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Shepherd Wasps are a wasp species with a unique double gland delivery system attached to their stingers. sWhile one gland can deliver a standard painful poison, the other gland is powerful psychotropic that encourages lower function animals and humanoids to guard the nest. The wasps are not truly intelligent, but through instinct and environment are able to target and control the largest meat-eaters in the nearby area.
After a time, the former predators protect the nest at the expense of their own health as they stop eating. Sometimes the corpses of the starved beasts become a fleshy bed for new generation of larva that will create their own nest. One nest can be local nuisance. Several nests can start to imbalance the local ecology and travel risky as deranged beasts attack anything in their territory.
Motive: Acquire more predators for protection and breeding hosts.
Environment: Temperate to Tropical outdoor locations (Wilderness)
Health: 10
Damage: 2-4 points See combat
Armor: 2
Movement: Short
Modifications: Area attacks are more lethal, dropping its Defense to level 3.
Combat: The individual wasps only do 2 points of damage as a level 2 creature. An agitated nest is a wasp swarm that fills the air when anyone gets into close range. The protective swarm can do 4 points of ambient damage to targets that don't have enclosed protective clothing. Regular combat armor doesn't count as the proper clothing in this case.
Interactions: Villagers are asking for help since packs of random predators, lions running with wolves and leopards have made travel unsafe
Uses: The nest is a chance to present a mystery as the heroes examine the bizarre predator behavior and the only clues they find are wasp stings.
GM Intrusion: The target suffers an allergy attack and takes 4 points of Speed damage.