Thri-Kreen

Thri-Kreen CR: 1

Medium humanoid (thri-keen), chaotic neutral

Armor Class: 15 (natural armour)

Hit Points: 33 6d8+6

Speed: 40 ft

STR

12 +1

DEX

13 +1

CON

13 +1

INT

8 -1

WIS

12 +1

CHA

7 -2

Skills: Perception +3, Stealth +4, Survival +3

Senses: Darkvision 60 ft, passive Perception 13

Languages: Thri-Keen

Challenge Rating: 1

Variant. Thri-Kreen Psionics:

A few thri-kreen manifest psychic power, using their powers to aid the hunt and communicate more easily with outsiders. A psionic thri-kreen has Telepathy out to a range of 60 feet and gains the following additional trait:
Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The thri-kreen's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom. The thri-kreen can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components.

At will: Magic Hand (the hand is invisible)

1/day: Invisibility (self only)

2/day: Blur, Magic Weapon

Chameleon Carapace. The thri-kreen can change the colour of it's carapace to match the colour and texture of it's surroundings. As a result, it has advantage on on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide.
Standing Leap. The thri-kreen's long jump is up to 30 feet, and it's standing leap is 15 feet with or without a running start.

Actions

Multiattack. The thri-kreen makes two attacks: one with it's bite and one with it's claws.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack +3 to hit, reach 5 ft, one creature. Hit 4 1d6+1 piercing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for one minute. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the target is also paralyzed while poisoned this way. The poisoned target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of it's turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack +3 to hit, reach 5 ft, one target. Hit 6 2d4+1 slashing damage.
Variant: Thri-Kreen Weapons: Some thri-keen employ special martial weapons. A gythka is a two-handed polearm with a blade at each end. A chatkcha is a flat, triangular wedge with three serrated blades (a light thrown weapon). A thri-kreen armed with a gythka and chatkchas gains the following action options:
Multiattack. The thri-kreen makes two gythka attacks or two chatkcha attacks.
Gythka. Melee Weapon Attack +3 to hit, reach 5 ft, one target. Hit 5 1d8+1 slashing damage.
Chatkcha. Ranged Weapon Attack +4 to hit, range 30/120 ft, one target. Hit 5 1d6+2 slashing damage.

Thri-Kreen are insectile humanoids, resembling bipedal ants. They average five to six feet tall, and can use equipment of different kinds. They use a series of clicks, body language and the like for communication, and will draw out what they are trying to say to other creatures. They prey on all sorts of creatures, though they have a taste for elf flesh.

Suggested Environments

Deserts, warm barren lands.