Stirge
CR 0, N Tiny Magical beast
Senses: Perception 1, Darkvision 60, Low Light Vision, ScentThis special quality allows a creature to detect approaching enemies, sniff out hidden foes, and track by sense of smell. Creatures with the scent ability can identify familiar odors just as humans do familiar sights. The creature can detect opponents within 30 feet by sense of smell. If the opponent is upwind, the range increases to 60 feet; if downwind, it drops to 15 feet. Strong scents, such as smoke or rotting garbage, can be detected at twice the ranges noted above. Overpowering scents, such as skunk musk or troglodyte stench, can be detected at triple normal range. When a creature detects a scent, the exact location of the source is not revealed-only its presence somewhere within range. The creature can take a move action to note the direction of the scent. When the creature is within 5 feet of the source, it pinpoints the source's location. A creature with the scent ability can follow tracks by smell with a perception check instead of using the Track skill.
Speed: 10 ft., fly 40 ft. (average) Skills: Athletics -4, Stealth 16
Languages: None
Ability Scores: Str 3 (-2), Dex 19 (+6), Con 10 (+2), Int 1 (-5), Wis 12 (+1), Cha 6 (-2)
INIT: +4 CP: +1 HP: 5 (1d10) SA: -- DC: 13
AC: 16 Touch: 16 Flat-footed: 12 [+4 Dodge, +2 Size]
SR: -- Vulnerable: -- Resistant: -- Bypass: --
Immunity: -- Effect Immunity: --
Attacks
- Melee - 1 x touch +5 (attach). Reach: 0 ft. Attach - When it hits with a touch attack, the Stirge latches onto the target, anchoring it in place. The Stirge is considered flat-footed. A Stirge drains blood at the end of its turn if it is attached to a foe, inflicting 1 point of Constitution damage. Once it has dealt 4 points of Constitution damage, it detaches and flies off to digest the meal.
Environment: temperate and warm swamps
Organization: None
Treasure: none
This insectoid creature has two pairs of bat wings, a tangle of thin legs, and a needle-sharp proboscis.
Stirges are vicious, blood-drinking swamp pests that prey on wild animals, livestock, and unwary travelers. While weak individually, swarms of the creatures are capable of draining a man dry in minutes, leaving only a desiccated husk in their wake. Closer to mammals than insects, stirges carry their bodies through the air on four fleshy wings, searching out warm-blooded prey. They are fond of hiding near watering holes and waiting for travelers to drop their guard, then swooping out to attach and drink their fill by thrusting their long feeding tubes into unprotected veins. After feeding they flap heavily off into the mud and reeds to lay their eggs and rest until hunger drives them to hunt again. Stirges are usually 1 foot long, with a wingspan of twice that, and weigh just under a pound. Their coloration is rust-red or reddish-brown with a dirty yellow underbelly, though stirges that have not fed in some time are often pale pink, their color deepening as they gorge.
