Formian Deckhand

Formian Deckhand

Creature 1

Formian worker

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

Hive Mind (divination, 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.

AC 16; Fort +8, Ref +4, Will +6

HP 20; Resistances sonic 2

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.

Speed 30 feet, burrow 5 feet

Melee jaws +7, Damage 1d4+4 slashing

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.

Formian

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 theoretically independent and her rule absolute, allegiances are common, and less powerful hives often (grudgingly) defer to more powerful matriarchs.

Formian Characteristics

Formians are insectile creatures with ant-like qualities, typically members of hive minds ruled by queens. Formians have significant genetic diversity, with each type of formian intentionally bred with features and characteristics appropriate to the functions needed by their hive. Formians have their own language based on scent glands and complex clicking sounds created with their mandibles that are difficult for most humanoids to emulate. A non-formian who learns the language can understand it, but without the biological organs to exude the proper pheremones or make the correct clicking sounds, speaking it for such creatures is generally limited to only the most basic of concepts.

Formian Worker

By far the most common formian on Akiton, workers are focused and industrious, naturally skilled at manual labor and coordinating with peers.