Alien Insects by

<style>

/* Font Import */

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Bellefair&display=swap');

/* Fix Browser Updates */

.phb hr + hr + section blockquote { column-fill: balance; }

/* Hide Footers */
  
.phb:after{ display:none; }

/* Background Style */

.phb{ background-size: cover }
  .phb{ background-image: url('https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52956002211_ed4f40a930_c.jpg')}
  .phb:nth-of-type(even) {background-image: url("https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52956002211_ed4f40a930_c.jpg")}

/* Page Numbers */

.phb .pageNumber.auto{
    font-size: 13pt;
    color: #001e13;
    position   : absolute;
    bottom     : 60px;
    width      : 70px;
    text-align : center;
}
.phb:nth-child(even) .pageNumber.auto{
    left       : 5px;
}
.phb:nth-child(odd) .pageNumber.auto{
    right      : 5px;
}

/* Header Styles */

.phb h1,.phb h2,.phb h3,.phb h4 {
    font-family: 'Bellefair';
    font-variant: small-caps;
    color: #001e13;
}

/* Table Color */

.phb table tbody tr:nth-child(odd) {background-color: transparent;}
.phb table tr:nth-child(odd) td {background-color: #D8C585;}

/* Description Block Color */

.phb .descriptive {
    background-color: #001e13;
}

/* Notes Block Color */

.phb blockquote {background-color: #001e13 }

/* Monster Blocks */

.phb hr+section blockquote {
    border-image-source   : url(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52955078732_e27e4f654f_c.jpg);
	border-image-slice		: 50 fill;
	border-image-width		: 35px;
	border-image-outset   : 6px 3px;
	border-image-repeat		: repeat;
	border-width          : 16px 6px;
	border-style          : solid;
}
}

.phb hr+section blockquote h3 {border-bottom: 2px ridge #001e13 }
.phb hr+section blockquote p {color: #001e13;}
.phb hr+section blockquote p em {color: #001e13;}
.phb hr+section blockquote p strong {color: #001e13;}
.phb hr+section blockquote li {color: #001e13;}
.phb hr+section blockquote hr+ul {color: #001e13;}
.phb hr+section blockquote hr+ul strong {color: #001e13;}
.phb hr+section blockquote hr+ul em {color: #001e13;}
.phb hr+section blockquote table {color: #001e13;}

.phb hr+section blockquote table tr:nth-child(odd) td {background-color: unset;}

.phb hr+section blockquote table thead th {color: #001e13;font-weight: normal;}

.phb hr+section blockquote table {color: #001e13;}

/* Copy and Paste any of the snippets below into a page to change that page's background design & art */

/* PLAIN BG, GREEK COLUMN LEFT:

PLAIN BG, GREEK COLUMN RIGHT:

BG IMG LEFT, NO GREEK COLUMN:

BG IMG LEFT, GREEK COLUMN:

BG IMG RIGHT, NO GREEK COLUMN:

BG IMG RIGHT, GREEK COLUMN:

BG IMG TOP, NO GREEK COLUMN:

BG IMG TOP, GREEK COLUMN LEFT:

BG IMG TOP, GREEK COLUMN RIGHT:

BG IMG BOTTOM:

</style>

### Alien Insects
Often emerging from shadowy corners of otherworldly dimensions, the Alien Insects strike terror into all who encounter them. Unlike the benign insects of Earth, these creatures wield nefarious powers and exhibit behaviors that reflect their extraterrestrial origins.

**Skin-Thief Cockroaches:** These monstrous cockroaches, sometimes growing to the size of a cow, are not content with scavenging on mere scraps. With a horrifying twist, they ambush their prey, secreting a corrosive acids through their mandibles. Once their target inside is melted, the roach begins its grotesque ritual, meticulously peeling off and absorbing the skin of its victim. This not only provides the creature with sustenance, but it also allows the cockroach to take on the appearance of the prey, using its stolen skin as a grotesque camouflage, perfect for luring in its next meal.

**Brain Flies**: At first glance, these macabre creatures appear as floating human brains with delicate mosquito wings shimmering in the light. However, their intentions are far from benign. The Brain Flies hover silently above their prey, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. Once they select a target, they pierce the skull with a razor-sharp proboscis, injecting a brain larva. Over time, the host's brain is consumed, and a new Brain Fly emerges to continue the cycle of terror.

