Stalk Beetle

This ravenous beetle is the size of a pony, and sports a pair of deadly, serrated mandibles.

Stalk Beetle (CR 2)

Medium Vermin
Alignment: Neutral
Initiative: +1
Senses: Darkvision 60 feet; Perception +0

Speed: 30 feet, Burrow 10 feet, Climb 20 feet
Space: 5 feet

Defense

Armor Class: 16, touch 11, flat-footed 15 (+1 Dex, +5 natural)
Hit Points: 22 (4d8+4)
Saving Throws: Fort +5, Ref +2, Will +1
Immunity: mind-affecting effects

Offense

Melee: bite +6 (1d6+4)
Reach: 5 feet

Special Attacks: sawtooth

Statistics

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
17 (+3)	13 (+1)	12 (+1)	-	10 (+0)	1 (-5)

Base Attack Bonus: +3
CMB +6
CMD 17 (25 vs. Trip)

Feats:

Skills: Climb +11

Languages:

Special Abilities

Sawtooth (Ex)

The serrated mandibles of a stalk beetle allow it to ignore hardness of 5 or less when attacking objects. In addition, a stalk beetle deals 1 point of bleed damage upon a successful critical hit with its bite attack.

Ecology

Environment: Warm Deserts
Organization: solitary, swarm (2-8), or plague (9-20)
Treasure: none


Stalk beetles are a plague in Rahadoum, scouring the land like giant locusts, and eating any and all vegetation they encounter.