---
title: "Giant Stag Beetle"
obsidianUIMode: preview
noteType: pf2eMonster
cssClasses: pf2e
aliases: "Actor.m7DGYj6vCBUjNjEq" 
tags:
  - pf2e/creature/type/animal
  - pf2eMonster
  - pf2e/creature/level/4
  - remaster
statblock: inline
name: "Giant Stag Beetle"
level: 4
license: ORC
---

```statblock
columns: 2
forcecolumns: true
layout: Basic Pathfinder 2e Layout
source: "Pathfinder Monster Core"
name: "Giant Stag Beetle"
level: "Creature 4"

alignment: ""
size: "Large"
trait_01: [[animal]]
modifier: 10
perception:
  - name: "Perception"
    desc: "+10; Darkvision"
languages: ""
skills:
  - name: "Skills"
    desc: "Acrobatics: +9, Athletics: +13"
abilityMods: [5, 1, 5, -5, 2, -1]
speed: 20 feet,  fly 20 feet
sourcebook: "_Pathfinder Monster Core_"
ac: 22
armorclass:
  - name: AC
    desc: "22; __Fort__ +13, __Ref__ +9, __Will__ +8"
hp: 55
health:
  - name: ""
  - name: HP
    desc: "55"
abilities_top:
  - name: ""

abilities_mid:
  - name: ""
attacks:
  - name: ""

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Mandibles"
    desc: "+13 ()\n__Damage__  2d8 + 5 piercing"

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Foot"
    desc: "+11 ()\n__Damage__  1d10 + 5 bludgeoning"

  - name: "[[Bestiary Ability Glossary/Trample|Trample]]"
    desc: "`pf2:3`  Medium or smaller, foot, DC 21 Reflex check\n* * *\n\nThe monster Strides up to double its Speed and can move through the spaces of creatures of the listed size, Trampling each creature whose space it enters. The monster can attempt to Trample the same creature only once in a single use of Trample. The monster deals the damage of the listed Strike, but trampled creatures can attempt a basic Reflex save at the listed DC (no damage on a critical success, half damage on a success, double damage on a critical failure)."
 
```

```encounter-table
name: Giant Stag Beetle
creatures:
  - 1: Giant Stag Beetle
```



The giant stag beetle is larger than a horse, and the sight of one flying (if slowly and somewhat clumsily) on great buzzing wings is unnerving. Its enormous mandibles are used to impress mates, intimidate rivals, and discourage predators, for they can deliver deadly blows. While giant stag beetles are deadly predators, skilled wranglers can domesticate them. In such a capacity, these beetles serve well as beasts of burden or even as mounts.

Giant stag beetles can be a serious menace in marshes, cavern complexes, and heavy forests. More than one logging camp has attracted a cluster of giant stag beetles and had to be completely abandoned, yielding all its lumber to the hunger of the giant insects.

* * *

Not all beetles are harmless creatures that can be easily crushed underfoot. Oversized and ravenous giant beetles can be found throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the world. They are often benign creatures, though when threatened or roused, giant beetles are quite dangerous. Their powerful mandibles and tough exoskeletons make for a challenging combatant.
