Hivemind. Elite soldiers are immune to the charmed condition and can communicate amongst each other telepathically.
Brave. Elite soldiers have advantage on saving throws against the frightened condition.
Swarm. The elite soldier has advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least two of the elite soldier's allies are within 10 feet of the creature and those allies are not incapacitated.
Crushed Tendrils. Whenever the elite soldier takes at least 10 points of bludgeoning damage from a single attack it must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or lose one of its tendril attacks.
Multiattack. The elite soldier makes six attacks, 2 claw attacks and 4 tendril attacks.
Bladearm. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 15 (3d6 + 4) slashing damage.
Tendril. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one creature. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) piercing damage and 2 (1d4) acid damage.
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.
Sometimes whenever a soldier is being developed it will become an elite soldier instead. The appearance of elite soldiers is a sign that the colony is growing and a time to rejoice for the chitrin. Elite soldiers have a bit more intelligence than normal soldiers, and follow the same general duties. Being fewer in number elite soldiers are normally put in charge of groups of soldier chitrin in order to better maintain the colonies prosperity.
Appearance. The elite soldiers look like a shining version of their soldier kin with several dangerous tendrils sprouting from their backs with sharpened tips. Their armblades have been replaced for a set of deadly claws that function in mostly the same fashion. Their mandibles, on the other hand, have shrunk to a point that they are impractical in combat scenarios.
Multiple Appendages. The elite soldiers have lost their armblades but instead gained a set of powerful skewering appendages that can be used to strike opponents from afar. Their claws are no less deadly than their brothers own blades either, though they no longer have mandibles capable of ripping and tearing flesh the extra appendages more than make up for it.
New Thought. Elite soldiers think more than their soldier brethren. Often they come up with new guard routes or set posts in order to better defend the hive in case of attacks.
Colonial Martyrs. Elite 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.
Knowledge and Training. Elite soldiers are inborn with knowledge from the broodmothers experiences and develop fully capable of defending their colonies. Even so they will continue to bring knowledge back to their broodmothers, leading to stronger and stronger future generations of chitrin.
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