Your Strength score increases by 2 and your Intelligence increases by 1.

Formica spend a year as a worm like larva, then 2 years as a pupa before emerging as a Formica child, aging and growing at roughly the same rate as humans. Royalty in their colonies are known to live twice as long.

Nurture over nature. Formica society is built in a rigged law system in their Underdark homes. Jobs are assigned and time is spent working to protect, expand, and better their bastions of order. This typically causes Formica to tend towards lawful alignments.

Formica are between 3 and 4 feet tall and average 100 pounds. Your size is Small.

Accustomed to living deep underground, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of grey.

Your base walking speed is 25 feet and gain a burrowing speed of 25 feet. You can only burrow through substances such as dirt, mud, sand, and ice. You are unable to burrow through solid stone.

You count as a Large Creature regarding your carry capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift when unaffected by magic or status effect such as exhaustion. You also do not gain disadvantage when using a weapon with the Heavy trait.

When you take the Help action to assist an ally, you can add your Strength modifier to their roll.

You were given a job when you were able to work, gaining a mentor that taught you everything they know. You gain proficiency with one type of Artisan’s Tools.

You can speak, read, and write Common and Undercommon.