Formian Queen
Creature 17 (uncommon) — formian
Pre-Remaster content. May include legacy alignment.
The formian queen is the center of the formian hive. The queen identifies and attends to the hive's needs, laying egg clusters that vary from a single formian born to a particular task to hundreds of workers at a time. All formians are born with an instinctive deference for the queen that borders on slavish devotion, though this urge can be corrupted, as with the King of Biting Ants' mutant mageslayers. Formians resemble unusually large ants with an insectile humanoid's upper torso. More powerf
Source: strength-of-thousands-bestiary (Pre-Remaster)
Perception +31
Skills arcana +30, athletics +27, diplomacy +33, intimidation +33, medicine +31, nature +31, society +30
Str
+8
Dex
+5
Con
+9
Int
+5
Wis
+6
Cha
+8
AC 40
Fort +34
Ref +26
Will +31
HP 255
Resistances physical 15, sonic 15
Speed 10 feet
Offense
Melee Claw +33, Damage 3d12+12 slashing
Abilities
Tremorsense 60 feet — Tremorsense
Telepathy 200 feet (aura, magical) — Telepathy
Hive Mind (primal) — Formians operate from a shared hive intelligence that allows them to communicate nearly instantaneously. While within telepathic range of at least one other formian from the same hive mind, a formian worker gains a +2 circumstance bonus to initiative checks, Perception checks, and saving throws against mental effects. If one formian is aware of a combatant, all members of the hive mind within range are aware of it.
Hive Frenzy (mental, primal) — Frequency once per day
Effect The formian queen stirs all formians within range of her telepathy into a frenzy. Each affected formian gains the Quickened condition for 1 minute, and can use the extra action each round only to Strike or Stride.
Possess Formian (incapacitation, mental, possession, primal) — A formian queen transfers her consciousness to the body of any formian within range of her telepathy to whom she has a line of effect. As long as the queen's consciousness is outside her body, her body is Unconscious (though she is aware if any damage is dealt to it).
An unwilling target can attempt a DC 38 Will saving throw to resist being possessed, but the queen's offspring are part of her hive mind and thus are almost always willing. The queen receives all sensory input from the target creature; she can speak through it, and she can use her own modifier for Intelligence-, Wisdom-, and Charisma-based skill checks.
If the target creature is slain or moves to a different plane from the queen's body, the queen returns to her own body immediately and is Stunned 1; otherwise, she can return to her own body as a free action, ending the possession effect.
Telepathic Feedback (mental, primal) — The formian queen unleashes a blast of debilitating telepathic feedback, targeting as many creatures as she wishes within range of her telepathy and to whom she has a line of effect. Targeted creatures must attempt a DC 38 Will save.
**Critical Success** The creature is unaffected and is temporarily immune to Telepathic Feedback for 24 hours.
**Success** The creature takes 3d6 mental damage, 1d6 persistent mental, and is Sickened 1.
**Failure** The creature takes 6d6 mental damage, 1d6 persistent mental damage, and is Sickened 2.
**Critical Failure** The creature takes 12d6 mental damage, 1d6 persistent mental damage, and is Stunned 3. Upon recovering from the stunned condition, the creature becomes sickened 2.
Spells
Disappearance (rank 8)
Feeblemind (rank 6)
Repulsion (rank 6)
Teleport (rank 6)
Cone of Cold (rank 5)
Illusory Scene (rank 5)
Magic Missile (At Will) (rank 1)
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