Locust Swarm

Locust Swarm

Thousands upon thousands of locusts dance and drone in a dark and ravenous cloud.

Locust Swarm CR 2

XP 600
N Fine vermin (swarm)
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +0

AC 20, touch 20, flat-footed 18 (+2 Dex, +8 size)
hp 18 (4d8)
Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +1
Defensive Abilities swarm traits; Immune mind-affecting effects

Speed 10 ft., climb 10 ft., fly 30 ft. (average)
Melee swarm (1d6)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Special Attacks devour, distraction (DC 12), voracious (see giant locust)

Str 1, Dex 15, Con 10, Int —, Wis 11, Cha 2
Base Atk +3; CMB —; CMD —
Skills Climb +3, Fly +10

Devour (Ex)

A locust swarm causes damage to unattended objects in its space each round as though they were creatures. It even damages inedible objects.

Environment temperate or warm deserts or plains
Organization solitary, pair, cloud (3–20), or plague (21–100 or more)
Treasure none

Under crowded conditions, these normally inoffensive relatives of the grasshopper change color, breed uncontrollably, ravenously consume any available vegetation, and wreak vast destruction to farms and settlements.

The largest swarms, known as plagues, can include billions of locusts and cover hundreds of square miles. Locusts in these swarms are larger and more aggressive than common ones, making the swarm a true danger to everything edible in their path and even to inedible objects as well.

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary 4 © 2013, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Authors: Dennis Baker, Jesse Benner, Savannah Broadway, Ross Byers, Adam Daigle, Tim Hitchcock, Tracy Hurley, James Jacobs, Matt James, Rob McCreary, Jason Nelson, Tom Phillips, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Sean K Reynolds, F. Wesley Schneider, Tork Shaw, and Russ Taylor.