Beetle, Giant Oil
- Armor Class
- 4 [15]
- Hit Dice
- 2
- Attacks
- Bite (1d6)
- Special
- oil spray causes -2 attacks for 24 hours; all-around vision
- Move
- 12
- HDE/XP
- 3/60
Description
Giant oil beetles are about 3 feet long, and are often found burrowing in soil or roaming dungeon corridors. Their eyes are arranged on the sides of their heads such that they can see perfectly well behind them as well as in front, negating any normal bonus for attacking from behind.
In addition to its bite, a giant oil beetle can attack with a spray of oil from its abdomen; this can only be applied to opponents within 5 feet of the back of the beetle, and an attack roll is needed to hit. Living creatures hit by this spray suffer a penalty of -2 on all attack rolls for 24 hours due to painful blisters inflicted by the irritating oil. A Cure (Cause) Light Wounds spell may be used to remove this effect, but if so used the spell does not also restore hit points to the victim.
See Also
Other creatures grouped under Beetle: Beetle, Giant Bombardier, Beetle, Giant Boring, Beetle, Giant Rhinoceros, Beetle, Giant Stag, Beetle, Giant Tiger, Beetle, Giant Water.
Source note: This creature is converted from Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game, 4th Edition Release 142, © 2006–2025 Chris Gonnerman. The Basic Fantasy textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.