Womp Rat (beast)

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Womp Rat

Womp rats are large rodents native to the deserts of Tatooine. They breed in sizable colonies and are both scavengers and hunters. Individual womp rats subsist by eating carrion or hunting small an imals, often including wandering pets and, on rare occasions, small children. Groups of womp rats sometimes work together to bring down larger prey, including young banthas, as well as lone Jawas, Sand People, or other intelligent beings who find themselves poorly armed and alone. However, they are not especially dangerous except when hunting in groups, and their tactics consist largely of attacking a single target at once. If there are sufficient numbers of womp rats, they are often willing to attack Medium or Large targets. Although never acclaimed for their bravery, womp rats are often renowned for both their endurance and their determination. They are perfectly adapted for life in the deep desert and can go for days without either food or water.

Womp Rat Encounters

Wild womp rats are considered vermin by all of Tatooine’s sentient species. The local government provides a bounty on womp rats, and several dozen hermits and eccentrics earn most of their meager living hunting these creatures. Small groups of womp rats regularly scavenge garbage on the outskirts of towns, but they rarely come near sett lements in large numbers. Although they have never been successfully domesticated, a few people catch young womp rats and keep them as half-feral pets. Most often, their owner keep them to guard their homes or businesses, using them as cheaper and less deadly alternatives to massiffs.

     Out in the open desert, womp rats are far more deadly and regularly travel in packs of up to twenty. On occasion, a large enough pack of womp rats have brought down a small bantha caravan. One of the most dangerous things about womp rats is that they are both relatively bright and cowardly. Many learn to recognize a blaster being pointed at them and flee when this happens. Womp rats almost never attack targets that are Medium or larger without half a dozen or more of their fellows at their side.

Womp Rat           (CL 2)

     Threats of the Galaxy, page 129.

Medium desert beast 3

Initiative: +1; Senses: low-light vision;Perception +7

Defenses: Ref 12 (flat-footed 12), Fort 12, Will 11

Hit Points: 25; Damage Threshold: 12

Speed: 6 squares

Melee: bite +3 (1d6+2)

Fighting Space: 1 square; Reach: 1 square

Base Attack: +2; Grapple: +3

Abilities: Str 12, Dex 10, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 8

Special Qualities: low-light vision, overwhelm

Feats: Skill Training (Endurance), Toughness

Skills: Endurance +8, Perception +7

Low-light Vision—Womp rats ignore concealment (but not total concealment) from darkness.

Overwhelm—Womp rats gain a +2 bonus to melee attack rolls for each adjacent allied womp rat.

Womp Rat Pack

Packs and Swarms

Womp rats, like many other animals, travel in packs in order to protect themselves and bring down prey more easily. A womp rat pack can swarm over its prey in a flurry of claws and teeth, bringing the target down in a matter of seconds. Though they are still no match for most people familiar with the womp rat, a womp rat pack can sometimes overwhelm unprepared beings that they encounter in the wild.

Womp Rat Encounters

A womp rat pack is a more formidable version of the womp rat, best suited for wilderness encounters on worlds such as Socorro and Tatooine. The womp rat pack is partrcularly proficient at bringing down multiple enemies, and in groups of two or three, womp rat packs can be dangeous foes that can swarm over a party of several characters. A womp rat pack can also be paired with more intelligent characters, such as bounty hunters and crime lords, who might use a womp rat pack as a distraction to cover their own activities in combat.

Womp Rat Pack           (CL 4)

     Threats of the Galaxy, page 130.

Large desert beast pack 3

Initiative: +1; Senses: low-light vision;Perception +7

Defenses: Ref 11 (flat-footed 11), Fort 12, Will 11

Hit Points: 26; Damage Threshold: 22

Speed: 6 squares

Melee: bite +3 (1d6+2)

Fighting Space: 2×2; Reach: 1 square

Base Attack: +2; Grapple: +8

Abilities: Str 12, Dex 10, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 8

Special Qualities: low-light vision, overwhelm, pack traits

Feats: Skill Training, Toughness

Skills: Endurance +8, Perception +7, Stealth −4

Low-light Vision—Womp rats ignore concealment (but not total concealment) from darkness.

Overwhelm—Womp rats gain a +2 bonus to melee attack rolls for each adjacent allied womp rat.

Pack Traits—The melee attack of a pack is an area attack that affects all squares with in reach. The ranged attacks of a pack are considered to have a 1-square splash. Area attacks deal an extra 2 dice of damage against a pack.

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