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HIVE QUEENIN ADDITION TO BIRTHING FUTURE GENERATIONS, thehive queen directs the activities of her brood with aruthless and single-minded purpose.Hive QueenLarge natural beastInitiative +6Level 5 Elite Controller (Leader)Senses Perception +2; low-light vision,tremorsense 10XP400In the Presence of the Queen aura 10; each giant ant within theaura gains a +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls.HP 132; Bloodied 66AC 19; Fortitude 19, Reflex 16, Will 17Immune fearSpeed 6, climb 2Saving Throws +2Action Points 1© Bite (standard; at-will)110 vs. AC; 1d10 + 4 damage.© Kick (minor; at-will)Reach 2; +9 vs. Reflex; 3 damage, and the hive queen pushesthe target 3 squares.•r Hive Queen Frenzy (free, when any giant ant within 10 squaresof the hive queen drops to 0 hit points; at-will)The queen shifts 2 squares and uses kick.V Acidic Cloud (standard; encounter) • Acid, ZoneClose burst 4; the burst creates a zone of caustic gas that lastsuntil the end of the encounter. Any enemy that starts its turnwithin the zone takes 2 acid damage for each giant ant withinthe zone. The zone is centered on the hive queen and moveswith her.-i'f Acidic Blast (standard; recharge':: K 11) • AcidArea burst 3 within 10; targets enemies; +7 vs. Will; 1d6 + 2acid damage, and the target is dazed (save ends). Miss: Halfdamage.Call to Arms (when first bloodied; encounter)Four new giant ant hive workers appear and act to defend theirqueen. Each ant appears within 5 squares of the hive queen,and acts on the queen's initiative count.Alignment Unaligned Languages -HIVE QUEEN TACTICSA hive queen aims her kick carefully, pushingenemies into groups for an acidic blast attack or intoswarming clusters of her brood. In a desperate situation,she calls a strategic retreat, sacrificing warriorswithout concern while leading soldiers and drones toa more advantageous location. If the entire brood iseliminated, the queen fights to the death.GIANT ANT LORENature DC 7: Giant ants live in hives consisting ofhundreds of members. The majority of these ants areworkers, but they all fight to defend the hive.Nature DC 12: Although they are not intelligent,giant ants use teamwork and simple yet effective tactics.Giant ants possess a social organization rivalingthat of the most efficient humanoids.Nature DC 17: Giant ants communicate withnearby members of the hive by using a complexcombination of pheromones. These pheromones arehighly acidic, and the ants use them to damage foes.ENCOUNTER GROUPSGiant ants are encountered with others of their hive,since they generally consider anything else to be food.Level 1 Encounter (XP 500)• 1 hive soldier (level 3 soldier)• 2 hive warriors (level 2 skirmisher)• 4 hive workers (level 1 minion)