---
title: "Giant Cockroach"
obsidianUIMode: preview
noteType: pf2eMonster
cssClasses: pf2e
aliases: "Actor.5Cc2QyV2V2ozzXsY" 
tags:
  - pf2e/creature/type/animal
  - pf2eMonster
  - pf2e/creature/level/1
statblock: inline
name: "Giant Cockroach"
level: 1
license: OGL
---

```statblock
columns: 2
forcecolumns: true
layout: Basic Pathfinder 2e Layout
source: "Pathfinder Bestiary 2"
name: "Giant Cockroach"
level: "Creature 1"

alignment: ""
size: "Small"
trait_01: [[animal]]
modifier: 6
perception:
  - name: "Perception"
    desc: "+6; Darkvision, Scent (Imprecise) 60 Feet"
languages: ""
skills:
  - name: "Skills"
    desc: "Acrobatics: +6, Stealth: +8"
abilityMods: [1, 3, 1, -5, 1, -1]
speed: 25 feet,  climb 25 feet,  fly 15 feet
sourcebook: "_Pathfinder Bestiary 2_"
ac: 16
armorclass:
  - name: AC
    desc: "16; __Fort__ +6, __Ref__ +8, __Will__ +4"
hp: 20
health:
  - name: ""
  - name: HP
    desc: "20"
abilities_top:
  - name: ""

abilities_mid:
  - name: ""
  - name: "Scurry"
    desc: "`pf2:r`  **Trigger** The giant cockroach is targeted by a melee attack\n* * *\n\n**Effect** The giant cockroach gains a +2 circumstance bonus to AC against the triggering attack. After the attack resolves, the cockroach Strides, Climbs, or Flies up to 10 feet."

attacks:
  - name: ""

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Mandibles"
    desc: "+8 (agile, finesse)\n__Damage__  1d6 + 1 piercing"
 
```

```encounter-table
name: Giant Cockroach
creatures:
  - 1: Giant Cockroach
```



Cockroaches are communal creatures, rarely setting out on their own unless they are searching for food. If an adventurer encounters a single giant cockroach while exploring, they had best take precautions against others, as there is likely an entire colony nearby.
