Thursday, February 28, 2019

Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of them!

I've finally gotten back to my bug project. I've been working on a hive society of insects that I have named Haidomyrmodes Formigathus after a species of prehistoric ants. I call them Formiga for short. They will dig their own hive or, on occasion, invade a dungeon or labyrinth and expand it for their own use.

The warriors and workers will scour the countryside to find food for the colony and they are not the least bit picky as to what they will take back to the colony. In the warmer climates where they are usually found colonies compete with each other and this serves as a control to overpopulation. Unfortunately the Formiga will swarm from time to time and occasionally have moved into more temperate areas inhabited by humanoid races. When that happens the local ruler is wise to gather a strong force and eradicate the invading insects before they become entrenched.


I'm not going to post stats and other information about them yet because I want to play test them against parties of adventurers first, but here is a little:

  • Drones serve the queen and larvae exclusively.
  • Workers do the heavy lifting, digging, and building.
  • Padrones are the boss bugs. They control the workers and warriors.
  • Punchers are big (2-hex) warriors with a large horn as a weapon.
  • Spinners will try to paralyze their prey and wrap them in silk.
  • Stingers are the flyers and they inject poison.
  • Queens are the largest (4-hex). She lay eggs and eats, but she can be dangerous.

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