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Giant Fly
This massive fly's twitching limbs seem to never stop moving as it constantly cleans itself and scoops anything edible into its mouthparts. While primarily carrion eaters, giant flies sometimes prey on livestock or other animals too slow to get away. They are not particularly dangerous, and are mostly reviled due to their obnoxious droning and habit of spreading disease.Recall Knowledge - Animal (Nature): DC 15
Unspecific Lore: DC 13
Specific Lore: DC 10
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Changes from being Elite are marked in red below.NOTE: The +2 damage bonus to non-strike offensive abilities (+4 if the ability is limited, such as spells) is NOT factored in.
Elite Giant FlyCreature 2
Medium Animal Source Monster Core 2 pg. 157
Perception +10; darkvision, tremorsense (imprecise) 30 feet
Skills Acrobatics +9, Athletics +8
Str +3, Dex +4, Con +3, Int -5, Wis +3, Cha -5
AC 18; Fort +8, Ref +11, Will +8
HP 30
Avoid the Swat [reaction] Trigger The giant fly is targeted with a melee or ranged attack by an attacker it can see; Effect The giant fly gains a +2 circumstance bonus to AC against the triggering attack. If the attack misses, the giant insect can Fly up to its fly Speed.
Speed 20 feet, climb 20 feet, fly 40 feet
Melee [one-action] mandibles +10 [+5/+0], Damage 1d6+2+3 piercing plus fly poxFly Pox (disease, virulent) A giant fly could carry any disease, but most transmit a virulent but not fatal infection called fly pox with their bite; Saving Throw DC 18 Fortitude; Onset 1 day; Stage 1 enfeebled 1 (1 day); Stage 2 as stage 1 (1 day); Stage 3 enfeebled 2 (1 day); Stage 4 as stage 3 (1 day); Stage 5 enfeebled 2 and fatigued (1 day)
All Monsters in "Fly"
| Name | Level |
| Giant Fly | 1 |
| Giant Maggot | 0 |
| Giant Swamp Fly | 1 |
| Giant Tsetse Fly | 2 |
Fly
Source Monster Core 2 pg. 157Giant flies are pony-sized insects that have massive compound eyes and bodies bristling with short, stiff hairs. Their lairs are notorious for the rotting meat they stockpile to lay their eggs in. Their maggot dens are also prime breeding grounds for virulent diseases.
Fly Species
The giant fly presented here is but the most common of these unsettlingly oversized pests. Others can grow much larger, such as the blood-drinking glutton fly, the highly toxic and foulsmelling blight fly, and the immensely bloated plague fly—a nauseating creature ironically incapable of flight that fattens itself on undead flesh and carries a host of awful diseases.
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