Rat 5e
A rat is a Tiny beast of challenge rating 0 (10 XP) with AC 10, 1 hit point, 20-foot walking and climbing speeds and 30-foot darkvision. In the 2024 rules its Bite has a +2 bonus and deals 1 piercing damage, and Agile lets it slip out of reach without provoking opportunity attacks.
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Rat stat block
Tiny Beast, Unaligned
| Armor Class | 10 |
| Hit Points | 1 (1d4 - 1) |
| Speed | 20 ft., Climb 20 ft. |
| Challenge | 0 (10 XP; proficiency bonus +2) |
| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 (−4) | 11 (+0) | 9 (−1) | 2 (−4) | 10 (+0) | 4 (−3) |
- Saves and skills: Perception +2
- Senses: Darkvision 30 ft., Passive Perception 12
- Languages: None
Traits
Agile. The rat doesn’t provoke an Opportunity Attack when it moves out of an enemy’s reach.
Actions
Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +2, reach 5 ft. Hit: 1 Piercing damage.
How to run the rat
Sewer spy: No creature belongs in more places than a rat. Cellars, sewers, prisons, granaries, the walls of a noble's house. As a familiar it goes anywhere a Tiny body fits, climbs up through the floorboards, and nobody calls the guard over one rat.
Agile in the 2024 rules: The new Agile trait means a rat never provokes an opportunity attack when it leaves someone's reach. That makes it a safe Help-action familiar on the ground, the same trick the owl does with Flyby, just without the flight.
As a monster: One rat is a jump scare. Lots of rats are a swarm of rats, and bigger ones are giant rats. The classic first-level cellar job usually wants those, not twenty individual 1-hit-point rats.
Rat: 2014 vs 2024
| 2014 Monster Manual | 2024 Monster Manual / SRD 5.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bite | +0 to hit, 1 piercing | +2 to hit, 1 piercing |
| Traits | Keen Smell | Agile |
| Speed | 20 ft. | 20 ft., climb 20 ft. |
| Perception | Passive 10 | +2, passive 12 |
Rat FAQ
Can a rat be a familiar in 5e?
Yes. The rat is on the Find Familiar list in both the 2014 and 2024 rules.
What CR is a rat?
A rat is challenge rating 0 and worth 10 XP.
Can rats climb in 5e?
The 2024 rat has a 20-foot climb speed. The 2014 rat only had a walking speed.
Related
- Swarm of Rats 5e
- Giant Rat 5e
- Find Familiar 5e
- All D&D monsters
Monsters of similar challenge
- Baboon (CR 0)
- Badger (CR 0)
- Bat (CR 0)
- Cat (CR 0)
- Crab (CR 0)
- Deer (CR 0)
- Eagle (CR 0)
- Frog (CR 0)
- Giant Fire Beetle (CR 0)
- Goat (CR 0)
- Hawk (CR 0)
- Hyena (CR 0)
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