Cockroach

Cockroach

(Creature)

Type

Vermin

CR

1/8

Environment

Any

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Source: Ultimate Wilderness, pg(s). 193

Cockroach swarm

(Creature)

2E1E

Common

N

Small

Animal

Swarm

Level

2

Alignment

Neutral

Source: Bestiary 2, pg(s). 53

Type

Vermin
(swarm)

CR

2

Environment

Any temperate, warm, or urban

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Source: Bestiary 2, pg(s). 58

Flesh-eating cockroach swarm

(Creature)

Type

Vermin
(swarm)

CR

2

Environment

Any temperate, warm, or urban

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Source: Shadow in the Sky, pg(s). 84–85

Giant cockroach

(Creature)

2E1E

N

Small

Animal

Level

1

Alignment

Neutral

Source: Bestiary 2, pg(s). 53

Type

Vermin

CR

Varies

Environment

Any land

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Source: Bestiary 2, pg(s). 58

Monstrous cockroach

(Creature)

Type

Vermin

CR

½

Environment

Any temperate, warm or urban

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Source: Shadow in the Sky, pg(s). 84–85

Venomroach

(Creature)

Type

Vermin

CR

3

Environment

Any land

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Source: Fangs of War, pg(s). 85

Cockroaches are diminutive insects often found in houses and urban areas, which they are drawn to by the warmth and food present there. Although seen as pests, they are fairly innocuous beings and are notoriously skittish. They are sometimes taken as familiars.

Cockroach swarms

Certain species of cockroach feed preferentially on meat. Although these are usually scavengers, they can become aggressive predators when they gather in numbers, forming predatory cockroach swarms, or flesh-eating cockroach swarms. While swarming cockroaches still feed primarily on carrion and rotting meat, they are known to attack larger creatures than themselves if they encounter them.

Otherwise docile cockroaches might also attack as a swarm if a creature disturbs a large group of them.

Giant cockroaches

While most cockroaches are much smaller than humanoid beings, certain varieties are known to grow much larger than common roaches. Numerous species of giant cockroach exist, and can range in size from ones smaller than a typical humanoid to others of considerable size.

Known species include:

• the monstrous cockroach
• the giant hissing cockroach
  • Mwangi hissing cockroach
• the venomroach
  • the Keleshite venomroach
• the huge spitting cockroach
• the sawback cockroach
• the dragonroach

On Golarion

Cockroaches of various kinds are commonly encountered wherever refuse and detritus can be found, such as the Filth district of Carrion Hill and the Boneyard of Riddleport.

In religion

Cockroaches are the sacred animals of the daemonic harbinger Diceid.

References

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External links

• Cockroach (real-world animal) on Wikipedia