a
giant beetle
Level 5
Armor Class: 4
Speed: 6
Magic Resistance: 0
Alignment: Neutral
Attacks:
- Bite: 3d6 ordinary physical damage
Other attributes:
- has animal body
- no hands to handle things
- poisonous to eat
- eats corpses
- always starts hostile
[ The Creator ] has an inordinate fondness for beetles.
[ attributed to biologist J.B.S. Haldane ]
The common name for the insects with wings shaped like
shields (_Coleoptera_), one of the ten sub-species into
which the insects are divided. They are characterized by
the shields (the front pair of wings) under which the back
wings are folded.
[ Van Dale's Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal ]
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