**Antlions:** Although their Earthly counterparts are relatively harmless, the alien Antlions are colossal terrors, creating vast pit traps in interstellar sands. The unsuspecting wanderer who falls into one of these traps is greeted by massive, snapping mandibles, strong enough to crush bone and metal alike. Driven by insatiable hunger, the Antlion waits patiently beneath the surface, its antennae sensitive to the slightest vibration. Once it detects movement, it bursts forth in a shower of sand and debris, dragging its victim below for a gruesome feast.

\pagebreak

### Tier 1

___
___
> ## Skin-Thief Cockroach
>*Large, Aberration*
>
>*Tier 1, Challenge Point 8, XP: 8*
>
> ### Attributes
>|**AC** 14 |**AP** 3 |
>|:-|:-|
> |**HP** 54 | **Posture** 28 |
> - **Passive Insight/ Perception** 14
> - **Senses** Blind senses
> - **Language** Far Speech
> ### Movement
>|**Base/ Spider Climb** 30| **Swim** 20| **Dash** 40|
>|:-|:-:|-:|
> ### Stats + Skills
>|**STR** +6 |**DEX** +4 |**INT** -1 |**WIS** +4 |**CHA** -2 |
>|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
> - **LU +0:** Luck Points: 0; Critical Fail: 1
>
>
> ### Abilities
> - **Impostor:** When you kill a creature, you can use its skin as a disguise, assuming its form as per the effects of the *Alter Body* spell, including changing your size to match that of the creature.
> ### Actions (1)
> - **Acid Spit** *Hit* +6, *Dmg* 1d8 acid
> - *Acid Trace:* Regardless if you hit the Attack, the target and every creature within 10 feet of it must succeed on an Agility Save (DC 14) or take 1d8 acid damage.
> - *Corrosion:* Any Construct, Armor or Shield being used by a creature also takes 1 Corrosion Point when they take this acid damage.
> - *Ranged Attack (30/60)*
> - **Bite** *Hit* +6, *Dmg* 1d12 thrust
> - *Swallow (Concentration):* On a hit, the target must succeed on a Brawling Save (DC 14) or be swallowed by you if it’s Medium or smaller. While swallowed: 
> - • Shares the same space as you.
> - • Is in Full Cover.
> - • Becomes Paralyzed if it has 0 Posture.
> - • Takes 2d8 acid damage at the start of its turns. Any Construct or Armor/Shield/Weapon being used by a creature also takes 1 Corrosion Point when they take this acid damage. 
> - You can have 1 creature swallowed at once, but you vomit if you lose Concentration.
 
\pagebreak

___
___
> ## Brain Fly
>*Small, Aberration*
>
>*Tier 1, Challenge Point 4, XP: 4*
>
> ### Attributes
>|**AC** 16 |**AP** 0 |
>|:-|:-|
> |**HP** 15 | **Posture** 14 |
> - **Damage Weakness** Brain
> - **Passive Insight/ Perception** 14
> - **Senses** Blind senses
> - **Language** Far Speech
> ### Movement
>|**Base/ Spider Climb/ Fly** 35| **Swim** 0| **Dash** 20|
>|:-|:-:|-:|
> ### Stats + Skills
>|**STR** -1 |**DEX** +6 |**INT** -1 |**WIS** +4 |**CHA** -2 |
>|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
> - **LU +1:** Luck Points: 1; Critical Fail: 1
>
> ### Abilities
> - **Putrid Aura** At the start of your turn, all creatures within 20 feet of you must succeed on an Endurance Save (DC 14) or become Poisoned (1d4, 1 turn).
> - A creature that is already Poisoned takes 1d4 poison damage on a fail instead.
> ### Actions (1)
> - **Acid Spit** *Hit* +6, *Dmg* 1d8 acid
> - *Acid Trace:* Regardless if you hit the Attack, the target and every creature within 10 feet of it must succeed on an Agility Save (DC 14) or take 1d8 acid damage.
> - *Corrosion:* Any Construct, Armor or Shield being used by a creature also takes 1 Corrosion Point when they take this acid damage.
> - *Ranged Attack (30/60)*
> - **Inject Brain Larva** *Hit* +6, *Dmg* 1d8 thrust + 1d4 brain
> - *Brain Hijack:* A creature that takes this brain damage is injected with 1 larva, that slowly consumes its brain.
> - At the end of each day, that creature then takes 1d4 brain damage. After 1 month, that creature then dies, and a new *Brain Fly* is born from its skull.
> - During a Long rest, a creature can spend 1 Med Kit to make a Medicine Check (DC 15), removing the larva on a success.
> - *Big Triumph* You can only use this Action once.
> ### Reaction
> - **Evasion** When an Attack would hit you, you can use your Reaction to gain a +4 bonus to your AC, potentially making that Attack miss instead.

