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A giant scarab beetle usually waits beneath the sand until prey passes overhead, then bursts from hiding and grabs the closest opponent with its powerful jaws.
'''Desiccate ({{Ex)}}:''' A giant scarab beetle can reduce a victim to nothing in mere seconds. Any living creature struck by a giant scarab beetle’s bite attack must make a DC 16 [[SRD:Saving Throw#Fortitude|Fortitude]] save or take 1d6 points of [[SRD:Constitution|Constitution]] [[SRD:Ability Score Loss|damage]]. A creature reduced to 0 Constitution by the scarab beetle is consumed completely. The save DC is Constitution-based.
'''[[SRD:Improved Grab|Improved Grab]] ({{Ex)}}:''' To use this ability, a giant scarab beetle must hit [[SRD:Huge Size|Huge]] or smaller opponent with its bite attack. It can then attempt to start a [[SRD:Grapple|grapple]] as a [[SRD:Free Actions|free action]] without provoking an [[SRD:Attacks of Opportunity|attack of opportunity]]. If it wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold and automatically deals bite damage each round it maintains the grapple. A grappled foe is also subjected to the giant scarab beetle’s desiccate attack each round.
