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Wasp Swarm

A low, ominous buzz announces the arrival of a mass of many thousands of angry, stinging wasps.
Wasp Swarm
 CR 3
XP 800
N Diminutive vermin (swarm)
Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +9
DEFENSE
AC 15, touch 15, flat-footed 14; (+1 Dex, +4 size)
hp 31 (7d8)
Fort +5, Ref +3, Will +3
Defensive Abilities swarm traits; Immune weapon damage
Weakness swarm traits
OFFENSE
Speed 5 ft., fly 40 ft. (good)
Melee swarm (2d6 plus poison)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Special Attacks distraction (DC 13), poison
STATISTICS
Str 1, Dex 13, Con 10, Int —, Wis 12, Cha 9
Base Atk +5; CMB —; CMD —
Skills Fly +11, Perception +9; Racial Modifiers +8 Perception
SQ swarm traits, vermin traits
SPECIAL ABILITIES

Poison (Ex)

Swarm—injury; save Fort DC 13; frequency 1/round for 4 rounds; effect 1 Dexterity damage; cure 1 save. The save DC is Constitution-based.
ECOLOGY

Environment temperate forests
Organization solitary, pair, fury (3–6 swarms), maelstrom (7–12 swarms)
Treasure none

A wasp swarm is a flying mass of thousands of carnivorous wasps. In such large numbers, they become voracious hunters, capable of taking down large creatures with their venom-filled stings. While a wasp swarm is capable of inflicting hundreds of stings, its true danger arises from its insatiable appetite for meat.

Wasp swarms surround and attack any living prey in their paths, and are swift to seek out new prey once their anger is aroused. An enraged wasp swarm often loses track of its hive or the original source of its anger, and presented with a constant series of new targets to swarm and sting, a swarm can continue its rampage nonstop until it is destroyed or dispersed.