Category:Grave Scarab Beetle
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Grave Scarab Beetles is a kind of flesh-eating scarab beetle known to exist in the Land of Mists.[1][2][3] Each only about 3 inches long[1], they are much smaller than their cousins, the giant scarab beetle and the monstrous scarab beetle. Ironically, grave scarab beetles are much more aggressive; active grave scarabs will attack any notable living targets en masse. However, they are normally scavengers, feeding upon dead organic material.[1][2][3], burrowing through the skin and, once inside the body, eating their way to the heart to kill their prey.[2][3] Thankfully, they usually appear only in deserts, underground, and in tombs.[1][2][3]
When food is readily available, their carapaces are a shiny blue-black in color. In cases where food is nill, grave scarabs will devour each other until one or two are left, assuming a golden color as their bodily functions slow down dramatically. A dormant scarab beetle can easily be mistaken for jewelry. A dormant grave scarab beetle awakens when it touches warm flesh.[2][3]
Of the known domains, grave scarab beetles are native to Har'Akir.[4] They can be found in Anhktepot's Tomb.[5]
Strangely enough, scarab beetles can also be encountered in Avonleigh.[6]
Note
Although the 2nd Edition monster entry gave the grave scarab beetle game statistics for them as swarms[1], the 3rd Edition monster entry in the Ravenloft monster books Denizens of Darkness and Denizens of Dread list each only as singular entities rather than a swarm.[2][3] However, the generic D&D 3rd Edition sourcebook Fiend Folio has an entry for general flesh-eating scarab beetle swarms 
that could probably be used for a swarm of grave scarabs.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III p. 16
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Denizens of Darkness p. 25-26
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Denizens of Dread p. 35-36
- ↑ citation needed
- ↑ Touch of Death p. 25
- ↑ A Light in the Belfry booklet p.6
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
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