Lost Company Press
Enormous beyond belief, with a glossy black carapace and powerful mandibles, theGiant Ant is a terrifying sight to behold. Moving in harmony with its colony, each ant is a cog in a much larger and highly efficient machine. They use their great strength to shift earth and build massive underground nests, which can often cause issues when they intersect with human structures or territories.
Motive: Protecting the colony and gathering resources
Environment: Underground nests, often interacting with the surface (Wilderness)
Health: 6
Damage: 2 points
Armor: 1
Movement: Short
Modifications: Tasks involving strength or tunneling as level 4
Combat: The ant attacks with its mandibles, grabbing and piercing for damage. A successful attack means the ant has grasped its prey; targets must succeed on a Might defense roll or be held in place, suffering an additional minor wound (2 points) each round as the ant continues to crush them in its grip. Prey must succeed on a separate Might-based task to escape.
Interactions:Giant Ants are not aggressive unless provoked or defending their nest. They communicate with pheromones and, while they don't understand speech, can sometimes be deterred or rerouted with strong scents or chemicals.
Uses: An ambitious mage has discovered how to communicate with the ants and is using them to undermine the city literally and figuratively.
Loot: Ant carapace pieces can be used as crafting materials. Pheromone glands may have alchemical uses.
GM Intrusion: As a character avoids an ant's mandibles, they inadvertently step onto a thin crust of earth. It collapses, dropping them into the nursery chamber of the nest, teeming with defensive worker ants.