Crythanian Fire Ant


 
CLIMATE/TERRAIN: Desert/Mountainous
FREQUENCY: High
ORGANIZATION: Colony
ACTIVITY CYCLE: Anytime, mostly evenings
DIET: Omnivorous
INTELLIGENCE: Low
TREASURE: Random
ALIGNMENT: Colony's Queen

NO. APPEARING: See below
ARMOR CLASS: Exoskeleton
MOVEMENT: 7
HIT DICE: 11
THAC0: 3
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 5
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Fire Release
SPECIAL DEFENSES: None
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Resist any fire spells
SIZE: 1' long
MORALE: Fanatical
LEVEL/XP VALUE: N/A
  

These are Large insects, 1 foot long, living about several hundred per colony, though their colonies are rare. They stay inside mountains and underground most of the time. They are mediocre diggers, and their lairs are often an elaborate system of passages.

Combat: They swarm the opponent and try to disembowel it with their pincers. Sometimes they will relese a short stream of fire from an opening on the top of their heads.

Habitat/Society: The Crythanian Fire Ants are fanatically loyal to the queen and will dfened the colony at any cost. All will accept Martyrdom so to speak.

Ecology: They highly like dry desert habitats.

This monster created by Threshold