Bestiary/Giant Rat

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Giant Rat

General
Type	Animal (rodent)
Category	—
Alignment	Evil
Karma	−300
Fame	300
Behavior	Attacks on sight
Speed	Medium
Stats
Strength	32–74
Dexterity	46–65
Intelligence	16–30
Hit points	26–39
Stamina	46–65
Mana	0
Damage	4–8
Armor	18
Taming
Tameable	Yes
Min. skill	29.1
Control slots	1
Bondable	Yes
Rideable	No
Favorite food	Fish, meat, fruits and vegetables or eggs
Resources
Carving	1 raw ribs, 6 hides (12 in Felucca)

The Giant Rat is a large rat that attacks on sight. Its taming requirement is 29.1, so it always obeys its owner.

Overview

• In-game name: a giant rat
• Corpse: a giant rat corpse
• Behavior: it attacks the nearest target it sees and fights in melee.

Stats

Stat	Value
Strength	32–74
Dexterity	46–65
Intelligence	16–30
Hit points	26–39
Stamina	46–65 (same as its Dexterity)
Mana	0
Melee damage	4–8
Armor rating	18
Fame / Karma	300 / −300

Skills

Skill	Range
Tactics	29.3–44.0
Wrestling	29.3–44.0
Magic Resistance	25.1–30.0

Resistances and damage types (not used on New Bradford)
The script also lists Age of Shadows resistances and damage types. New Bradford runs on Lord Blackthorn's Revenge combat rules, so these values have no effect in fights. They're shown here only for completeness.
Damage types	100% physical
Resistances	Physical 15–20, Fire 5–10, Poison 25–35

Taming

Requirement	Value
Minimum Animal Taming	29.1 (below this you have no chance)
Control slots	1
Maximum owners	5 (each previous owner makes it harder to tame)
Bonding	Yes
Rideable	No
Favorite food	Fish, meat, fruits and vegetables or eggs

• Success chance. For a first-time tame, your chance of success at the end of an attempt rises by about 2% per skill point and reaches 100% at 79.0 skill. Every previous owner adds 6 points to the difficulty.
• Don't hurt it. If it takes any damage during your attempt, taming fails with "The animal is too angry to continue taming."
• Stay close. You must stay within 6 tiles of it and keep a clear path to it.
• Obedience. Once tamed, its taming requirement is 29.1 or lower, so it always obeys its owner.
• Re-taming. If you've owned this one before, taming it again always succeeds ("That wasn't even challenging.").
• After its first tame, its skills drop to 90% of their wild values, or 86% if it was paralyzed while you tamed it. Its stats don't drop.

Bonding

Only the owner can bond with a giant rat. Its taming requirement is 29.1 or lower, so there's no Animal Taming requirement to bond. Feed it to start bonding, then feed it again after 7 days to finish. When you see "Your pet has bonded with you!", it's done.

Loot

Every giant rat carries:

• Gold: about 1–25 in total (from its "Poor" loot)

It may also carry:

• A musical instrument (well under 1%: about 0.02%)

Carving

Use a blade on the corpse to get:

• 1 raw ribs
• 6 hides, doubled to 12 in Felucca

Tips

• It attacks on sight.
• Taming starts at 29.1 and always succeeds from 79.0.
• It always obeys its owner.
• Carve the corpse for 1 raw ribs and 6 hides (12 in Felucca).