Rot Fly Breeder
Rot Fly, Breeder (CR 7)
Manifestations of filth and chaos, rot flies are scavengers and plague-carriers. They infest areas where a great deal of death has occurred, often corrupting or killing the more natural scavengers that might be present, such as vultures, ravens and rats.
Rot flies have bodies approximately 8 feet long and around 4 feet wide. Each of their four wings is nearly 10 feet long, providing a 20 foot wingspan. Rot flies are pale, fleshy things, covered in sores. Their chaotic origins offer them a variety of appearances beyond that, with some rot flies bearing trunk-like ovipositors, while others may have black, shiny beaks like a squid's mouth. Rot flies have at least two segmented eyes (sometimes they have 3 or more), and their legs often end in chitinous piercing claws.
Rot flies will jealously attack any trespassers who come near their scavenged prey, often creating new prey sooner or later. If they can't kill their prey with brute damage, they nearly always kill it with the disease and corruption they pass on.
Rot flies typically only live about 3 weeks, but have very aggressive breeding cycles, they sleep only two hours a day, and most surprisingly, they are all females. Within two days of her birth, the rot fly enters a state of permanent pregnancy, laying as many as a hundred eggs per day. The eggs are fertilized by the chaotic magics which coruscate through the bodies of the rot flies. The eggs are injected into corpses or under the skin of living creatures and hatch within seconds of being laid. The rot fly larvae grow rapidly, and eat any meat they can find for the 48 hours it takes to molt into adulthood.
GENERAL
CR 7 Hit Dice 10
XP 3,200
NE Large Vermin
Init +3; Senses Darkvision 60 ft., Perception +15
DEFENSE
AC 25, touch 15, flat-footed 21 (+5 armor, +4 dex, +5 natural, +1 deflection)
hp 102
Fort +10, Ref +6, Will +6
Aura: -
SR: -
Special Defenses: -
Immunities: Poison, Disease
Weaknesses: Delicate Wings (see below)
OFFENSE
Speed 10 ft., Fly 60 ft. (hover)
Space / Reach: 10 ft. / 5 ft.
Single Melee Beak +11 (1d8+9/x2) plus Infectious Ataxia
Full Melee
- Beak +11 (1d8+9/x2) plus Infectious Ataxia and Larval Infestation
- 2x Claws +11 (1d6+3/x2) plus Infectious Ataxia
Ranged -
Special Attacks Infectious Ataxia, Larval Infestation
Action Points 0
STATISTICS
Str 20, Dex 17, Con 14, Int 7, Wis 8, Cha 6
Base Atk +7; CMB +11; CMD 21
Feats Fly-by attack (EFFECT: as spring attack, except for flight)
Skills -
Languages Common (they can comprehend somewhat, but not speak it)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
- Infectious Ataxia (Su)
Creatures struck by a rot fly's claw or beak must make a Fortitude save, DC 16, or become Sickened for 1 round, as chaotic pestilence enters their bloodstream.
- Larval Infestation (Su)
A creature successfully bitten by the beak of a rot fly has a larval egg deposited under its skin. This egg will hatch and begin eating its way through the creature's body on the round following its insertion. Creatures so infested take 6 points of damage each round until healed. If the victim has any innate DR which does not come from armor, an item or a shield, that DR may be applied against this damage. This effect will continue until the creature is healed with any instantaneous healing effect, though the healing provided does not restore any health to the victim; it merely stops the damage. A heal check may also be used, with a DC of 25. If the creature is bitten multiple times, this effect can stack, though a single heal check or instantaneous heal will clear all larval infestations on the targeted creature.
- Delicate Wings (Ex)
When the rot fly is reduced below half hit points (51 hit points), it loses its ability to fly and can only move along the ground.
TREASURE
sell value of approximately 2,375 gp
COMBAT TACTICS
Rot flies have simple priorities: eat meat, find places to plant their eggs, and occasionally sleep. They appear very aggressive because they're often too stupid to recognize a threat as anything other than a good place to put some eggs.
They will use their fly-by attack to try to sicken prey first, but will quickly try to use full attacks to deposit some eggs.
Rot flies will not usually run from a fight if they've managed to plant any eggs, as they'd rather make sure their hatchery is good and dead before they leave it for their babies to consume.