Locust Swarm

Thousands upon thousands of locusts dance and drone in a dark and ravenous cloud.

Locust Swarm (CR 2)

Fine Vermin (Swarm)
Alignment: Neutral
Initiative: +2
Senses: Darkvision 60 feet; Perception +0

Speed: 10 feet, Climb 10 feet, Fly 30 feet (average)
Space: 10 feet

Defense

Armor Class: 20, touch 20, flat-footed 18 (+2 Dex, +8 size)
Hit Points: 18 (4d8)
Saving Throws: Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +1
swarm traits
Immunity: mind-affecting effects

Offense

Melee: swarm (1d6)
Reach: 0 feet

Special Attacks: devour, Distraction (DC 12), voracious (see giant locust)

Statistics

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
1 (-5)	15 (+2)	10 (+0)	-	11 (+0)	2 (-4)

Base Attack Bonus: +3
CMB -
CMD -

Feats:

Skills: Climb +3, Fly +10

Languages:

Special Abilities

Devour (Ex)

A locust swarm causes damage to unattended objects in its space each round as though they were creatures. It even damages inedible objects.

Ecology

Environment: Temperate or Warm Deserts or Plains
Organization: solitary, pair, cloud (3-20), or plague (21-100 or more)
Treasure: none


Under crowded conditions, these normally inoffensive relatives of the grasshopper change color, breed uncontrollably, ravenously consume any available vegetation, and wreak vast destruction to farms and settlements. The largest swarms, known as plagues, can include billions of locusts and cover hundreds of square miles.

Locusts in these swarms are larger and more aggressive than common ones, making the swarm a true danger to everything edible in their path and even to inedible objects as well.