Giant rat

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Rodents
Threat level 1
Giant rat
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Basic statistics
Disposition Afraid
Armor Class C1
Pain Sensitivity 150%
Max Blood 10
Agility +2
Limb groups
HEAD Head - 5 HP
BODY Body - 35 HP
LIMB 4 legs - 10 HP
1 tail - 10 HP
EXTREMITY N/A
WEAK POINTS 2 eyes (Head)
Secondary statistics
Skeleton type Has bones.png
Can use Weapons/LBE? No box.png
Can use Clothing and armor? No box.png


The giant rat is a creature belonging to the Rodents category.


Attacks and techniques

This creature has two attacks: Bite and Claws.

Bite

Damage type Range MAPT IS LDV Pain (C1) Pain (C2) Pain (A1) Pain (A2) Pain (A3) Pain (A4) Pain (A5)
Piercing Melee 1 9 +2 31% 28% 22% 17% 12% 6% 1%

Claws

Damage type Range MAPT IS LDV Pain (C1) Pain (C2) Pain (A1) Pain (A2) Pain (A3) Pain (A4) Pain (A5)
Sharp Melee 2 5 +1 16% 14% 11% 9% 6% 3% 1%


Other information

Creature traits:

  • Drops items on death: Upon being defeated, this creature will drop the following items:


Overview

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The giant rat is an enormous version of the common black rat (rattus rattus). They are approximately 2 feet tall, about 4 feet long excluding the tail, and have tails that are about as long as their bodies, if not slightly longer (4' to 4'3" on average). These creatures weigh between 50 and 70 pounds, depending on the age and sex, with females skewing a little lighter than males. Amusingly, one of their best-known predators, the lynx, is about the same size.

Despite being much bigger than their regular cousins, giant rats are just as wary of conflict and prefer to escape dangerous situations over fighting. While their bites and claws can cause nasty wounds if allowed to connect, they rarely, if ever, use them, instead using their excellent natural agility to get out of sticky situations and crawl through the tightest corners.

Giant rats are omnivorous creatures and skilled scavengers, renowned for crawling into every imaginable structure to search inside and gnaw anything that is edible - and many things that aren't. They are also sufficiently intelligent and agile to jump great distances in the air and hang onto door handles, which they can pull down to travel.

Although giant rats are stereotyped in fiction as a common enemy for low-leveled adventurers, they are often pointless targets in the Mazes, as they are neither dangerous nor valuable for meat. However, they are intelligent enough to trust sapients who feed them or treat them with kindness fairly quickly. Many individuals have adopted giant rats as pets, and the individuals that did become pets are considered to be loyal, affectionate, and low-maintenance creatures by their owners, if somewhat fragile to enemy fire.