Hivemind. Soldiers are immune to the charmed condition and can communicate amongst each other telepathically.
Brave. Soldiers have advantage on saving throws against the frightened condition.
Swarm. The soldier has advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least two of the soldier's allies are within 10 feet of the creature and those allies are not incapacitated.
Multiattack. The soldier makes three attacks, one with its mandibles, and two with its bladearm.
Mandibles. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage and 5 (1d10) acid damage.
Bladearm. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 15 (3d6 + 4) slashing damage.
Arm Javelin. The soldier can remove its armblade to be used as a ranged weapon. Once it is used in this way the armblade is lost for 1d4-1 days (minimum of one) and the soldiers armblade attack deals one less damage dice.
Description
The Chitrin are an odd race of ant-like humanoids that generally stay deep in the Underground. These insectoid creatures are not overtly hostile but can be territorial to the point that they’ll attack adventurers who come too close to their nests. It’s unclear just how intelligent they are but it’s believed that they have a sort of hive mind that allows sentience for those who have been alive long enough. They were apparently created over the ages from insects when fruit and leaves of the Yggdrasil trees began to rot after falling to the ground, filling the soil with mana.
Chitrin Soldiers are creature born for battle. With a thick exoskeleton and a wicked blade like arm that regrows when damaged they're a sight to behold in battle and a nightmare to go against. The sheen of their dusty gray blue exoskeleton is the last sight many would be thieves see when attempting to steal a harvesters bounty, and at least one, though more than likely three or more often accompany a group of harvesters to collect their hunts. At any other time soldiers can be found roaming the colony. Ensuring its safety in a tireless march.
Steadfast Warriors. Rarely shaken soldiers will not shy away from battle and uphold a sense of duty to the colony even when stricken with deep fear. If even a single harvester is harmed a soldier will be relentless in its attacks on the would be assailant and has no quarter for enemies of the colony.
Regrowing Blade. To make up for their lack of ranged options the soldiers have developed a method of long range attack at a risk. They tear off their armblade and throw it like a javelin. This is only done when absolutely necessary, however, as it sometimes takes several days for the blade to regrow.
Colonial Martyrs. Soldiers are more than willing to give up their lives for their colonies. Sometimes even disobeying the hiveminds commands to ensure the longevity of their fellow chitrin.
Well Trained. Soldiers are inborn with knowledge from the broodmothers experiences and develop fully capable of defending their colonies. Some older colonies can produce even more fearsome soldiers depending on the amount of experience its broodmother has.
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