Library / Bestiary
Beetle, Giant Stag
CR
4.00
Vermin
N
Large
HD 7
With a sleek body and huge mandibles raised in a threatening pose, this large beetle stands firm in defense of its territory.
Description
Nearly 10 feet long, giant stag beetles become serious dangers when they wander into logging camps due to their appetite for decaying wood. Called stag beetles because of their large, antler-like mandibles, they use these appendages to wrestle competing suitors and quickly put down enemy threats.
Variant species of these giant beetles exist as well. The two detailed below are the ones most commonly encountered.
Combat Stats
HP
45 (7d8+14)
AC
17, touch 9, flat-footed 17 (+8 natural, -1 size)
Init
+0
Speed
20 ft., fly 20 ft. (poor)
Fort
+7
Ref
+2
Will
+2
BAB
+5
CMB
+10
CMD
20 (28 vs. trip)
- Melee
- bite +8 (2d8+6)
- Space
- 10 ft.
- Reach
- 5 ft.
Ability Scores
str
19
+4
dex
10
+0
con
15
+2
int
-
wis
10
+0
cha
9
-1
Special Attacks
trample (1d6+6, DC 17)
Special Abilities
Universal Monster Rules
Trample
(1d6+6, DC 17)
Ex
from Universal Monster Rule
As a full-round action, a creature with the trample ability can attempt to overrun any creature that is at least one size category smaller than itself. This works just like the overrun combat maneuver, but the trampling creature does not need to make a check—it merely has to move over opponents in its path. Targets of a trample take an amount of damage equal to the trampling creature's slam damage + 1-1/2 times its Strength modifier. Targets of a trample can make an attack of opportunity, but at a –4 penalty. If targets forgo an attack of opportunity, they can attempt to avoid the trampling creature and receive a Reflex save to take half damage. The save DC against a creature's trample attack is 10 + 1/2 the creature's HD + the creature's Strength modifier (the exact DC is given in the creature's descriptive text). A trampling creature can only deal trampling damage to each target once per round, no matter how many times its movement takes it over a target creature.
Skills
Fly -6
OGL 1.0a Notice.
Pathfinder-derived Open Game Content on this page is used under the
Open Game License v1.0a and Section 15 notice.