Giant Fly

CREATURE 1

This massive fly's twitching limbs seem to never stop moving as it constantly cleans itself and scoops anything edible into its mouthparts. While primarily carrion eaters, giant flies sometimes prey on livestock or other animals too slow to get away. They are not particularly dangerous, and are mostly reviled due to their obnoxious droning and habit of spreading disease.

Giant flies are pony-sized insects that have massive compound eyes and bodies bristling with short, stiff hairs. Their lairs are notorious for the rotting meat they stockpile to lay their eggs in. Their maggot dens are also prime breeding grounds for virulent diseases.

Perception +8; darkvision, tremorsense (imprecise) 30 feet

Skills Acrobatics +7, Athletics +6

Str +3, Dex +4, Con +3, Int -5, Wis +3, Cha -5

Tremorsense (Imprecise) 30 feet

Tremorsense allows a monster to feel the vibrations through a solid surface caused by movement. It is an imprecise sense with a limited range (listed in the ability). Tremorsense functions only if the monster is on the same surface as the subject, and only if the subject is moving along (or burrowing through) the surface.

AC 16; Fort +6, Ref +9, Will +6

HP 20

Avoid the Swat

Trigger The giant fly is targeted with a melee or ranged attack by an attacker it can see

Effect The giant fly gains a +2 circumstance bonus to AC against the triggering attack. If the attack misses, the giant insect can Fly up to its fly Speed.

Speed 20 feet, climb 20 feet, fly 40 feet

Melee Mandibles +8, Damage 1d6+3 piercing plus Fly Pox

Fly Pox (disease, virulent)

A giant fly could carry any disease, but most transmit a virulent but not fatal infection called fly pox with their bite

Saving Throw DC 16 Fortitude

Onset 1 day

Stage 1 Enfeebled 1 (1 day)

Stage 2 as stage 1 (1 day)

Stage 3 Enfeebled 2 (1 day)

Stage 4 as stage 3 (1 day)

Stage 5 enfeebled 2 and Fatigued (1 day)

Pathfinder Monster Core 2ORC