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Giant Rat

Creature -1 — animal

Giant rats are enormous versions of the common vermin. They are typically found in abundant numbers, but since they cannot fit 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, forests or hills. Rats are incredibly adept survivors and can be found nearly anywhere in the world, though they tend t

Source: pathfinder-monster-core

Perception +5
Skills acrobatics +5, athletics +2, 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

Offense

Melee Jaws +7, Damage 1d6+1 piercing

Abilities

Putrid Plague (disease) — The Sickened and Unconscious conditions from putrid plague 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

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