Giant Rat
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*Small beast, unaligned*

**Armor Class** 12

**Hit Points** 7 (2d6)

**Speed** 30 ft.

+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| STR       | DEX       | CON       | INT       | WIS       | CHA       |
+===========+===========+===========+===========+===========+===========+
| 7 (-2)    | 15 (+2)   | 11 (+0)   | 2 (-4)    | 10 (+0)   | 4 (-3)    |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

**Senses** darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10

**Languages** -

**Challenge** 1/8 (25 XP)

:bi:`Keen Smell`. The rat has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks
that rely on smell.

:bi:`Pack Tactics`. The rat has advantage on an attack roll against a
creature if at least one of the rat's allies is within 5 feet of the
creature and the ally isn't :ref:`incapacitated`.


Actions
^^^^^^^

:bi:`Bite`. *Melee Weapon Attack:* +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
*Hit:* 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage.

Variant: Diseased Giant Rats
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Some giant rats carry vile diseases that they spread with their bites. A
diseased giant rat has a challenge rating of 1/8 (25 XP) and the
following action instead of its normal bite attack.

:bi:`Bite`. *Melee Weapon Attack:* +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
*Hit:* 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must
succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or contract a disease.
Until the disease is cured, the target can't regain hit points except by
magical means, and the target's hit point maximum decreases by 3 (1d6)
every 24 hours. If the target's hit point maximum drops to 0 as a result
of this disease, the target dies.