Giant Ant Small beast, unaligned Armor Class 13 (natural armor)

13 (natural armor) Hit Points 5 (1d6 + 2)

5 (1d6 + 2) Speed 40 ft., climb 30 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 14 (+2) 12 (+1) 14 (+2) 2 (-4) 4 (-3) 4 (-3) Skills Athletics +4

Athletics +4 Senses blindsight 10 ft., passive Perception 7

blindsight 10 ft., passive Perception 7 Languages —

— Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)

Shared Initiative. If the ant joins a battle that is already in progress, it uses the initiative of any identical ants already in combat.

Colony Tactics. For each identical ant within 10 feet of itself, the ant gains a +2 bonus on Wisdom (Perception) checks. Additionally, the ant's blindsight radius extends to 20 feet as long as there is one ant within 10 feet.

Swarm Tactics. The ant can use its shared turn with other identical ants to attempt to grapple a foe larger than itself using the grapple action. The table below shows the minimum number of ants that must succeed in grappling the target for each size category.

Size Number of ants Medium 2 Large 4 Huge 8 Gargatuan 16

Actions Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage.