Scarabs

"The Scavenger Beetles"

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Threat Level: Low to Average, depending on density of swarm (Neutral)
Species: Arthropod, Insects
Habitat: Centra or Ægypt deserts
Aggressive: Scarabs are efficient scavengers and in groups become quite ravenous and will hunt out even living flesh.

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Health: 1 x Swarm Density (Size dependant on Swarm density)
Armor Quality: Swarms! All Physical Attacks do only 0.1 or 0.*(Swarm Density) with Horizontal attacks.
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-Strength: *2 (Average/Low, increases by 50% x Swarm Density)
*Accuracy: 1 (Average)
-Endurance: *0.5 x 10 Swarm Density (*Very Low)
*Agility: *3 (Average, but only when 2 or 3 remaining) (Burrow: *6)
-Speed: 3 (Average/High) (Burrow: *1.5)
*Stamina: 0 (None, immune to Fatigue)
-Magic: 2 (Average/Low)
*Faith: 0 (None, immune to Sorrow)

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Behavior

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Swarm! (Offensive)
- Quality: N/A
- Causes Swarm Denisty Damage to all terrestrial targets caught within. Higher chance of trampling foes with attacks.
- Range: *Short Range

Swarm! (Defensive)
- Quality: N/A
- Allows swarm to lift and move certain objects with 150% Strength level..
- Range: N/A

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Drops

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When killed the monster will drop...
- Blue Scarab Shells...

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Quick Facts

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Appearance...
- A large beetle with a distinctly reflective, dark-blue shell. So brilliant are the shells, that they may hold some value.
- Scarabs have strong jaws and claws they use to move rotten meat or balls of dung across the desert sands. Scarabs locked within pyramid dungeons will often be very ravenous out of famine.
- Often classified as undead monsters, for only the simple purpose that powerful mummies will summon swarms as means to attack or distract.
Habitat...
- Centra or Ægypt desert regions.
- The most aggressive and dangerous scarabs exist within tombs of mummified kings.
- Some scarabs will hide themselves within corpses of long dead prey, awaiting an ambush on a curious creature.
Behavior...
- Individual scarabs are no threat, especially with ample amounts of scavengings around. Sometimes they are likened to kings, since their lifestyle consists of rising from the earth and setting into it much like the rise and fall of the sun.
- Swarms of scarabs are a sight to behold, as their collective form will actually appear like a shimmering wave on the sands or foundations.
- While individually they are interested in anything with some nutritional value to them, however as a chaotic swarm they are much more difficult to feed and so will trample and consume anything in their path.

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