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Wasp Swarm

Wasp Swarm CR 3

A low, ominous buzz announces the arrival of a mass of many thousands of angry, stinging wasps.

XP 800
N Diminutive vermin (swarm)
Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +9

DEFENSE HP 40

EAC 14; KAC 16
Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +2
Defensive Abilities swarm defenses; Immunities swarm immunities

OFFENSE

Speed 5 ft., fly 40 ft. (Ex, good)
Melee swarm attack +11 (1d6-2 P plus poison)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Offensive Abilities distraction (DC 13), poison

STATISTICS

Str -5, Dex +4, Con +1, Int —, Wis +2, Cha -1
Skills Fly +11, Perception +9; Racial Modifiers +8 Perception
Other Abilities mindless

ECOLOGY

Environment temperate forests
Organization solitary, pair, fury (3–6 swarms), maelstrom (7–12 swarms)

Wasp Poison

Type poison, injury; Save Fortitude DC 13; Track Dexterity; Frequency 1/round for 4 rounds; Cure 1 save

A wasp swarm is a flying mass of thousands of carnivorous vespine insects, including bees, hornets, wasps, yellow jackets, and similar aggressive insects. In such large numbers, they become voracious hunters, capable of taking down large creatures with their venom-filled stings. While a wasp swarm is capable of inflicting hundreds of stings, its true danger arises from its insatiable appetite for meat.

Wasp swarms surround and attack any living prey in their paths and are swift to seek out new prey once their anger is aroused. An enraged wasp swarm often loses track of its hive or the original source of its anger and presented with a constant series of new targets to swarm and sting, a swarm can continue its rampage nonstop until it is destroyed or dispersed.

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