Formicids (5e Creature)
Please see Formicid race stats for a better understanding of this race.
Formicids[edit]
- Formicid Drone
- Formicid Harbinger
- Formicid Hive Sister
- Formicid Queen
- Formicid Taskmaster
- Formicid Warrior
The Formicids are a hard working ant-like people, digging out extensive underground tunnels and chambers with their claws and mandibles. They appear to be partially-upright ants with reddish-brown carapaces. They are also exceptionally strong compared to their size. The Formicids live in a hive mind, where every Formicid is directly connected to and is driven to serve the Queen and expand the colony. It is exceptionally rare that a Formicid will break away from the colony. Formicid society is a female dominated culture. Female Formicid's take up the roles of the elite, while the male Formicids, known as Formicid Drones, are their completely devoted workforce. Females are born with wings and have slightly more individuality, but are rarer than the males. Sometimes, a female will be born with an innate connection to the Formicid god T'an'ika Fese or "The All-Mother". T'an'ika Fese is depicted as an extremely large female ant with three abdomens, two pairs of wings and three sets of antennae. They will be taken in and raised in the presence of the queen and other Formicid Hive Sisters. After the queen, they are the highest ranking members of Formicid society.
They live in vast underground nests, with sprawling tunnels whose design has a strange logic. They have separate chambers to store resources, for armories, nurseries, and living quarters for the higher class. These creatures are aggressive, viciously attacking anything they deem a threat to their hive. But this does not mean that they are not reasonable. Under the right circumstances, a truce can be made between the hive and a neighboring town or people. The Formicids will keep all the loot they may take from ill-begotten travelers or ignorant adventurers as to give to the queen.
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