MANTIX
TRAITS:
Type: Insectoid Lifeform
Size: Medium (about 1.25 unit)
Speed: 6 units, 4 flying (in atmosphere)
The Mantix live in hives high in the jungle canopies of Kørt. In Mantix’s strict monarchical society their individuality is undervalued – the needs of the queen come before all others. Since the arrival of Humans, many Mantix have found integration with Human society preferable to life as a drone.
As scavengers, the Mantix sustain themselves by claiming the corpses of old hunts. Reclusive by nature, Mantix rarely venture out of their hives while the sun is up, preferring to locate sustenance under the cover of night.
Male Mantix are typically colored in swirls of warm green pigments meant to camouflage them against the dense jungles of Kørt, while female Mantix have evolved colorful or shimmering shell paterning to attract potential mates. A large hollow tube-like stinger is located in the Mantix’s tail, this appendage pierces deep into the flesh of their prey and removes blood for ingestion.
BLOODSUCKER:
As a major action, you may make a unique unarmed attack against a lifeform using your proboscis. On a hit, you are ADHERED to the target and deal BALLISTIC damage equal to one (1) + half (0.5x) your strength statistic. For as long as you are ADHERED to the target, you may use a minor action to drain their blood. You inflict an Injury Level [IL] against the target and restore that many Health Points [HP].
CHITIN:
You have built-in armor, granting you a BALLISTIC Shield Threshold [ST] of five (5). Once SHREDDED, this Shield Threshold [ST] cannot be REPLENISHED and only grows back after a Breather.
HIVEMIND:
You may communicate with other insectoid lifeforms using pheromones.