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=DRETCH=

{{3.5e Monster Classic
|creature=
|style=
|size=Small |type=Outsider |subtypes=Chaotic, Demon, Extraplanar, Evil
|hd=2d8+4  |hp=13 
|init=+0
|speed=20 ft. (4 squares)
|ac=16 (+1 size, +5 natural) |touch=11  |flat=16 
|bab=+2 |grapple=–1
|at=Claw +4 melee (1d6+1)
|full_at=2 claws +4 melee (1d6+1) and bite +2 melee (1d4)
|space=5 ft. |reach=5 ft.
|sa=[[SRD:Spell-Like Ability|Spell-like abilities]], ''summon demon''
|sq=[[SRD:Damage Reduction|Damage reduction]] 5/[[SRD:Cold Iron|cold iron]] or good, [[SRD:Darkvision|darkvision]] 60 ft., immunity to electricity and [[SRD:Poison|poison]], resistance to acid 10, cold 10, and fire 10, [[SRD:Telepathy|telepathy]] 100 ft.
|fort=+5 |ref=+3 |will=+3
|str=12|dex=10|con=14|int=5|wis=11 |cha=11
|skills=[[SRD:Hide Skill|Hide]] +9, [[SRD:Listen Skill|Listen]] +5, [[SRD:Move Silently Skill|Move Silently]] +5, [[SRD:Spot Skill|Spot]] +5, [[SRD:Search Skill|Search]] +2, [[SRD:Survival Skill|Survival]] +0 (+2 following tracks)
|feats=[[SRD:Multiattack|Multiattack]]
|env=A [[SRD:Chaotic Evil|chaotic evil]]-aligned plane
|org=Solitary, pair, gang (3–5), crowd (6–15), or mob (10–40)
|cr=2
|treas=None
|align=Always [[SRD:Chaotic Evil|chaotic evil]]
|adv=3–6 [[SRD:Hit Dice|HD]] (Small)
|la=+2
}}
A dretch is about 4 feet tall and weighs about 60 pounds.

Dretches cannot speak but can communicate telepathically.
===Combat===
Dretches are slow, stupid, and not very effective combatants. In one-on-one combat, they rely on their [[SRD:Damage Reduction|damage reduction]] to keep them alive. In groups, they depend on sheer numbers to overcome foes and immediately summon other dretches to improve the odds in battle. They flee at the first sign of adversity unless more powerful demons are present to intimidate them into fighting. Dretches’ fear of their greater kin is stronger then even their [[SRD:Fear|fear]] of death.

A dretch’s [[SRD:Natural Weapons|natural weapons]], as well as any weapons it wields, are treated as chaotic-aligned and evil-aligned for the purpose of overcoming [[SRD:Damage Reduction|damage reduction]].

'''[[SRD:Spell-Like Ability|Spell-Like Abilities]]:''' 1/day—''[[SRD:Scare|scare]]'' ([[SRD:DC|DC]] 12), ''[[SRD:Stinking Cloud|stinking cloud]]'' ([[SRD:DC|DC]] 13). [[SRD:Caster Level|Caster level]] 2nd. The save [[SRD:DC|DCs]] are [[SRD:Charisma|Charisma]]-based.

'''''Summon Demon'' ([[SRD:Sp|Sp]]):''' Once per day a dretch can attempt to summon another dretch with a 35% chance of success. This ability is the equivalent of a 1st-level spell.

'''[[SRD:Telepathy|Telepathy]] ([[SRD:Su|Su]]):''' Dretches can communicate telepathically with creatures within 100 feet that speak Abyssal.


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[[Category:Monster]] 
[[Category:Chaotic-Aligned Plane|{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]
Alignment	Always chaotic evil +
Challenge Rating	2 +
Environment	A chaotic evil-aligned plane +
Level Adjustment	+2 +
Size	Small +
Subtype	Chaotic +, Demon +, Extraplanar + and Evil +
Title	Dretch +
Type	Outsider +