Beetle Carapace

Beetle Carapace Creature6

NE Large Mindless Skeleton Undead

Perception +12; darkvision

Skills Acrobatics +11, Athletics +15

Str +5, Dex +3, Con +4, Int -5, Wis +2, Cha -2

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AC 25; Fort +16, Ref +13, Will +10

HP 90, negative healing; ; Immunities death effects, disease, mental, paralyzed, poison, unconscious; Resistances cold 5, electricity 5, fire 5, piercing 5, slashing 5

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Speed 20 feet, fly 20 feet

Melee [one-action] mandible +15, Damage 2d8+7 piercing plus Grab

Melee [one-action] foot +15, Damage 2d6+7 bludgeoning

Abdomen Cache The abdomen of a beetle carapace can be fitted with a simple hinge, allowing it to open and be used as storage. The abdomen can hold up to one Medium or smaller creature, a Large or smaller swarm, or a similar amount of cargo. The beetle or a creature stored in it can Interact to open the hatch. If the beetle carapace takes a critical hit by a bludgeoning weapon, roll a DC 10 flat check. If the check fails, the cache is breached, and its contents spill out of the beetle. The hatch can also be Forced Open (DC 22 Athletics).

Constrict [one-action] The silent stalker deals 2d8+2 piercingdamage to any number of creatures grabbed or restrained byit. Each of those creatures can attempt a basic Fortitude save with DC 24.

About

Created from the exoskeleton of a giant stag beetle, this mindless husk can cut a foe in half using its powerful mandibles. The abdomen of this crawling undead is empty, and more than one necromancer has used this space to hide valuable cargo.