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All formians are born with an instinctive deference for the queen that borders on slavish devotion, though this urge can be corrupted, as with the King of Biting Ants' mutant mageslayers.\n\n</column>\r\n\r\n<column gap=\"medium\">\r\n<image src=\"/images/Monsters/Formian_Queen.png\" />\r\n</column>\r\n\r\n</row>\r\n\r\n<title level=\"2\" right=\"Creature 17\">[Formian Queen](/Monsters.aspx?ID=1672)</title>\r\n\r\n<traits>\r\n<trait label=\"Uncommon\" url=\"/Traits.aspx?ID=159\" />\r\n<trait label=\"LN\" url=\"/Rules.aspx?ID=95\" />\r\n<trait label=\"Large\" />\r\n<trait label=\"Formian\" url=\"/Traits.aspx?ID=419\" />\r\n</traits>\r\n\r\n<column gap=\"tiny\">\r\n\r\n<row gap=\"tiny\">**Source** [Pathfinder #173: Doorway to the Red Star](/Sources.aspx?ID=103) pg. 84</row>\n\n**Perception** +31; [darkvision](/MonsterAbilities.aspx?ID=12), [scent](/MonsterAbilities.aspx?ID=33) (imprecise) 60 feet, [tremorsense](/MonsterAbilities.aspx?ID=40) 60 feet\r\n\r\n**Languages**\r\n[Akitonian](/Languages.aspx?ID=94), [Formian](/Languages.aspx?ID=95); [telepathy](/MonsterAbilities.aspx?ID=37) 200 feet\r\n\r\n**Skills**\r\n[Athletics](/Skills.aspx?ID=3) +27, [Arcana](/Skills.aspx?ID=2) +30, [Diplomacy](/Skills.aspx?ID=6) +33, [Intimidation](/Skills.aspx?ID=7) +33, [Medicine](/Skills.aspx?ID=9) +31, [Nature](/Skills.aspx?ID=10) +31, [Society](/Skills.aspx?ID=14) +30\r\n\r\n<row gap=\"medium\">\r\n**Str** +8\r\n\r\n**Dex** +5\r\n\r\n**Con** +9\r\n\r\n**Int** +5\r\n\r\n**Wis** +6\r\n\r\n**Cha** +8\r\n</row>\r\n\r\n**Hive Mind** ([divination](/Traits.aspx?ID=47), [primal](/Traits.aspx?ID=134)) Formians operate from a shared hive intelligence that allows them to communicate nearly instantaneously. While within telepathic range of at least one other formian from the same hive mind, a formian worker gains a +2 circumstance bonus to initiative checks, Perception checks, and saving throws against [mental](/Traits.aspx?ID=106) effects. If one formian is aware of a combatant, all members of the hive mind within range are aware of it.\n\n</column>\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n<column gap=\"tiny\">\r\n\r\n<row gap=\"medium\">\r\n**AC** 40 \r\n\r\n**Fort** +34 \r\n\r\n**Ref** +26 \r\n\r\n**Will** +31 \n\n</row>\r\n\r\n**HP** 255\n\n**Resistances**\r\nall physical 15, [sonic](/Traits.aspx?ID=147) 15\n\n</column>\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n<column gap=\"tiny\">\r\n\r\n**Speed** 10 feet\r\n\r\n**Melee**\r\n<actions string=\"Single Action\" />\r\nclaw +33 ([Agile](/Traits.aspx?ID=170), [reach 15 feet](/Traits.aspx?ID=192)),\r\n**Damage** 3d12+12 slashing\r\n\r\n**Primal Innate Spells** DC 38, attack +30\r\n- **7th**\r\n[Magic Missile](/Spells.aspx?ID=180) (at will)\r\n- **8th**\r\n[Disappearance](/Spells.aspx?ID=73), [Illusory Scene](/Spells.aspx?ID=161), [Repulsion](/Spells.aspx?ID=254), [Teleport](/Spells.aspx?ID=338)\r\n- **9th**\r\n[Cone of Cold](/Spells.aspx?ID=47), [Feeblemind](/Spells.aspx?ID=112)\r\n\r\n**Rituals** \r\n\r\n- **6th**\r\n[Commune with Nature](/Rituals.aspx?ID=7)\r\n\r\n**Hive Frenzy** <actions string=\"Single Action\" /> ([Enchantment](/Traits.aspx?ID=61), [Mental](/Traits.aspx?ID=106), [Primal](/Traits.aspx?ID=134)) **Frequency** once per day; **Effect** The formian queen stirs all formians within range of her telepathy into a frenzy. Each affected formian gains the [quickened](/Conditions.aspx?ID=32) condition for 1 minute, and can use the extra action each round only to Strike or Stride.