Bestiary · Beast

PR 1/4

Desert Rat

Desert rats chew into sealed containers, condensers and suit reservoirs. Survey teams lose more water to them than to evaporation.

Physiology
Beast
Size
Small
Speed
35 ft., burrow 10 ft.
Armor class
13
Hit points
22 (5d6 + 5)
Proficiency
+2
  • STR 11 +0 save +0
  • DEX 16 +3 save +3
  • CON 13 +1 save +1
  • INT 2 -4 save -4
  • WIS 13 +1 save +1
  • CHA 4 -3 save -3
Skills
Stealth +5 , Survival +3
Passive Perception
11
Senses
darkvision 60 ft., keen smell
Languages
None
Damage resistances
fire
Found in
Terran (Arid) , Farmland

Traits

  • Water Thief

    The rat chews through any non-metal seal in one minute, and can smell stored water at 300 feet.

  • Pack Tactics

    The rat has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the rat's allies is within 5 feet of it and not Incapacitated.

Actions

  • Bite

    +5 to hit · reach 5 ft.

    1d6 + 3 piercing damage

    A bite from its incisors.

  • Water Rush Reaction

    When a creature within 30 feet opens a container of water, a canteen, or a seal the rat can smell through, the rat moves up to its speed toward that water and may make one Bite attack against anything between it and the container.