Insect Attack

Ulawa is closer than ever to a breakthrough, but the omenmaggots have been swarmed by a bunch of horrible bugs!

The PCs need to climb a tree, fending off oversized insectoid threats, and collect four total omenmaggot samples. The defenses include two deadly mantises (one in a four-player game), a woodweave caterpillar, and a vicious army ant swarm.

Perception +20; darkvision

Languages

Skills Acrobatics +18, Athletics +25, Stealth +22

Str +8, Dex +3, Con +5, Int -5, Wis +3, Cha -2

Items

AC 31; Fort +24, Ref +20, Will +18

HP 220

Speed 50 feet, climb 50 feet

Melee A mandibles +25 [+20/+15] (reach 10 feet) Damage 2d12+14 piercing

Melee A leg +24 [+20/+16] (agile, reach 20 feet) Damage 2d10+14 piercing plus Grab

Fling A The deadly mantis flings a grabbed creature into the air, up to 30 feet overhead and up to 30 feet away from the mantis (the creature takes damage from the fall as normal). If the flung creature lands on another creature, the creature it lands on takes the same amount of bludgeoning damage with a DC 31 basic Reflex save.

Leaping Grab D The mantis Leaps up to 40 feet vertically and 20 feet horizontally. At any point during the jump, it can make a leg Strike. If it hits, it automatically Grabs the target, bringing the creature along until the end of the jump.

Rending Mandibles A The mantis makes a mandibles Strike against a creature it has grabbed. If that Strike hits and the creature is wearing armor with Hardness 12 or lower, the armor is broken. This Strike doesn't further damage armor that's already broken.

Sudden Strike On the first round of combat, creatures that haven't acted are off-guard to the deadly mantis.

Perception +22; darkvision

Languages

Skills Acrobatics +20, Athletics +25, Survival +20

Str +7, Dex +4, Con +6, Int -5, Wis +4, Cha -4

Items

AC 33; Fort +24, Ref +20, Will +22

HP 255; Weaknesses axes 10, fire 10

Reactive Strike R Bristles only. The woodweave caterpillar gains an extra reaction at the start of each of its turns that it can use only to make a Reactive Strike. It can't use more than one Reactive Strike triggered by the same action. In addition to the normal trigger, the caterpillar can make a Reactive Strike against a creature that touches it or an adjacent creature that attempts a melee Strike against it.

Ferocity R Trigger The caterpillar is reduced to 0 HP; Effect The caterpillar avoids being knocked out and remains at 1 HP, but its wounded value increases by 1. When it is wounded 3, it can no longer use this ability.

Speed 40 feet, climb 40 feet

Melee A bite +25 [+20/+15] (reach 10 feet) Damage 3d10+13 piercing

Melee A bristles +25 [+20/+15] Damage 3d8+13 piercing plus penetrating bristles

Melee A foot +23 [+18/+13] Damage 3d10+11 bludgeoning

Penetrating Bristles On a critical hit with a bristles Strike, a woodweave caterpillar's bristles lodge in the target's body, causing severe pain and blood loss. They deal 3d6 persistent bleed damage, and the target is off-guard as long as the persistent damage continues.

Trample T The monster Strides up to double its Speed and can move through the spaces of Medium or smaller creatures, Trampling each creature whose space it enters. The monster can attempt to Trample the same creature only once in a single use of Trample. The monster deals the damage of 3d10+11, but trampled creatures can attempt a DC 32 basic Reflex save.