Cockroach Swarm

Like a pestilent black tide, a ravenous horde of thousands of tiny, clacking cockroaches washes over everything in its path.

Cockroach Swarm (CR 2)

Diminutive Vermin (Swarm)
Alignment: Neutral
Initiative: +2
Senses: Darkvision 60 feet, Tremorsense 30 feet; Perception +4

Speed: 20 feet, Climb 20 feet, Fly 30 feet (poor)
Space: 10 feet

Defense

Armor Class: 16, touch 16, flat-footed 14 (+2 Dex, +4 size)
Hit Points: 26 (4d8+8)
Saving Throws: Fort +6, Ref +3, Will +1
swarm traits
Immunity: weapon damage
Weaknesses: light sensitivity, swarm traits

Offense

Melee: swarm (1d6)
Reach: 0 feet

Special Attacks: Distraction (DC 14)

Statistics

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
1 (-5)	15 (+2)	14 (+2)	-	10 (+0)	2 (-4)

Base Attack Bonus: +3
CMB -
CMD -

Feats:

Skills: Climb +10, Fly +4, Perception +4, Stealth +14

• Racial Modifiers: +4 Perception

Languages:

Special Qualities: Hold Breath

Special Abilities

NONE

Ecology

Environment: Temperate or Warm Urban
Organization: solitary, pair, or intrusion (3-20 swarms)
Treasure: none


Swarms of flesh-eating cockroaches are extremely virulent pests. Normally carnivorous scavengers, these vermin quickly transform into aggressive hunters when amassed in great numbers, actively seeking out territory and food and gravitating to locations that readily provide both, such as dumps, graveyards, sewers, swamps, and other foul areas filled with rotting waste.

Although a flesheating cockroach swarm prefers to feed on rot and carrion, these ravenous creatures do not balk at attacking living creatures as large as an elephant if given a chance. They swarm over their prey, biting and tearing at flesh until their victim is consumed or escapes.