Formian Worker
Creature 1 — formian
Pre-Remaster content. May include legacy alignment.
MenderLANDSUBTERRANEANformianhive
By far the most common formian on Akiton, workers are focused and industrious, naturally skilled at manual labor and coordinating with peers. Formians resemble unusually large ants with an insectile humanoid's upper torso. More powerful or influential formians are physically larger; common formian workers are roughly the height of a gnome, while the largest formians, such as taskmasters and queens, rival a giant in size. Formian society is a strict matriarchy. Though each hive's queen is theor
Source: strength-of-thousands-bestiary (Pre-Remaster)
Perception +6; darkvision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Languages akitonian, formian; telepathy 30 feet
Skills athletics +7, survival +6
Str
+4
Dex
+1
Con
+3
Int
+0
Wis
+1
Cha
+0
AC 16
Fort +8
Ref +4
Will +6
HP 20
Resistances sonic 2
Speed 30 feet, burrow 5 feet
Offense
Melee Jaws (unarmed) +7, Damage 1d4+4 slashing
Abilities
Telepathy 30 feet (aura, magical) — A monster with telepathy can communicate mentally with any creatures within the listed radius, as long as they share a language. This doesn't give any special access to their thoughts, and communicates no more information than normal speech would.
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.
Able Assistant — When using the Aid action to assist another formian from the same hive mind within range of its hive link, if the formian worker rolls a success, they get a critical success instead, and if they roll a critical failure, they get a failure instead.
Heavy Lifter — Formian workers excel at heavy labor. A formian worker can carry 5 additional bulk beyond the normal limits for their Strength before becoming encumbered or overburdened.
WORKS WELL WITH
AnvilLAND / SUBTERRANEANA durable frontline benefits directly from this creature's Aid bonus, turning a marginal defense roll into a reliable one.
CrasherLAND / SUBTERRANEANA heavy striker's opening attack becomes far more likely to land when this creature's Aid check nearly always succeeds.
SnareLAND / SUBTERRANEANA controller gains tempo when this creature hauls extra gear or bodies out of the way, exploiting its unusually high carrying capacity.
PUNISHES
✖ ignoring support units✖ single-target focus
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