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Rat Queen
Large Animal HD 10d8 + 63 (108) Speed 5 ft. (1 squares) Init: -4 AC 15 (-1 size, -4 Dex, +10 natural); touch 5; flat-footed 15 BAB +7; Grp +11 Attack Bite +6 (1d8 plus disease) Full-Attack Bite +6 (1d8 plus disease) Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft. Special Attacks Belch, Death Throes Special Qualities Damage Reduction 5/-, low-light vision, scent, resistance to acid, cold, electricity, and fire 5 Saves Fort +11 Ref +3 Will +11 Abilities Str 10, Dex 3, Con 20, Int 2, Wis 10, Cha 5 Skills Spot +13, Listen +13 Feats Toughness, Improved Toughness, Endurance, Steadfast Determination Environment Underground Organization Hive (1 Rat Queen + 5-100 Dire Rats) Challenge Rating 5 Treasure Standard Alignment Neutral Advancement 11-20 (large), 21-30 (huge) Level Adjustment -
An abomination stands before you, a grotesque heap of flesh, with ratlike claws and feet, and a grotesque head almost dog like. Its belly is constantly wriggling, pregnant with some unknown horrors, and occasionally it seems to scream inaudibly.
Rat Queens are heavily mutated dire rats, from living beneath powerful magical locations, or just insane wizard experiments. Rat queens are rotund, with about a 5 foot radius, demented limbs sticking out from its spherical body.
Combat
A Rat Queen rarely if ever attacks with its bite attack using it as a last resort, and sometimes not even then. It can barely move, slowly rolling its way away from danger, while belching out followers to defend it.
Disease (Ex): Filth Fever-bite, Fortitude DC 15, incubation period 1d3 days, damage 1d3 Dex and 1d3 Con. The save DC is constitution based.
Belch (Ex): Every 1d4 rounds a Rat Queen can eject out 1d4+1 Dire Rats, in the squares adjacent if possible, and if not the nearest squares determined randomly. For every rat produced roll a d6, and on a 6 the creature has either the spellwarped or the horrid template, roll to determine which.
Death Throes (Ex): On death the Rat Queen releases 2d4+2 rats, each with a half chance of having a template.
If you're ever in a situation where you can't survive, go for the broke and fill all of creation with chickens. Just imagine the reaction of people halfway around the world when every square inch of space in their world is suddenly and completely full of chickens.
A lot of those templates seem like they were just grabbed out of thin air. If you're going for a mutation vibe, I'd say go with just a flat 10% chance of having the horrid template from the Eberron Campaign Setting (It's basically dire+)
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Last edited by Admiral Squish : 09-07-2010 at 06:03 AM.
A lot of those templates seem like they were just grabbed out of thin air. If you're going for a mutation vibe, I'd say go with just a flat 10% chance of having the horrid template from the Eberron Campaign Setting (It's basically dire+)
Yeah, I used most of them because my players had fought dire rats with them before, but going for something simpler might be better.
If you're ever in a situation where you can't survive, go for the broke and fill all of creation with chickens. Just imagine the reaction of people halfway around the world when every square inch of space in their world is suddenly and completely full of chickens.
It has too many feats. It should have 4 feats for 10 HD.
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It has too many feats. It should have 4 feats for 10 HD.
My mistake, I forgot because I normally play with more feats. I edited out the more random templates, and changed some of the feats, though I'd like recommendations on any better feats beside toughness.
If you're ever in a situation where you can't survive, go for the broke and fill all of creation with chickens. Just imagine the reaction of people halfway around the world when every square inch of space in their world is suddenly and completely full of chickens.
Iron will (about at the point where it would matter most, since fortitude is already high and reflex is too low to matter that much. Possibly improved natural armor.
Special Qualities Damage Reduction 5/-, low-light vision, resistance to acid, cold, electricity, and fire 5
It looks like it has remnants of some template -- which one? Normal animals only have low-light vision. It could still have resistance to cold for being fat but should probably lose the DR 5/-, and resistance to acid and fire. It seems to now be missing Scent, which it should have (see Dire Rat entry).
Debby
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P.E.A.C.H. Please Evaluate And Critique Honestly. Being nicer and kinder doesn't hurt either.
Please, please, please when using non-core material, cite to the books. There are too many books to wade through to find the one with the feat, special ability or spell you use.
It looks like it has remnants of some template -- which one? Normal animals only have low-light vision. It could still have resistance to cold for being fat but should probably lose the DR 5/-, and resistance to acid and fire. It seems to now be missing Scent, which it should have (see Dire Rat entry).
Debby
They aren't remnants of any template, they're there because the fat is enough to protect it from danger. You're right about the Scent though.
So I changed the feats around a bit, and I'm pretty happy with the result, but I'm always up for constructive criticism.
If you're ever in a situation where you can't survive, go for the broke and fill all of creation with chickens. Just imagine the reaction of people halfway around the world when every square inch of space in their world is suddenly and completely full of chickens.
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[3.5 Monster] Rat Queen