\r\n\r\n**Possess Formian** <actions string=\"Single Action\" /> ([Incapacitation](/Traits.aspx?ID=93), [Mental](/Traits.aspx?ID=106), [Necromancy](/Traits.aspx?ID=117), [Possession](/Traits.aspx?ID=129), [Primal](/Traits.aspx?ID=134)) A formian queen transfers her consciousness to the body of any formian within range of her telepathy to whom she has a line of effect. As long as the queen's consciousness is outside her body, her body is [unconscious](/Conditions.aspx?ID=38) (though she is aware if any damage is dealt to it). An unwilling target can attempt a DC 38 Will saving throw to resist being possessed, but the queen's offspring are part of her hive mind and thus are almost always willing. The queen receives all sensory input from the target creature; she can speak through it, and she can use her own modifier for Intelligence-, Wisdom-, and Charisma-based skill checks. If the target creature is slain or moves to a different plane from the queen's body, the queen returns to her own body immediately and is [stunned 1](/Conditions.aspx?ID=36); otherwise, she can return to her own body as a free action, ending the possession effect.\r\n\r\n**Telepathic Feedback** <actions string=\"Two Actions\" /> ([Enchantment](/Traits.aspx?ID=61), [Mental](/Traits.aspx?ID=106), [Primal](/Traits.aspx?ID=134)) The formian queen unleashes a blast of debilitating telepathic feedback, targeting as many creatures as she wishes within range of her telepathy and to whom she has a line of effect. Targeted creatures must attempt a DC 38 Will save. <br />**Critical Success** The creature is unaffected and is temporarily immune to Telepathic Feedback for 24 hours. <br />**Success** The creature takes 3d6 mental damage, 1d6 [persistent mental damage](/Conditions.aspx?ID=29), and is sickened 1. <br />**Failure** The creature takes 6d6 mental damage, 1d6 persistent mental damage, and is [sickened 2](/Conditions.aspx?ID=34). <br />**Critical Failure** The creature takes 12d6 mental damage, 1d6 persistent mental damage, and is [stunned 3](/Conditions.aspx?ID=36). Upon recovering from the stunned condition, the creature becomes sickened 2.\r\n\r\n</column>\n\n<document level=\"2\" id=\"creature-family-293\" />",
 "name": "Formian Queen",
 "npc": false,
 "perception": 31,
 "rarity": "uncommon",
 "reflex_save": 26,
 "release_date": "2021-11-10",
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  "bludgeoning": 15,
  "physical": 15,
  "piercing": 15,
  "slashing": 15,
  "sonic": 15
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 "resistance_markdown": "all physical 15, [sonic](/Traits.aspx?ID=147) 15",
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 "sense_markdown": "[darkvision](/MonsterAbilities.aspx?ID=12), [scent](/MonsterAbilities.aspx?ID=33) (imprecise) 60 feet, [tremorsense](/MonsterAbilities.aspx?ID=40) 60 feet",
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  "Medicine +31",
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  "Society +30"
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  "Pathfinder #173: Doorway to the Red Star"
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  "Pathfinder #173: Doorway to the Red Star pg. 84"
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 "source_group": "Strength of Thousands",
 "source_markdown": "<row gap=\"tiny\">[Pathfinder #173: Doorway to the Red Star](/Sources.aspx?ID=103) pg. 84</row>",
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  "max": 10
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 "spell": [
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  "Feeblemind",
  "Disappearance",
  "Illusory Scene",
  "Repulsion",
  "Teleport",
  "Magic Missile"
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 "spell_markdown": "[Cone of Cold](/Spells.aspx?ID=47), [Disappearance](/Spells.aspx?ID=73), [Feeblemind](/Spells.aspx?ID=112), [Illusory Scene](/Spells.aspx?ID=161), [Magic Missile](/Spells.aspx?ID=180), [Repulsion](/Spells.aspx?ID=254), [Teleport](/Spells.aspx?ID=338)",
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 "summary": "The formian queen is the center of the formian hive. The queen identifies and attends to the hive's needs, laying egg clusters that vary from a …",
