Fevered Rat

Rat Swarm (CR 1)

Neutral - Tiny - Swarm (Animal)

Lore:	K. (Dungeoneer)
2		17
Basic DC		Full DC

Initiative

3

Perception:
13	+3
Passive	Active

Ambush:

10+

on a d20

Senses:

• Standard Senses

Movement Types:

Defense

AC

14

Man Def

15

Monster Health
31	15	2
Hit Points	Bloodied	Hit Dice

Saving Throws
Fort:	+5
Refl:	+1
Will:	+0

Strong Against:

• (Swarm 1) Hardened (½ damage): slashing (physical, common), piercing (physical, common)
• (Swarm 2) Immune (no effect): Critical Hits and Flanking
• (Swarm 3) Immune (no effect): any attack that targets Maneuver Defense
• (Swarm 4) Immune (no effect): any spell that targets a specific number of creatures, except mind-affecting spells (if this creature has an Int score).

Weak Against:

Offense

Size:	Tiny
2.5 ft.		0 ft.
Space		Reach

To-Hit

+3

Man Off

+3

Action

0

Points

Standard Attack (Melee):

• 1x Overrun (Swarm Attack -- auto-hit) (0/19-20 x2)
  as undefined damage type
  plus Filth Fever, plus Distraction

Full Attack (Melee):

• 3x Overrun (Swarm Attack -- auto-hit) (1d4/19-20 x2)
  as undefined damage type
  plus Filth Fever, plus Distraction

Standard Attack (Ranged):

Full Attack (Ranged):

Siege Damage: Not siege capable

Statistics

2

STR

15

DEX

13

CON

2

INT

13

WIS

2

CHA

Skills:

• Perception: 3
• All other skills: 0 (no ranks)

Languages:

Feats:

Special Abilities

Filth Fever (Ex, Disease)

Swarm - injury; save Fort DC ; onset 1d3 days; frequency 1/day; effect 1d3 Dex damage and 1d3 Con damage plus non-lethal damage which bypasses DR; cure 2 consecutive saves. The save DC is Constitution-based. The save to avoid initial infection must be made every round you are inside of a swarm and take damage.

Distraction (Ex)

Any living creature that takes damage from a creature with the distraction ability must make a Fortitude save, DC , or become Afflicted. If the creature makes the save, they are instead Sickened. If they take damage on any following round while still Sickened or Afflicted, they must make another DC Fortitude save, or move up one on the Status Array. While sharing a space with the swarm, you cannot get rid of the Sickened condition. At the end of any round in which you are outside of the swarm, you may make another DC Fortitude save to attempt to move down a step on the status array. (While outside of the swarm's space, you cannot go up on the status array if you fail the save, you simply remain at the status you currently have.) Nauseated ==> Afflicted ==> Sickened In addition, spellcasting or concentrating on spells within the area of a swarm requires a caster level check (DC 20 + spell level). Using skills that involve patience and concentration requires a DC Will save.

Rat Swarm

One rat is no threat to any adventurer. But a rat swarm isn't just one rat. It's hundreds and hundreds of rats, so many of them, piled so close atop one another, they form a single seething mass of dirty flesh. Rat swarms are so frenetically active they are almost fluids, flowing this way and that, no rat willing to break away from the safety of it's fellows.

This roiling, scrabbling, mass of teeth and claws is enough to be quite a nasty threat, and even the best-armored hero has no defense against a thousand claws and bites every minute. It's best to kill rat swarms as fast as possible, and from a good distance, to boot.

Combat Tactics

Rat swarms wish to engulf you. They will charge as fast as they can to get into the space of their prey.

Note that multiple rat swarms can move into, stop and occupy up to half the spaces that other rat swarms occupy. No more than two swarms can inflict effects on a single target.

Out of Combat

Rewards

XP: 400

Treasure: Sellable Goods worth 219 gp.

Weight: 10 lbs.     Volume: 0.4 cu. ft.

Optional Treasure Rules: Roll a d20 on Table 1 below once per encounter (NOT per creature). Any items discovered are in addition to the normal treasure for the encounter.

Table 1: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 10	Nothing Found
11 - 14	1 Languid Remnant (tier 1)
15 - 17	1 Pale Remnant (tier 2)
18 - 19	1 Bright Remnant (tier 3)
20	Roll on Table 2
###	Nothing to see here!
###	Or here. Move along.

Table 2: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 5	3 Languid Remnants (tier 1)
6 - 10	3 Pale Remnants (tier 2)
11 - 14	1 Intense Remnant (tier 4)
15 - 17	1 Blazing Remnant (tier 5)
18 - 19	1 Vital Remnant (tier 6)
20	Roll on Table 3
###	Or here. Move along.

Table 3: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 5	3 Bright Remnants (tier 3)
6 - 8	3 Intense Remnants (tier 4)
9 - 11	3 Blazing Remnants (tier 5)
12 - 14	3 Vital Remnants (tier 6)
15 - 17	1 Prime Remnant (tier 7)
18 - 19	1 Mythic Remnant (tier 8)
20	1 Empyrean Remnant (tier 9)