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N magical beast
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Environment temperate or warm hills
Organization solitary, pair, nest (3–6), or hive (7–28 drones, 3–6 hulks, 1 queen)
Treasure none
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Receptive (Ex) A hivespawn doesn't speak or understand any language, but creatures
with telepathy can use that special quality to communicate with hivespawn as if
they had a language.
Scythe-Like Claws (Ex) A hivespawn's scythe-shaped claws deal base and critical
damage as if they were scythes designed for a creature one size smaller than the
hivespawn, including that weapon's x4 critical multiplier.
Spines (Ex) A hivespawn can loose a number of dart-like spines indicated in its
ranged attack from its body as a standard action with a toss of its head or a lash
of its tail. Make an attack roll for each spine—all targets must be within 30 feet
of each other. The spines have a range increment of 120 ft. The creature can launch
only 24 spines in any 24-hour period.
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Towards these ends, some queens experiment with strange alchemical processes and
magical rituals, intent on mutating their kindred into new and more powerful forms.
These projects lend themselves well to hivespawn, whose body chemistry is unusually
malleable, but a few hivespawn queens also conduct such experiments on creatures
other than hivespawn, often captives captured for that express purpose.
Mutagenic Drone (CR 4) A mutagenic drone is a hivespawn drone with the hybrid
template (see "Creating a Hybrid," below). The evolution points of a typical
mutagenic drone are spent on the breath weapon (acid) evolution or the flight
evolution (wings, 50 ft. speed). Other common evolutions include bite, climb,
increased damage, increased natural armor, and energy attacks (acid).
Mutagenic Hulk (CR 8) A mutagenic hulk is a hivespawn hulk with the hybrid template
(see "Creating a Hybrid," below). The evolution points of a typical mutagenic hulk
are spent on the following evolutions: claws, increased damage (claws), limbs
(arms), rend, and trample.
Mutagenic Queen (CR 15) A mutagenic queen is a hivespawn queen with the hybrid
template (see "Creating a Hybrid," below). The evolution points of a typical
mutagenic queen are spent on the following evolutions: breath weapon (acid, 3/day)
and energy attacks (acid).
Overseer (CR 14) When a hivespawn queen lives beyond her reproductive years,
hormonal changes transform her into a bloated, balloon-like creature known as an
overseer. She loses all other speeds and gains a fly speed of 30 feet (perfect).
Though she no longer lays eggs, she retains the extradimensional womb special
quality. Her extradimensional womb can hold drones in addition to hatchlings. Each
drone counts as eight hatchlings when determining how many creatures the womb can
hold.
Creating a Hybrid
"Hybrid" is a template that can be added to any living, corporeal creature,
hereafter referred to as the base creature.
CR As base creature +1.
Other Statistics The base creature gains a number of evolution points equal to its
(newly modified) Challenge Rating, up to a maximum of 8 evolution points. These
points are spent on evolutions, as if the base creature were the eidolon of a
summoner with a level equal to the base creature's racial Hit Dice.
Note that the Queen of Blades would be a high-level human psion with the hybrid
template that I snuck in at the very end of the the hivespawn monster description.