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<blockquote data-quote="Axe11154" data-source="post: 9041803" data-attributes="member: 7035103"><p>(First background information: In a setting im currently making, a goddess gave animals the chance to have sentience on the same level as Huminoids, but only in mass. Beast that joined groups of more then 20 would have their Intelligence raised (1 for every 20 of their own species with in 1 mile.). This effect was easiest for Insects and herd based herbivores, and as such they grew in intellect, making it difficult to farm them or exterminate them. That is why this creature is a Beast but has higher intellect.)</p><p></p><p><strong>The Rot Grub Hive Corpse</strong></p><p>(Volos Guide Entry) Rot grubs are finger-sized maggots that eat living or dead flesh, although they can survive on plant matter. They infest corpses and piles of decaying matter and attack living creatures that disturb them. After burrowing into the flesh of a living creature, a rot grub instinctively chews its way toward the heart in order to kill its host.</p><p>(New Entry) As rot grubs begin to swarm over corpses of the fallen they grow in mass. The blessing of Pi'āra warps their small minds into a hive like ferocity. Soon they burrow them selves into the veins of corpses and begin to puppet it like it were their own body. The corpse now home to a hive of parasites begins marching forward in search of its next meal. It will attack and inflict its self onto any it can grasp. Often with in weeks hoards of these hives will begin attaching small towns, destroying them and devouring all that get in their way. Be wary of the corpse march, for it could be a necromancers army, or a few grubs starving for their next meal. </p><p>(Art work not my own, but instead from Volos Guide.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Axe11154, post: 9041803, member: 7035103"] (First background information: In a setting im currently making, a goddess gave animals the chance to have sentience on the same level as Huminoids, but only in mass. Beast that joined groups of more then 20 would have their Intelligence raised (1 for every 20 of their own species with in 1 mile.). This effect was easiest for Insects and herd based herbivores, and as such they grew in intellect, making it difficult to farm them or exterminate them. That is why this creature is a Beast but has higher intellect.) [B]The Rot Grub Hive Corpse[/B] (Volos Guide Entry) Rot grubs are finger-sized maggots that eat living or dead flesh, although they can survive on plant matter. They infest corpses and piles of decaying matter and attack living creatures that disturb them. After burrowing into the flesh of a living creature, a rot grub instinctively chews its way toward the heart in order to kill its host. (New Entry) As rot grubs begin to swarm over corpses of the fallen they grow in mass. The blessing of Pi'āra warps their small minds into a hive like ferocity. Soon they burrow them selves into the veins of corpses and begin to puppet it like it were their own body. The corpse now home to a hive of parasites begins marching forward in search of its next meal. It will attack and inflict its self onto any it can grasp. Often with in weeks hoards of these hives will begin attaching small towns, destroying them and devouring all that get in their way. Be wary of the corpse march, for it could be a necromancers army, or a few grubs starving for their next meal. (Art work not my own, but instead from Volos Guide.) [/QUOTE]
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