Monsters / Swarm, Rat
Swarm, Rat
CR 2 - 600 XP - N Tiny Animal
Stat block
AC14 (touch 14, flat-footed 12)HP16 (3d8+3)SavesFort +4, Ref +5, Will +2Meleeswarm (1d6 plus disease)Speed15 ft., climb 15 ft., swim 15 ft.AbilitiesStr 2, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 2BAB / CMB / CMD+2 / +0 / 0Senseslow-light vision, scent; Perception +8Environmentany
Combat brain - every behavior cites its line (4 rules)
Built only from this entry: stat-block special attacks, the printed Int score, the creature type, its feats and senses, and the behavioral prose of its own description. Nothing invented - an uncited behavior is a test failure.
pack-hunter (from lore)
Rat swarms surround and attack any warm-blooded prey in their path.
Rat swarms surround and attack any warm-blooded prey in their path.
scent-tracking (from senses)
senses: scent - hidden prey is found, not lost
senses: scent - hidden prey is found, not lost
skirmisher (from abilities)
abilities: Dex 15 over Str 2 - strike and slip away, never trade full attacks
abilities: Dex 15 over Str 2 - strike and slip away, never trade full attacks
strikes-first (from feats)
feats: Improved Initiative - it moves before you do
feats: Improved Initiative - it moves before you do
On-hit riders and breath
diseaseDC 12 Fortitude
distractionDC 12 Fortitude
From the entry
The save DC is Constitution-based. Swarm:
A rat swarm typically consists of a biting, roiling mass of hundreds of disease-ridden rats driven to uncharacteristic heights of aggression by fantastic and overwhelming hunger. In such numbers, they become voracious hunters, capable of killing a full-grown human with hundreds of bites. Rat swarms are often found in the sewers of large human settlements.
Rat swarms surround and attack any warm-blooded prey in their path.