A stark white beetle with silvery-black legs the size of wolf, this creature has dull silver mandibles and two sets of dull silvery-black eyes.
Lesser Gelid Beetle CR 3
XP 800
N Medium magical beast (cold)
hp 30 (4d10+8)
Fort +6; Ref +4; Will +1
Immune cold
Melee bite +6 (1d4+2 plus 1d4 cold)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Base Atk +4; CMB +6; CMD 16
Feats Power Attack, Skill Focus (Perception)
Skills Perception +8, Stealth +5 (+9 natural surroundings; Racial Modifiers +4 Stealth in natural surroundings
Environment cold forests
Organization cluster (2-5) or colony (6-11)
Treasure none
Gelid beetles make their lairs in hollowed logs, dead trees, and other such hidden places. During the mating season, the female digs a small underground chamber in a well-secluded place and lays 1d4+1 silverywhite eggs. These eggs hatch in about 2 weeks producing olive-yellow larvae. The larvae spends its time feeding and growing (and occasionally molting) before passing into the pupa stage after nearly 3 weeks in its larval stage. The pupa sheds its skin for the last time after 8 to 10 days and emerges as an adult gelid beetle.
Most beetles are white with silvery-black legs and dull silver mandibles. Some specimens have a mottled silver or black carapace and an even rarer species has dull crimson wing covers. A lesser gelid beetle begins combat with its cold spray. It then charges into combat biting its opponents. Though not intelligent, these creatures often employ hit-and-run tactics, especially when attacking as a group.
Lesser Gelid Beetle from the Tome of Horrors Complete, Copyright 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author Scott Greene.