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Cave Scorpion
Cave scorpions prefer to reside in underground lairs. Most have lost nearly all of their pigmentation, making them appear ghostly when they lurk at the edge of the light. While they prefer to eat large insects, cave scorpions can and will attack humanoids. Some Darklands societies have developed techniques to herd or lure scorpions into pest-infested tunnels and warrens at the edge of their settlements, where the scorpions thrive in a dual role of exterminators and guardians.
Recall Knowledge - Animal
(
Nature
)
: DC 15
Cave Scorpion
Creature 1
N
Medium
Animal
Source
Bestiary 2 pg. 234
2.0
Perception
+7;
darkvision
,
tremorsense (imprecise) 30 feet
Skills
Athletics
+7,
Stealth
+7
Str
+2,
Dex
+4,
Con
+3,
Int
-5,
Wis
+2,
Cha
-4
AC
16;
Fort
+6,
Ref
+9,
Will
+5
HP
20
Speed
30 feet, climb 15 feet
Melee
pincer +9 [
+5/+1
] (
agile
,
finesse
),
Damage
1d8+2 slashing plus
Grab
Melee
stinger +9 [
+4/-1
] (
finesse
),
Damage
1d6+2 piercing plus cave scorpion venom
Cave Scorpion Venom
(
poison
)
Saving Throw
DC 17 Fortitude;
Maximum Duration
6 rounds;
Stage 1
1d4 poison damage (1 round);
Stage 2
1d6 poison damage and
enfeebled 1
(1 round);
Stage 3
1d8 poison damage and enfeebled 2 (1 round)
All Monsters in "
Scorpion
"
Name
Level
Black Scorpion
15
Cave Scorpion
1
Giant Scorpion
3
Scorpion Swarm
4
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.
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
.
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.