Adamantine Wasp Swarm

The sound of metallic clicking drones in your ears as thousands of tiny metal insects descend from the air.

Adamantine Wasp Swarm (CR 10)

Fine Construct (Swarm)
Alignment: Neutral
Initiative: +6
Senses: Darkvision 60 feet, Low-Light Vision; Perception +0

Speed: 5 feet, Fly 40 feet (good)
Space: 10 feet

Defense

Armor Class: 24, touch 24, flat-footed 18 (+6 Dex, +8 size, +0 natural)
Hit Points: 82 (15d10)
Saving Throws: Fort +5, Ref +11, Will +5
Immunity: weapon damage, construct traits, swarm traits
Spell Resistance: 21
Weaknesses: swarm traits

Offense

Melee: swarm (3d6 plus poison)
Reach: 0 feet

Special Attacks: Distraction (DC 17)

Statistics

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
1 (-5)	22 (+6)	-	-	11 (+0)	2 (-4)

Base Attack Bonus: +15
CMB -
CMD -

Feats:

Skills: Fly +18

Languages:

Special Abilities

Poison (Ex)

Swarm-injury, save Fort DC 17; frequency 1/round for 4 rounds; effect 1d4 Dexterity damage; cure 2 consecutive saves. A creature reduced to Dexterity 0 freezes solid (similar to a flesh to stone spell) for 1d4 hours as his body hardens into ice. If reduced to 0 or less hit points while frozen, the creature shatters into pieces and dies. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Ecology

Environment: Any
Organization: solitary, cloud (2-4 swarms) or plague (5-8 swarms)
Treasure: none


The adamantine wasp is a flying construct capable of bringing down the most powerful of opponents with its deadly sting. Adamantine wasps are constructed by spellcasters and used to guard or patrol areas the creator wishes to keep \"off limits.\" From a distance, they resemble 1-foot long silver wasps, and some spellcasters further enhance this ruse by constructing fake nests nearby to detract would-be trespassers.

An adamantine wasp is 1-foot long and looks like its namesake only made out of metal. Its body is segmented like a normal wasp (head, thorax, and abdomen) and has carefully and delicately been fitted together to form the wasp. A wicked-looking adamantine stinger protrudes from its abdomen. Its wings are formed of paper-thin adamantine, specially treated during the construction process.

Adamantine wasps, being constructs, are non-intelligent and are programmed to carry out simple tasks such as \"guard this room\" or \"attack any who enter here.\" When following their commands, adamantine wasps fight until destroyed. A swarm attacks by stinging its foes and injecting its blood-freezing poison.

Construction Creating an adamantine wasp swarm costs 10,000 gp. Assembling the \"body\" requires a successful DC 20 ADAMANTINE WASP SWARM CL 13th; Price 80,000 gp Requirements Craft Construct, fly, geas/quest, poison, limited wish, creator must be caster level 13th; Skill Craft (weapons) or Craft (armor) DC 18; Cost 45,000 gp

Copyright Notice Author Scott Greene.