Rot Grub, Giant

This twitching, pale maggot is the size of a large dog. A circular mouth quivers and gasps at one end of its pulsating body.

Rot Grub, Giant (CR 3)

Small Vermin
Alignment: Neutral
Initiative: +1
Senses: Blindsense 30 feet; Perception +0

Speed: 20 feet
Space: 5 feet

Defense

Armor Class: 15, touch 12, flat-footed 14 (+1 Dex, +3 natural, +1 size)
Hit Points: 34 (4d8+16)
Saving Throws: Fort +8, Ref +2, Will +1
Immunity: mind-affecting effects

Offense

Melee: bite +6 (1d6+3 plus poison and Grab)
Reach: 5 feet

Special Attacks: gnaw, Grab (Medium)

Statistics

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
14 (+2)	12 (+1)	18 (+4)	-	10 (+0)	1 (-5)

Base Attack Bonus: +3
CMB +4 (+8 Grapple)
CMD 15

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Special Abilities

Gnaw (Ex)

A rot grub that is grappling a foe and chooses to damage the foe with an additional grapple check deals twice its normal bite damage (2d6+6 for most giant rot grubs), in addition to injecting an additional dose of poison with each successful check.

Poison (Ex)

Bite-injury; save Fort DC 16; frequency 1/round for 5 rounds; effect 1d3 Str; cure 1 save.

Ecology

Environment: Any
Organization: solitary, pair, or nest (3-8)
Treasure: none


Rot grubs are foul, nauseating parasites that feed on flesh and use corpses as nests in which to grow. While a rot grub can derive nourishment from dead flesh, its true hunger is for the flesh of the living.

Thankfully, rot grub swarms occur only rarely, as they require the infested carcass of a Huge or larger creature and many weeks to build up the numbers necessary to constitute a swarm.

In some cases, a rot grub continues to feed and grow, eventually reaching enormous size as a giant rot grub.