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Dire Hummingbird Swarm
| N Diminutive Animal (Swarm) | |
| Init/Senses | +3/Listen +4, Spot +4 |
| Aura | Really Annoying Buzz |
| AC | 21, touch 14, flat-footed 17 (+4 Dex, +4 size, +3 Natural) |
| hp | 22 (3 HD); immune to weapon damage |
| Fort/Ref/Will | +5/+7/+6 |
| Speed | 0 ft., fly 40 ft., perfect (8 squares) |
| Melee | Swarm (4 + blood drain) |
| Space/Reach | 10 ft./0 ft. |
| Base Atk/Grp | +0/— |
| Atk Options | Distraction |
| Abilities | Str 1, Dex 16, Con 8, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 8 |
| Advancement | — |
| Really Annoying Buzz (Ex) | A dire hummingbird swarm creates a loud buzz that can be heard for miles, but up close is simply the most aggravating sound ever. Each creature within 60 ft. must make a Will save DC 16 at the start of their turn or else either choose to take whatever means they have available to move into the swarm's square and try to kill the swarm or else flee with their best possible means for 2 rounds.
As long as a character is within 60 ft. of the swarm, they take a -4 penalty to attack rolls, skill checks, and DCs of abilities that do not involve the swarm as a target. The character may make a Concentration check DC 12 (note this check has a -4 penalty making it effectively DC 16), as a swift action, to ignore this effect for 1 round. |
| Swarmy Evasion (Ex) | Unlike a normal swarm, dire humming bird swarms are exceptionally mobile and take half damage from any area of effect spell that requires a reflex save for half damage on a failed save, and no damage on a successful save. |
| Blood Drain (Ex) | Each turn a dire hummingbird swarm damages an opponent consecutively, it deals an extra 2 points of damage as it drains more blood. For example, if it hits Fighter Bob 5 times in a row, it deals 4 + 6 + 8 + 10 + 12 damage to him, for a total of 30 damage. Every time a dire humming bird swarm deals extra damage in this way, it heals 2 hitpoints. |
| Savagery (Ex) | Dire hummingbird swarms are really mean. They also get max HP per HD and a bonuses to HP, attack rolls, and saving throws that I can't be bothered to calculate. Some other things like grapple and trip bonuses are also modified (that way this creature won't rofflestomp the players with a stupidly high grapple or trip bonus). |
Strategies and Tactics
A dire hummingbird swarm has a very effective strategy: lure in aggravated creatures and drain all the blood from them before they can escape. They tend to try to make the best use of their blood drain ability, chasing down enemies that try to flee when the damage stacks up high.
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