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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shade" data-source="post: 3845228" data-attributes="member: 287">Here's the second-to-last of the new monsters from Genie's Curse.   This basically looks like a dire rat advanced to Medium, eh?Rat, Giant ZakharanCLIMATE/TERRAIN: SubterraneanFREQUENCY: UncommonORGANIZATION: PackACTIVITY CYCLE: AnyDIET: OmnivoreINTELLIGENCE: Animal- (1)TREASURE: NilALIGNMENT: NeutralNO. APPEARING: 1-12ARMOR CLASS: 6MOVEMENT: 14HIT DICE: 4THACØ: 17NO. OF ATTACKS: 1DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1-8SPECIAL ATTACKS: NilSPECIAL DEFENSES: NilMAGIC RESISTANCE: NilSIZE: M (4’-7’)MORALE: (10)EXP. POINT VALUE: 175The giant Zakharan rat is a cousin to the giant rat with the main difference being size.  Zakharan rats are huge, with lengths of up to seven feet (not including the tail). They are just as filthy, disease ridden, ferocious, and fleet of foot as their smaller cousins. Their fur is generally brownish and their eyes a deep red.Combat: Giant Zakharan rats are annoying creatures which rush into a fight with extreme quickness and then maddeningly gnaw and claw until they are killed. It is rare to find a single rat; they tend to roam in packs.  While generally easy to kill, there are stories of giant rats closing in and killing a hero weakened after the hero has just defeated a major foe.Unlike other rats, this variety is not particularly afraid of flames.  Many tales exist of  adventurers expecting torches or bonfires to keep them safe from the rats only to be viciously attacked while unprepared.Ecology: The giant Zakharan rat tends to live in dank underground areas like dungeons. It can slip through tight openings as the creature’s skeletal system compresses drastically. The rats are usually found in groups, but it is very rare to find more than a dozen in any one place. Their diet is anything and everything which they encounter that is, or was once, living.Source: Al-Qadim: Genie's Curse, p. 55.</blockquote>

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