Rat

Rat
(Creature)
Common N Animal Level Varies Alignment LG NG CG LN N CN LE NE CE Adjective Murine, ratlike Images of rats Source: Bestiary, pg(s). 276 Type Animal CR ¼ Environment Any urban Alignment LG NG CG LN N CN LE NE CE Adjective Murine, ratlike Images of rats Source: Bestiary, pg(s). 132

Rat swarm
(Creature)
N Large Animal Swarm Level 1 Alignment LG NG CG LN N CN LE NE CE Adjective Murine, ratlike Source: Bestiary, pg(s). 276 Type Animal (swarm) CR 2 Environment Any Alignment LG NG CG LN N CN LE NE CE Adjective Murine, ratlike Source: Bestiary, pg(s). 232

Rats are small, prolific rodents found in urban areas. They are popular familiars among spellcasters.

Ecology

Rats are omnivores. They are normally secretive scavengers, but extreme hunger may cause them to join in aggressive, predatory rat swarms.

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. Donkey rats are the size of small dogs, and have proportionally longer legs and shorter tails than other types of rats.

Wererats are a type of werecreature that can take the shape of a human-rat hybrid or of a giant rat.

In religion

Rats are sacred to the gods Hanspur, himself called the Water Rat; Norgorber; and Lao Shu Po, who began her life as a rat who ate the flesh of a slain god. In addition, the rat is sacred to the archdevil Mammon; the daemonic harbinger Tresmalvos; and the nascent demon lord Murnath.