Saw Beetle (CR 1)
| Neutral - Medium - Vermin
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| Initiative
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3 |
Defense
| AC
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14 |
| Man Def
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17
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| Monster Health
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| 31 |
15 |
2
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| Hit Points |
Bloodied |
Hit Dice
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| Saving Throws
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| Fort: |
+5
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| Refl: |
+0
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| Will: |
+0
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Strong Against:
- (Mindless) Immune (no effect): all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, fear, morale effects, patterns, and phantasms)
Weak Against:
Offense
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| Size: |
Medium
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| 5 ft. |
5 ft.
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| Space |
Reach
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| To-Hit
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+3 
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| Man Off
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+1
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Standard Attack (Melee):
- 1x Sawing Mandibles +3 (1d4/19-20 x2)
as slashing (physical, common)
Full Attack (Melee):
- 3x Sawing Mandibles +3 (1d4/19-20 x2)
as slashing (physical, common)
Standard Attack (Ranged):
Siege Damage: Not siege capable
Statistics
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| INT
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Feats:
Special Abilities
| Blundering Flight (Ex)
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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 can move up to its Fly speed (20 feet). Any enemy they move adjacent to they may attack with a Batter attack.
- Batter + (/x2) as bludgeoning (physical, common) damage
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Saw Beetle
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.
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. Despite their size, saw beetles are good flyers, although slow. They can hover, fly backwards, and swoop through the air with perfect grace, even though their Bumbling Flight power looks clumsy.
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
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| 1 - 10 |
Nothing Found
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| 11 - 14 |
1 Languid Remnant (tier 1)
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| 15 - 17 |
1 Pale Remnant (tier 2)
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| 18 - 19 |
1 Bright Remnant (tier 3)
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| 20 |
Roll on Table 2
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| ### |
Nothing to see here!
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| ### |
Or here. Move along.
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| Table 2: Remnant(s) Found
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| 1 - 5 |
3 Languid Remnants (tier 1)
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| 6 - 10 |
3 Pale Remnants (tier 2)
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| 11 - 14 |
1 Intense Remnant (tier 4)
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| 15 - 17 |
1 Blazing Remnant (tier 5)
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| 18 - 19 |
1 Vital Remnant (tier 6)
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| 20 |
Roll on Table 3
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| ### |
Or here. Move along.
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| Table 3: Remnant(s) Found
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| 1 - 5 |
3 Bright Remnants (tier 3)
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| 6 - 8 |
3 Intense Remnants (tier 4)
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| 9 - 11 |
3 Blazing Remnants (tier 5)
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| 12 - 14 |
3 Vital Remnants (tier 6)
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| 15 - 17 |
1 Prime Remnant (tier 7)
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| 18 - 19 |
1 Mythic Remnant (tier 8)
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| 20 |
1 Empyrean Remnant (tier 9)
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