Dire Rat (3.5e Monster)

You may be looking for the Dire Rat from the SRD instead.

Dire Rat
Dire rats are omnivorous scavengers, but will attack to defend their nests and territories.

A dire rat can grow to be up to 4 feet long and weigh over 50 pounds.

Strategies and Tactics
Dire rat packs attack fearlessly, biting and chewing with their sharp incisors.

Dire rats carry a very dangerous disease: filth fever, which can kill even a strong man in a matter of days and has immediate consequences. They are smart enough to try to spread disease to as many enemies as they can. By doing this, the rats often scare off predators with the immediately painful disease effects and can sometimes even follow their would be predator and wait for it to slowly die before feeding on its diseased carcass.

Treasure
Dire rat saliva makes a potent poison. With a successful extraction, you can get a vial of saliva that contains 1 dose of poison. The poison is injury-based and causes filth fever (see above).

Dire rat saliva is valued at 150 gp on the open market.

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