Cockroach
Cockroaches are diminutive insects often found in houses and urban areas, which they are drawn to by the warmth and food present there. Although seen as pests, they are fairly innocuous beings and are notoriously skittish. They are sometimes taken as familiars.1
Cockroach swarms
Certain species of cockroach feed preferentially on meat. Although these are usually scavengers, they can become aggressive predators when they gather in numbers, forming predatory cockroach swarms, or flesh-eating cockroach swarms.2 While swarming cockroaches still feed primarily on carrion and rotting meat, they are known to attack larger creatures than themselves if they encounter them.3
Giant cockroaches
While most cockroaches are much smaller than humanoid beings, certain varieties are known to grow much larger than common roaches. Numerous species of giant cockroach exist, and can range in size from ones smaller than a typical humanoid to others of considerable size. Known species include:
- the monstrous cockroach4
- the giant hissing cockroach
- the venomroach6
- the spitting cockroach
- the sawback cockroach
- the dragonroach.3
On Golarion
Cockroaches of various kinds are commonly encountered wherever refuse and detritus can be found, such as the Filth district of Carrion Hill7 and the Boneyard of Riddleport.8
In religion
Cockroaches are the sacred animals of the daemonic harbinger Diceid.9
References
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- ↑ Alexander Augunas, John Bennett, Robert Brookes, et al. (2017). Ultimate Wilderness, p. 193. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-986-8
- ↑ Greg A. Vaughan. (2008). Bestiary. Shadow in the Sky, p. 84f. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-115-2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wolfgang Baur et al. (2010). Bestiary 2 (First Edition), p. 58. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-268-5
- ↑ Greg A. Vaughan. (2008). Bestiary. Shadow in the Sky, p. 84. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-115-2
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Greg A. Vaughan. (2008). Bestiary. Shadow in the Sky, p. 85. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-115-2
- ↑ John Compton, Adam Daigle, Crystal Frasier, and Ron Lundeen. (2017). Bestiary. Fangs of War, p. 85. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-932-5
- ↑ Richard Pett. (2009). Carrion Hill, p. 30. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-206-7
- ↑ Greg A. Vaughan. (2008). Riddleport: City of Cyphers. Shadow in the Sky, p. 55. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-115-2
- ↑ Amber Stewart. (2011). Horsemen of the Apocalypse, p. 25. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-373-6
External links
- Cockroach (real-world animal) on Wikipedia