Cockroach Swarm

Level 2
Creature· animalLargeRemaster
AC 18
HP 20
Speed 20 ft.
Fort +9
Ref +10
Will +6
Perc +6
Size Large
Common
Immunities precision, swarm mind
Resistances bludgeoning 2, piercing 5, slashing 5
Weaknesses area damage 5, splash damage 5
Senses darkvision, scent 60 ft. (imprecise)
Speeds 20 ft., climb 20 ft., fly 15 ft.
Skills acrobatics +8, stealth +8
Recall Knowledge nature DC 16

Abilities

Swarm Minddefensive

This monster doesn't have a single mind (typically because it's a swarm of smaller creatures), and is immune to mental effects that target only a specific number of creatures. It is still subject to mental effects that affect all creatures in an area.

Swarming Bitesoffensive

Each enemy in the swarm's space takes 1d8 piercing damage (DC 18 reflex save).

Description

While cockroaches tend to gather in cramped spaces, a disturbed colony is sometimes prone to swarming, where hundreds or even thousands of the insects scurry out of their hiding places in a raft of shiny brown and black carapaces on thousands of skittering legs. Given how disgusting many find cockroaches to be, encountering such a swarm can be alarming to even the most seasoned adventurers. The creatures are relentless when disturbed; in contrast to the insects' normally skittish and harmless nature, as swarms they pursue the creature or creatures that provoked them and harry them with thousands of stinging bites.