Stink beetle

Stink beetles, as their name suggests, defend themselves by emitting a noxious gas intended to render their assailants unconscious.

Statistics

Race: vermin
Size: medium
Alignment: true neutral
Armor class: 16
Hit points: 19
Attack bonus: +4
Damage: 2d4+2 slashing damage (creature weapon)

Hit dice (level): 3
Challenge rating: 3

Saves
	fortitude	5
	reflex	1
	will	1

Abilities
	strength	14
	dexterity	10
	constitution	15
	intelligence	3
	wisdom	10
	charisma	6

Trained skills:^(‡) listen (5), spot (5)
Feats: darkvision, weapon proficiency (creature)

Blueprint:^(‡) nw_btlstink

Special abilities

A stink beetle is immune to mind-affecting spells and the specific spell stinking cloud.

This creature's attack inflicts vermin madness on-hit. In addition, it can cast stinking cloud once per day as a spell-like ability with a caster level of 3.

When a stink beetle dies, it releases a toxic cloud over a large (5 meter radius) area for two rounds. Any enemies entering this cloud — excluding vermin — must pass a DC 14 fortitude saving throw versus poison or be dazed for two rounds.

Notes

• The death sequence is handled by the script nw_c2_stnkbtdie, together with the OnEnter script nw_s1_stink_a. (The standard creature death script is not called.)

External links

• Stink beetle on the Forgotten Realms Wiki, a wiki for the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting Forgotten Realms.