Built like a small badger, this creature has black fur with white stripes running from its face to its fluffy tail, which is raised in warning.
XP 100
N Tiny animal
Init +2; Senses low-light vision, scent; Perception +5
DEFENSE
AC 14, touch 14, flat-footed 12 (+2 Dex, +2 size)
hp 3 (1d8-1)
Fort +1, Ref +4, Will +1
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
Melee bite +4 (1d3-4), 2 claws +4 (1d2-4)
Ranged spray +4 touch (musk)
Space 2-1/2 ft.; Reach 2-1/2 ft.
Special Attacks musk
STATISTICS
Str 3, Dex 15, Con 9, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6
Base Atk +0; CMB +0; CMD 6
Feats Weapon Finesse
Skills Perception +5
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Musk (Ex)
Up to twice per day, a skunk can spray a stream of noxious musk at a single target within 10 feet as a standard action. With a successful ranged touch attack, the creature struck by this spray must make a DC 11 Fortitude save or be nauseated for 1d4 rounds and then sickened for 1d4 minutes by the horrific stench. A successful save reduces the effect to only 1d4 rounds of being sickened. A creature cannot use the scent ability as long as it is affected by this musk. The save DC is Constitution-based, and includes a +2 racial bonus.
ECOLOGY
Environment temperate forests
Organization solitary, pair, or surfeit (3-5)
Treasure none
These small mammals are well known to humanoids and forest creatures alike, with their distinctive black-and-white-striped markings and infamous scent glands. Creatures like big cats or wolves that normally would make a meal of such a small creature give skunks plenty of space, for they have learned well that the combination of black and white on a skunk's back equates to a hideously overpowering stench.
