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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 Rat
Creature -1
N
Small
Animal
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
jaws +7 [
+3/-1
] (
agile
,
finesse
),
Damage
1d6+1 piercing plus filth fever
Filth 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
"
Name
Level
Giant Rat
-1
Rat Swarm
1
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.
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
.