"Fused swarm" is an acquired template that can be added to any swarm of corporeal creatures (hereafter referred to as the base swarm). The base swarm fuses into a single creature that has the statistics of the base swarm, modified as follows.

CR As base swarm +1.

Size and Type The fused swarm is Medium, and loses the swarm subtype.

Defensive Abilities Unless otherwise stated, a fused swarm loses all swarm traits. A fused swarm takes half damage from piercing weapons and gains the following defensive ability.

Discorporate (Ex) A fused swarm dies when reduced to 0 or fewer hit points. When a fused swarm dies, unless its body has been completely destroyed, its remains immediately break apart to form a normal, full-strength swarm of the same kind as the base swarm.

Immune A fused swarm is immune to critical hits and flanking.

Attack A fused swarm loses the swarm attack of the base swarm, but gains a melee touch attack that deals the same amount of damage and delivers the same special attacks.

Space and Reach The fused swarm has a space of 5 feet and a reach of 5 feet.

Abilities A fused swarm has a minimum Strength score of 10.

CMB and CMD A fused swarm has a CMB and CMD based upon its ability scores and base attack bonus, as normal.