This creature appears as a giant beetle with a dark green carapace and wing-covers. Its body is covered in leaves and sticks. Its mandibles are silver and its legs are black.
XP 2,400 DEFENSE
AC 19, touch 10, flat-footed 19 (+9 natural) OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft. STATISTICS
Str 21, Dex 10, Con 16, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 9 SPECIAL ABILITIES
Death Rattle (Ex)Once every 1d4 rounds as a standard action, a death watch beetle can vibrate its carapace to produce a clicking noise that sets up vibrations in all creatures within 30 feet. Creatures that fail a DC 17 Fortitude save take 3d6 damage. Since the effect stems from the vibrations set up in a victim’s body and not from the clicking noise itself, silence offers no protection against this attack. Likewise, a creature that cannot hear can still be affected. A successful save renders the target immune to that death watch beetle’s death rattle for 24 hours. The save DC is Constitution-based. Immunity to Death Effects (Ex)Death watch beetles are immune to any effect that instantly slays it, such as finger of death, slay living, and so on. |