Rat
Rats are small, prolific rodents found in urban areas. They are popular familiars among spellcasters.12[citation needed]
Ecology
Rats are omnivores. They are normally secretive scavengers, but extreme hunger may cause them to join in aggressive, predatory rat swarms.12[citation needed]
Ratlike creatures
- See also: Giant rat
Giant rats resemble their smaller cousins in most respects, but grow to be up to two feet in length.12[citation needed] Donkey rats are the size of small dogs, and have proportionally longer legs and shorter tails than other types of rats.3[citation needed]
Wererats are a type of werecreature that can take the shape of a human-rat hybrid or of a giant rat.4[citation needed]
In religion
Rats are sacred to the gods Hanspur, himself called the Water Rat;56 Norgorber;7 and Lao Shu Po, who began her life as a rat who ate the flesh of a slain god.8 In addition, the rat is sacred to the archdevil Mammon;9 the daemonic harbinger Tresmalvos;10 and the nascent demon lord Murnath.11
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 . “Monsters A to Z” in Bestiary, 132. Paizo Inc., 2009
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 . “Monsters A to Z” in Bestiary, 232. Paizo Inc., 2009
- ↑ . “Chapter 2: Mastering Magic” in Ultimate Magic, 117. Paizo Inc., 2011
- ↑ . “Monsters A to Z” in Bestiary, 197. Paizo Inc., 2009
- ↑ . “Hanspur” in Inner Sea Faiths, 63. Paizo Inc., 2016
- ↑ . “Gyronna and Hanspur” in Guide to the River Kingdoms, 9. Paizo Inc., 2010
- ↑ . “Next Month!” in Animal Archive, 33. Paizo Inc., 2013
- ↑ . “Life in the Dragon Empires” in Dragon Empires Gazetteer, 61. Paizo Inc., 2011
- ↑ . “Monsters A to Z” in Bestiary 6, 26–27. Paizo Inc., 2017
- ↑ . “Daemonkind” in Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Book of the Damned Volume 3, 25. Paizo Inc., 2011
- ↑ . “Demonkind” in Lords of Chaos, Book of the Damned Volume 2, 38. Paizo Inc., 2010