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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kitsunekaboom" data-source="post: 970791" data-attributes="member: 8301">Thanks all for the comments on the Hive-kin, and now, here's mom. For more fun add my legendary animal template to the giant lizard used for the tauric <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />. Hive Mind is from Book of Templates incase I didn't say so before.Hive Queen (Lizard, Giant + Tauric + Kobold + Winged + Insectile + Hive Mind + Psionic)Medium AberrationHit Dice: 4d8+12 (30)Initiative: +10 (+6 Dex, +4 Improved Initiative)Speed: 30 Ft, swim 30 ft., Fly 50 Ft. (Perfect), Climb 30 Ft.AC: 23 (+6 Dex, +5 Natural, +2 Insight)Attacks: Bite +7 melee, Halfspear +2 melee; or light crossbow +10 rangedDamage: Bite 1d8+4, Halfspear 1d6+2; or light crossbow 1d8Face/Reach: 5 Ft. By 5 /5ftSpecial Attacks: Psionics, Swarm AttackSpecial Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., light sensitivity, limited telepathy, shared senses, telepathy, tremorsense, uncanny dodge, wide visionSaves: Fort: +6, Ref: +11, Will: +5Abilities: Str:17, Dex:23, Con:17, Int:10, Wis:18, Cha:10 Skills: Craft (trapmaking) +2, Climb +6, Hide +13*, Listen +9, Move Silently +14, Profession (mining) +2, Search +8, Spot +13Feats: Alertness, Improved InitiativeClimate/Terrain: Any undergroundOrganization: Solitary Challenge Rating: 8Treasure: StandardAlignment: Usually Lawful EvilAdvancement: By character classThe Hive Queen is the leader of the Hive-kin, a race of bizarre creatures that live only to feed. She is the mother to them all and their leader and queen. She does not often venture from the hive but will as necessary. The life cycle of the Hive-kin resembles that of ants, the queen is all, and the rest work to please her and to construct an orderly society. CombatThe Hive Queen avoids combat, she will signal all hive-kin in the nearby area to defend her using her telepathic abilities.Light Sensitivity (Ex): The Hive Queen suffer a –1 penalty to attack rolls in bright sunlight or within the radius of a daylight spell.Limited Telepathy (Su): The Hive Queen  can mentally communicate with any other hive-kin within a 10-mile radius. A Hive Queen cannot use this telepathic ability to communicate with any other type of creature.Psionics (Sp): At will -  Mass Cocoon, Planeshift, Suspend Life; This ability is as the powers manifested by an 4th-level psion.Attack/Defense Modes (Sp): At will – ego whip, id insinuation /empty mind, thought shieldShared Senses (Su): At will, as a standard action, a hive queen creature can use another hive-kin’s senses rather than its own. This ability can be maintained for 1 minute. Swarm Attack (Ex): If there are two or more hive-kin in the combat and each of those creatures is within twenty feet of a single intended target, each hive-kin gains a +1 circumstance bonus to attack and damage rolls for every two hive-kin making the attack. For example, six hive-kins decide to attack a paladin that is ten feet away from them. They each gain a +3 bonus to hit and damage versus the paladin. Telepathy (Su): A hive queen creature can communicate telepathically with any creature witin 100 feet that has a language.Tremorsense (Ex): The hive queen can automatically sense the location of anything within 60 feet that is in contact with the ground.Uncanny Dodge: A hive queen retains its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any) even if caught flat-footed or struck by an invisible attacker.Widevision (Ex): Because of its multiple eyes and wide angle of vision, a hive queen gains a +4 racial bonus to all Spot checks and cannot be flanked.Skills: Hive queens receive a +4 racial bonus to Hide, Move Silently, and Search checks. The Hive queen also gains a +2 racial bonus to Craft (trapmaking), Profession (mining), Listen, and spot checks.*In forested or overgrown areas, the Hide bonus improves to +8.</blockquote>

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