Mobat
The mobat is a species of intelligent, giant bat found on Golarion's deepest forests and darkest caves.1
Appearance
A mobat has brown or black fur, and a mouth full of sharp teeth. A typical specimen has a wingspan of fifteen feet and weighs two hundred and fifty pounds.1
Ecology
Mobats are omnivorous, but their preferred diet is fresh meat.1 They have also been known to supplement their diet with sweet mold, a fungus that is a popular food source in the Darklands.2
Habitat and society
They are generally found in small colonies of up to eight individuals. Their usual habitats are remote forests, hills, and underground caverns of the world.1
Mobats are far more intelligent than normal bats, being almost as bright as the average orc. They can understand Sakvroth, the common language of the Darklands, but cannot speak it.1
Abilities
They are reasonably agile and stealthy fliers for such large creatures, and their sharp teeth can cause grievous wounds. However, possibly their most feared ability is their piercing screech, which can temporarily stun their prey.1
Variants
The urdefhan of Orv ride undead, ghoulish mobats called skavelings.3
On other worlds
Mobats can be found beyond Golarion on the verdant planet of Castrovel and among the asteroid belt known as the Diaspora.4
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 . “Monsters A to Z” in Bestiary 2, 42. Paizo Inc., 2010
- ↑ . “Bestiary” in Shadow in the Sky, 81. Paizo Inc., 2008
- ↑ . “Orv” in Into the Darklands, 50. Paizo Inc., 2008
- ↑ . “Chapter 3: Aliens” in Distant Worlds, 57. Paizo Inc., 2012