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Giant Rat

Giant rats are enormous versions of the common vermin. They are typically found in abundant numbers, but since they cannot flt in the nooks where mundane rats typically hide, they are much easier to locate and exterminate. They mostly live in sewers where they can scavenge from the streets above, but some families of giant rats live in more remote locations, such as dank caves or forests and hills. Rats are incredibly adept survivors and can be found nearly anywhere in the world, though they tend to favor temperate or warm climates as opposed to cold regions.

Although its bite alone is not lethal except to the very young or very old, the giant rat carries the filth fever common to rodents around the world—a pestilence more than capable of ravaging rural communities.

Recall Knowledge - Animal (Nature): DC 13

Giant RatCreature -1

NSmallAnimal
Source Bestiary pg. 276
Perception +5; low-light vision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Skills Acrobatics +5, Athletics +2 (+4 to Climb or Swim), Stealth +5
Str +1, Dex +3, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha -3
AC 15; Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +3
HP 8
Speed 30 feet, climb 10 feet
Melee Single ActionSingle Action jaws +7 [+3/-1] (agile, finesse), Damage 1d6+1 piercing plus filth feverFilth Fever (disease) The sickened and unconscious conditions from filth fever don’t improve on their own until the disease is cured. Saving Throw DC 14 Fortitude; Stage 1 carrier with no ill effect (1d4 hours), Stage 2 sickened 1 (1 day), Stage 3 sickened 1 and slowed 1 (1 day), Stage 4 unconscious (1 day), Stage 5 dead

All Monsters in "Rat"

NameLevel
Giant Rat-1
Rat Swarm1

Rat

Source Bestiary pg. 276
Rats are a ubiquitous menace, scurrying through the sewers and on the streets of nearly every settlement the world over. Though a regular rat darting underfoot might startle or even frighten the average passerby, giant rats and rat swarms are far more dangerous.

Sidebar - Additional Lore Rats and Disease

Rats have a reputation of being vicious, aggressive animals that attack food stores in great numbers and spread disease. While rats are immune to the most severe effects of their own filth fever, the disease makes them unpredictable and aggressive. Some populations of rats carry even more deadly diseases, such as bubonic plague.