# Rat, Swarm of Rats

*medium* *Swarm*

- **Armor Class:** 10
- **Hit Points:** 14 
- **Speed:** walk 30 ft. swim 30 ft.- **Perception**: 10
- **Stealth**: 12
- **Challenge Rating:** 1/4 (50 XP)
- **Source:** [Black Flag](https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tovrpg-pg-mv/)

| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| -1 | +0 | -1 | -4 | +0 | -4 |

- **Damage Immunities:** Swarm Resilience
- **Damage Resistances:** Swarm Resilience
- **Senses:** darkvision 30 ft.
- **Languages:** -

### Special Abilities

- **Accustomed to Filth:** The swarm has advantage on saves against contracting diseases.
- **Heightened Smell:** The swarm's Perception is 15 when perceiving by smell.
- **Swarm:** The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny rat. The swarm can't regain HP or gain temporary HP.
- **Swarm Resilience:** The swarm is resistant to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage, and it is immune to the charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, and stunned conditions.

### Actions

- **Bites:** _Melee Weapon Attack:_ +2 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm's space. _Hit:_ 7 (2d6) piercing damage, or 3 (1d6) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its HP or fewer. If the target is a creature, it must make a DC 9 CON save. On a failure, the target contracts the rat plague disease (see Diseased Rats sidebar) or is poisoned until the end of its next turn (the GM's choice).


### License

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