 "summary_markdown": "The formian queen is the center of the formian hive. The queen identifies and attends to the hive's needs, laying egg clusters that vary from a …",
 "text": " Formian Queen The formian queen is the center of the formian hive. The queen identifies and attends to the hive's needs, laying egg clusters that vary from a single formian born to a particular task to hundreds of workers at a time. All formians are born with an instinctive deference for the queen that borders on slavish devotion, though this urge can be corrupted, as with the King of Biting Ants' mutant mageslayers. Formian Queen Source Pathfinder #173: Doorway to the Red Star pg. 84 Perception +31; darkvision, scent (imprecise) 60 feet, tremorsense 60 feet Languages Akitonian, Formian; telepathy 200 feet Skills Athletics +27, Arcana +30, Diplomacy +33, Intimidation +33, Medicine +31, Nature +31, Society +30 Str +8 Dex +5 Con +9 Int +5 Wis +6 Cha +8 Hive Mind (divination, primal) Formians operate from a shared hive intelligence that allows them to communicate nearly instantaneously. While within telepathic range of at least one other formian from the same hive mind, a formian worker gains a +2 circumstance bonus to initiative checks, Perception checks, and saving throws against mental effects. If one formian is aware of a combatant, all members of the hive mind within range are aware of it. --- AC 40 Fort +34 Ref +26 Will +31 HP 255 Resistances all physical 15, sonic 15 --- Speed 10 feet Melee Single Action claw +33 (Agile, reach 15 feet), Damage 3d12+12 slashing Primal Innate Spells DC 38, attack +30 - 7th Magic Missile (at will) - 8th Disappearance, Illusory Scene, Repulsion, Teleport - 9th Cone of Cold, Feeblemind Rituals - 6th Commune with Nature Hive Frenzy Single Action (Enchantment, Mental, Primal) Frequency once per day; Effect The formian queen stirs all formians within range of her telepathy into a frenzy. Each affected formian gains the quickened condition for 1 minute, and can use the extra action each round only to Strike or Stride. Possess Formian Single Action (Incapacitation, Mental, Necromancy, Possession, Primal) A formian queen transfers her consciousness to the body of any formian within range of her telepathy to whom she has a line of effect. As long as the queen's consciousness is outside her body, her body is unconscious (though she is aware if any damage is dealt to it). An unwilling target can attempt a DC 38 Will saving throw to resist being possessed, but the queen's offspring are part of her hive mind and thus are almost always willing. The queen receives all sensory input from the target creature; she can speak through it, and she can use her own modifier for Intelligence-, Wisdom-, and Charisma-based skill checks. If the target creature is slain or moves to a different plane from the queen's body, the queen returns to her own body immediately and is stunned 1; otherwise, she can return to her own body as a free action, ending the possession effect. Telepathic Feedback Two Actions (Enchantment, Mental, Primal) The formian queen unleashes a blast of debilitating telepathic feedback, targeting as many creatures as she wishes within range of her telepathy and to whom she has a line of effect. Targeted creatures must attempt a DC 38 Will save. Critical Success The creature is unaffected and is temporarily immune to Telepathic Feedback for 24 hours. Success The creature takes 3d6 mental damage, 1d6 persistent mental damage, and is sickened 1. Failure The creature takes 6d6 mental damage, 1d6 persistent mental damage, and is sickened 2. Critical Failure The creature takes 12d6 mental damage, 1d6 persistent mental damage, and is stunned 3. Upon recovering from the stunned condition, the creature becomes sickened 2. ",
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