Saw Beetle
Saw Beetle(CR 3)
Saw Beetles are a type of giant insect that are often harmless...and often not harmless. Saw Beetles usually feed on vegetation, brush, and wood, but they are opportunistic omnivores. They like eating carrion and are more than capable of killing quite large game. Sadly, they are abysmally stupid and will consider humans perfectly acceptable foodstuffs. Saw beetles live in forests, swamps, plains, deserts, and often infest ruins. They are remarkably hardy, and given their size and the strength of their jaws, their limited ability to fly is a potent advantage against many other predators.
GENERAL
CR 3 Hit Dice 4
XP 800
N, medium, vermin
Init +2; Senses Scent, Perception +5
DEFENSE
AC 18, touch 12, flat-footed 16 (+2 dex, +6 armor)
hp 30
Fort +6, Ref +2, Will +2
Aura: -
SR: -
Special Defenses: Vermin traits, mindless
Immunities: -
Weaknesses: -
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., fly 20 ft. (perfect)
Space / Reach: 5 ft. / 5 ft.
Single Melee Bite +6 (2d4+1/x2)
Full Melee 2x Bite +6 (2d4+1/x2)
Ranged -
Special Attacks Blundering Flight
Action Points 0
STATISTICS
Str 16, Dex 10, Con 14, Int -, Wis 8, Cha 14
Base Atk +3; CMB +7; CMD 18
Feats -
Skills -
Languages -
SPECIAL ABILITIES
<special abilities should have a save DC 13>
<special attack damage (standard action): 1d8+2>
<special attack damage (aoe’s, swift actions or inflicting status effects): 1d6>
- Blundering Flight
Saw beetles may, once per encounter, as a move action, fly at their enemies and batter and carom their way across the battlefield. Their blurring wings, armored carapace, and erratic motion render this movement so hard to predict that they do not provoke opportunity attacks. The Saw beetle may move up to their Fly speed (20 feet). Any enemy they move adjacent to they may attack with a Bite attack (+6 to hit) and inflict 1d6 x2 of damage.
TREASURE
sell value of approximately 750 gp
COMBAT TACTICS
Saw beetles may be vermin, but they like the taste of fresh meat. As a result, they will usually close the range on the ground and then rise up on buzzing wings and plunge into the midst of a group of enemies using Blundering Flight. They will then land again as close as possible to multiple foes and perform savage full-action bite attacks. They will never try to flee, being too dumb to recognize peril,