Every Wednesday, we have a new monster here at JonBrazer.com, and we are making sure that at least one of these creatures every month is for the Traveller Roleplaying Game. Last month we had the paskrin, a creature that chews on the power cables of a ship, which everyone just LOVES!!!! Today we are taking a look at giant ants.
So many times in science fiction, we encounter creatures that are familiar and either harmless or mostly harmless that are scaled up to gigantic sizes. Suddenly those harmless creatures are anything but and it is your job to deal with them. One that just about everyone has seen before is a giant ant. Today we stat it up for you.
So exactly how big and dangerous is this this thing? With a trait of Large (+5), it is larger than an elephant but smaller than the largest whales. Think of a dinosaur. Come to think of it, these stats would be great for a dinosaur as well since it has an exoskeleton similar to those great lizards’ thick hide. So yea, building (and ship) damage is hardly out of the question for these creatures. With a nice radiation contamination, an entire colony of these gigantic creatures insects could make short work of a city, no matter what tech level.
| Animal | Hits | Speed |
| Giant Ant | 110 | 9 m |
| Skills | Athletics (strength) 4, Melee (bite) 3, Recon 1, Survival 2 |
| Attacks | Bite (6D) |
| Traits | Armour (+3), Large (+5) |
| Behaviour | Omnivore, Eater |
If you want more creatures in your Traveller game, download Prelude to War: State of Chaos at DriveThruRPG or RPGNow today. This adventure has 10 new creatures ready to be used in your game.
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