Fire Beetle

Name	Fire Beetle
Sorted Name	Fire Beetle
Family	Beetle
Size and Type	Small Vermin
Hit Dice Count	1
Hit Dice	1d8 (4 hp)
Random Hit Points	1d8 - 0
Initiative	+0
Speed	30 ft., fly 30 ft. (poor)
Armor Class	12, touch 11, flat-footed 12 (+1 natural, +1 size)
Base Attack/Grapple	+0/+CMB: -1CMD: 9 (17 vs. trip)
Attack	bite +1 (1d4)
Space/Reach	5 ft./5 ft.
Special Qualities	luminescence, low-light vision;
Saves	Fort +2, Ref +0, Will +0
Abilities	Str 10, Dex 11, Con 11, Int -, Wis 10, Cha 7
Skills	Fly -2, Perception +0
Environment	any
Challenge Rating	1/3
Organization	solitary, cluster (2-6) or colony (7-12)
Treasure	none
Alignment	N
Version	PRPG-O
Sources	Pathfinder RPG (Open)

Beetle, Fire

This housecat-sized beetle is a dull brown color brightened by two glowing green-yellow spots on its carapace.

Fire Beetle

CR 1/3

XP 135

N Small vermin

Init +0; Senses low-light vision; Perception +0

DEFENSE

AC 12, touch 11, flat-footed 12 (+1 natural, +1 size)

hp 4 (1d8)

Fort +2, Ref +0, Will +0

Immune mind-affecting effects

OFFENSE

Spd 30 ft., fly 30 ft. (poor)

Melee bite +1 (1d4)

STATISTICS

Str 10, Dex 11, Con 11, Int -, Wis 10, Cha 7

Base Atk +0; CMB -1; CMD 9 (17 vs. trip)

Skills Fly -2

SQ luminescence

ECOLOGY

Environment any

Organization solitary, cluster (2-6) or colony (7-12)

Treasure none

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Luminescence (Ex) A fire beetle's glowing glands provide light in a 10-foot radius. A dead fire beetle's luminescent glands continue to glow for 1d6 days after its death.

Although nocturnal, the fire beetle lacks darkvision- it relies on its own glowing glands for illumination.
Caged fire beetles are a popular source of long-lasting illumination among eccentrics and miners.
Other variations on the common fire beetle exist. The two most common variants are detailed below.
Mining Beetle (CR 1/2): A mining beetle is an advanced fire beetle with the advanced simple template and a burrowing speed of 20 feet.
Flash Beetle (CR 1/2): A flash beetle is an advanced fire beetle that can create a bright flash of light once an hour. When a flash beetle does so, all creatures in a 10- foot burst must make a DC 12 Fortitude save or be dazzled for 1d3 rounds.
The save DC is Constitution-based.

Tome of Horrors. Copyright 2002, Necromancer Games, Inc.; Authors: Scott Greene, with Clark Peterson, Erica Balsley, Kevin Baase, Casey Christofferson, Lance Hawvermale, Travis Hawvermale, Patrick Lawinger, and Bill Webb; Based on original content from TSR.

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