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Giant Bone Skipper

While less common than the smaller variety, giant bone skippers are the stuff of nightmares for morticians and graveyard keepers.

Recall Knowledge - Animal (Nature): DC 25
Unspecific Lore: DC 23
Specific Lore: DC 20

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Proficiency without Level

Changes from being Weak are marked in red below.
NOTE: The -2 damage penalty to non-strike offensive abilities (-4 if the ability is limited, such as spells) is NOT factored in.

Weak Giant Bone SkipperCreature 6

Legacy Content

Uncommon N Large Animal 
Source Pathfinder #158: Sixty Feet Under pg. 80
Perception +17; darkvision, bonesense (imprecise) 30 feet
Skills Acrobatics +17, Athletics +13, Stealth +13
Str +4, Dex +6, Con +4, Int -5, Wis +2, Cha -5
Bonesense A giant bone skipper identifies bones and creatures with a skeletal system in the listed range.
AC 23; Fort +13, Ref +15, Will +13
HP 95
Speed 25 feet, fly 40 feet
Melee [one-action] mandibles +16 [+11/+6], Damage 2d10-2+6 piercing plus marrow rotLeaping Charge [one-action] The giant bone skipper Leaps up to 20 feet. It then makes a mandibles Strike, gaining a +1 circumstance bonus to its attack roll.Marrow Rot (disease) Marrow rot affects only creatures with a skeletal system; Saving Throw DC 23 Fortitude; Onset 1 day; Stage 1 enfeebled 1 (1 day); Stage 2 enfeebled 2 (1 day); Stage 3 enfeebled 2 and drained 1 (1 day)

All Monsters in "Bone Skipper"

NameLevel
Bone Skipper Swarm6
Giant Bone Skipper7

Bone Skipper

Source Pathfinder #158: Sixty Feet Under pg. 80
Orange-headed bone skippers feast on the flesh of the dead, particularly seeking out the marrow in the bones of large carcasses. These strange flies are named for the way they hop about on rotting bodies as they feed, causing the corpses to move and appear as if alive.

Sidebar - Related Creatures Megafauna Scavengers

Bone skippers eat and breed within the bones of deceased megafauna, such as elephants and teraphants. In areas where their carcasses are rare or quickly disposed of, bone skippers are virtually unknown. Sufficiently large undead creatures, like zombie hulks, might harbor a bone skipper swarm that buzzes around them, defending their gruesome “lairs.”