently powerful spells, instead of a red or blue slaad, a green slaad appeared.

After some time, a green slaad could learn how to magically transform permanently into the stronger gray slaad. Learning this process could take decades.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Dark Pyramid of Sorcerer's Isle
 * Out of the Abyss
 * Tales of the Outer Planes
 * Card Games
 * Blood Wars