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Archives of Nethys

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PFS StandardScorpion Swarm

While a single scorpion is itself a menace, swarms of these vermin can be outright devastating. These skittering droves of death swiftly bring down their prey before devouring everything short of the victim’s bones.

Recall Knowledge - Animal (Nature): DC 19
Unspecific Lore: DC 17
Specific Lore: DC 14

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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 Scorpion SwarmCreature 3

Legacy Content

N Large Animal Swarm 
Source Bestiary pg. 285
Perception +11; darkvision
Skills Acrobatics +9, Athletics +4, Stealth +9
Str +0, Dex +5, Con +2, Int -5, Wis +0, Cha -4
AC 19; Fort +8, Ref +11, Will +6
HP 40; Immunities precision, swarm mind; Resistances bludgeoning 3, piercing 7, slashing 7; Weaknesses area damage 5, splash damage 5
Speed 25 feet
Scorpion Venom (poison) Saving Throw DC 16 Fortitude; Maximum Duration 6 rounds; Stage 1 1d6 poison damage (1 round); Stage 2 1d6 poison damage and enfeebled 1 (1 round)Swarming Stings [one-action] Each enemy in the swarm’s space takes 2d8 piercing damage (DC 19 basic Reflex save) and is exposed to scorpion venom.

All Monsters in "Scorpion"

NameLevel
Black Scorpion15
Cave Scorpion1
Giant Scorpion3
Scorpion Swarm4

Scorpion

Source Bestiary pg. 285
Chitinous scourges of deserts, forests, savannas, and badlands, scorpions are deadly arachnids with powerful pincers and a painful sting. Scorpions can be found in nearly every climate, where they hunt their prey with a mixture of patient stealth and raw strength. Most scorpions live in underground burrows, either as lone hunters or part of a larger colony. These arachnids are so feared and dangerous that in many cultures, they are treated as deities or dualistic symbols of both death and protection from said death.

Sidebar - Advice and Rules Scorpion Venom

While scorpions are often symbols of death or evil, their venom can be extracted and used for a wide variety of medical applications. A character can milk an incapacitated giant scorpion to extract raw scorpion venom, which can be used as raw materials to craft giant scorpion venom or lesser antiplague. To determine the value of ingredients you gain each day and the DC of the appropriate Medicine or Lore check, use the level 3 task entry in Table 4–2: Income Earned.

Sidebar - Additional Lore The Desert Rider

Those rescued from death in the burning sands often recount the same dying vision: a strange, silver-eyed woman whose scarlet silk tents stand on the back of a colossal black scorpion, riding out of a shattered city and leading an army of the dead across a sea of glass toward the world of the living. Millennium-old paintings on the walls of rediscovered tombs depict a similar desert rider. The identity of this red-robed woman is unknown.