Knight Ant
CR: 4 XP: 1,200
N Large vermin
Init: +0 Senses: darkvision 60 ft., scent, tremorsense 30 ft. Perception: +1
Defense
AC: 17, touch 9, flat-footed 17 (+8 natural, –1 size)
hp: 42 (4d8+24)
Fort: +9 Ref: +1 Will: +2
Immune: mind-affecting effects
Offense
Speed: 50 ft., burrow 20 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee: bite +7 (1d8+5 plus grab), sting +7 (1d6+5 plus poison)
Space: 10 ft. Reach: 5 ft.
Statistics
Str: 20 Dex: 10 Con: 21 Int: — Wis: 13 Cha: 11
Base Atk: +3 CMB: +9 (+13 grapple) CMD: 19 (27 vs. trip)
Feats: Coordinated Defense, APG, Toughness
Skills: Climb +13
SQ: hive guard
Ecology
Environment: any warm
Organization: solitary, pair, scouting party (2 plus 1d4 giant ants), colony (3–8 plus 10–100 workers, 3–12 soldiers, and 1 queen)
Treasure: none
Description
Hive Guard (Ex) Knight ants gain Coordinated Defense as a bonus feat, and giant ants from the same colony also gain this feat when adjacent to a knight ant. As a standard action, a knight ant can use its oversized head to provide total cover to creatures behind it or sharing its space, as if wielding a tower shield.
Poison (Ex) Sting—injury; save Fort DC 17; frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d4 Str; cure 1 save.
These giant ants use pheromones to organize the complex work and protection of their colonies, identifying insects of their own or allied colonies and warding off intruders. They have a specialized physiology, including both enhanced pheromone glands and an especially wide, oversized head. The sheer size of its head allows a knight ant to block off entire tunnels within the hive in order to protect its fellow ants. It remains in place long enough to fend off invaders, even at the cost of its own life.
A knight ant is 10 feet long and weighs approximately 1,100 pounds. Its head is 7 feet across, and the flanges on the sides make it appear slightly concave.
Ant, Megapon This enormous ant has vicious mandibles and a dripping stinger, and looks large enough to devour a horse.