WereratCreature 2

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Source Pathfinder Bestiary
Perception +8 (low-light vision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet)
Languages Common, Rat Empathy
Skills Acrobatics +8, Athletics +6, Deception +5, Religion +4, Stealth +8
Str +2, Dex +4, Con +2, Int +0, Wis +2, Cha +1

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AC 19; Fort +6; Reflex +10; Will +8;
HP 45
Speed 25 feet
Weaknesses Silver 5

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Shortsword +10 (+6, +2) to hit (agile, finesse, versatile s) 1d6+4 Piercing
Claw +10 (+6, +2) to hit (agile, finesse) 1d6+2 Slashing
Jaws +10 (+5, +0) to hit (finesse) 1d8+2 Piercing
Hand Crossbow +10 (+5, +0) to hit (range increment 60, reload 1) 1d6 Piercing

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Low-Light Vision

The monster can see in dim light as though it were bright light, so it ignores the Concealed condition due to dim light.

Scent (Imprecise) 30 feet

Scent involves sensing creatures or objects by smell, and is usually a vague sense. The range is listed in the ability, and it functions only if the creature or object being detected emits an aroma (for instance, incorporeal creatures usually do not exude an aroma).

If a creature emits a heavy aroma or is upwind, the GM can double or even triple the range of scent abilities used to detect that creature, and the GM can reduce the range if a creature is downwind.

Rat Empathy (divination, primal)

The wererat can communicate with rodents.

Nimble Dodge

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

Eflect The wererat gains a +2 circumstance bonus to AC against the triggering attack.

Change Shape (concentrate, polymorph, primal, transmutation)

• Human
  • Melee fist +10/+5/+0 (agile, nonlethal), Damage 1d4+2 bludgeoning damage
• Rat
  • Size Small
  • Speed 30 feet, climb 10 feet

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The werecreature changes into its humanoid, hybrid, or animal shape. Each shape has a specific, persistent appearance. A true werecreature's natural form is its hybrid shape.

In humanoid shape, the werecreature uses its original humanoid size, loses its jaws and claws Strikes, and gains a melee fist Strike that deals bludgeoning damage equal to the slashing damage dealt by its claw.

In animal shape, its Speed and size change to that of the animal, it gains any special Strike effects of the animal that it didn't already have (such as Grab), and it loses its weapon Strikes.

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The monster changes its shape indefinitely. It can use this action again to return to its natural shape or adopt a new shape. Unless otherwise noted, a monster cannot use Change Shape to appear as a specific individual. Using Change Shape counts as creating a disguise for the Impersonate use of Deception. The monster's transformation automatically defeats Perception DCs to determine whether the creature is a member of the ancestry or creature type into which it transformed, and it gains a +4 status bonus to its Deception DC to prevent others from seeing through its disguise. Change Shape abilities specify what shapes the monster can adopt. The monster doesn't gain any special abilities of the new shape, only its physical form. For example, in each shape, it replaces its normal Speeds and Strikes, and might potentially change its senses or size. Any changes are listed in its stat block.

Curse of the Wererat (curse, necromancy, primal)

This curse affects only humanoids.

Saving Throw DC 18 fortitude

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On each full moon, the cursed creature must succeed at another Fortitude save or turn into a wererat until dawn.

The creature is under the GM's control and goes on a rampage for half the night before falling unconscious until dawn.

Moon Frenzy (polymorph, primal, transmutation)

When a full moon appears in the night sky, the werecreature must enter hybrid form, can't Change Shape thereafter, becomes one size larger, increases its reach by 5 feet, and increases the damage of its jaws Strike by 2.

When the moon sets or the sun rises, the werecreature returns to humanoid form and is Fatigued for 2d4 hours.

Effect: Moon Frenzy

Sneak Attack

The wererat deals 1d6 extra precision damage to flat-footed creatures.

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When the monster Strikes a creature that has the Flat-Footed condition with an agile or finesse melee weapon, an agile or finesse unarmed attack, or a ranged weapon attack, it also deals the listed precision damage. For a ranged attack with a thrown weapon, that weapon must also be an agile or finesse weapon.

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Wererats tend to be selfishly opportunistic, avaricious, and paranoid as a result of their curse. Because wererats typically dwell in metropolitan areas where they can hide in plain sight, practically any city-goer could be a wererat in disguise-from the quiet shopkeep to the city's criminal mastermind. The bustle of crowds and countless rat-holes make ghettos and shantytowns favored homes for wererats, especially since in these poorer districts the wererat can kill out of greed or fear with little chance of the authorities noticing. In some cities, wererats operate entire thieves' guilds or organized crime rings, and membership requires willfully submitting to the wererat's cursed bite. Wererats look very similar to ratfolk when in hybrid form, apart from potential differences in size, but ratfolk have no love for these monsters.

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Werecreatures are humanoids doomed to transform into animals and animal-humanoid hybrids under the light of the full moon. These shapechanging creatures are the result of an ancient primal curse that they can, in turn, transmit through their own bites. Their ability to lurk unseen in the wilds as well as among people, combined with the contagiousness of their condition, makes werecreatures a perennial cause of panicked suspicion.

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