\pagebreak

### Tier 3

___
> ## Antlion
>*Medium, Aberration/ Beast*
>
>*Tier 3, Challenge Point 1, XP: 3*
>
> ### Attributes
>|**AC** 15 |**AP** 0 |
>|:-|:-|
> |**HP** 3 | **Posture** 9 |
> - **Passive Insight/ Perception** 17
> - **Senses** Blind senses
> - **Language** None
> ### Movement
>|**Base/ Burrow/ Spider Climb** 35| **Swim** 0| **Dash** 20|
>|:-|:-:|-:|
> ### Stats + Skills
>|**STR** -1 |**DEX** +7 |**INT** -3 |**WIS** +7 |**CHA** -3 |
>|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
> - **LU +0:** Luck Points: 0; Critical Fail: 1
>
> ### Abilities
> - **Echolocation** You lose Blind Senses and become completely BLinded while Deafened.
>
> ### Actions (1)
>
> - **Bite** *Hit* +7, *Dmg* 1d10 thrust
> - *Bloody Hit:* If you deal damage to the HP of a creature, it starts Bleeding (1d6).
> ### Reaction
> - **Lynch** If another Antlion hits an Attack, you can make an Attack of Opportunity on the same target.

\pagebreak

___
___
> ## Glowing Antlion
>*Large, Aberration/ Beast*
>
>*Tier 3, Challenge Point 8, XP: 24*
>
> ### Attributes
>|**AC** 15 |**AP** 0 |
>|:-|:-|
> |**HP** 47 | **Posture** 31 |
> - **Passive Insight/ Perception** 17
> - **Senses** Blind senses
> - **Language** None
> ### Movement
>|**Base/ Burrow/ Spider Climb** 35| **Swim** 0| **Dash** 20|
>|:-|:-:|-:|
> ### Stats + Skills
>|**STR** -1 |**DEX** +7 |**INT** -3 |**WIS** +7 |**CHA** -3 |
>|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
> - **LU +0:** Luck Points: 0; Critical Fail: 1
>
> ### Abilities
> - **Acid Blood** If a creature hits a Melee Attack while you are Bleeding or with 0 Posture, any Construct or Weapon being used also takes 1 Corrosion Point.
> - **Echolocation** You lose Blind Senses and become completely BLinded while Deafened.
>
> ### Actions (2)
>
> - **Acid Bite** *Hit* +7, *Dmg* 1d10 thrust + 1d10 acid
> - *Bloody Hit:* If you deal damage to the HP of a creature, it starts Bleeding (1d6). 
> - *Corrosion:* Any Construct, Armor or Shield being used by a creature also takes 1 Corrosion Point when they take this acid damage.
> - **Acid Spit** *Hit* +7, *Dmg* 1d10 acid
> - *Acid Trace:* Regardless if you hit the Attack, the target and every creature within 10 feet of it must succeed on an Agility Save (DC 15) or take 1d10 acid damage.
> - *Corrosion:* Any Construct, Armor or Shield being used by a creature also takes 1 Corrosion Point when they take this acid damage.
> - *Ranged Attack (30/60)*
> ### Reaction
> - **Evasion** When an Attack would hit you, you can use your Reaction to gain a +4 bonus to your AC, potentially making that Attack miss instead.

\pagebreak

___
___
> ## Antlion Knight
>*Enormous, Aberration/ Beast*
>
>*Tier 3, Challenge Point 17, XP: 51*
>
> ### Attributes
>|**AC** 14 |**AP** 4 |
>|:-|:-|
> |**HP** 144 | **Posture** 75 |
> - **Passive Insight/ Perception** 17
> - **Senses** Blind senses
> - **Language** None
> ### Movement
>|**Base/ Burrow** 25| **Climb/ Swim** 0| **Dash** 50|
>|:-|:-:|-:|
> ### Stats + Skills
>|**STR** +8 |**DEX** -1 |**INT** -3 |**WIS** +7 |**CHA** -3 |
>|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
> - **LU +0:** Luck Points: 0; Critical Fail: 1
>
>
> ### Abilities
> - **Echolocation** You lose Blind Senses and become completely BLinded while Deafened.
> - **Charge** If you Dash and move at least 20 feet, you gain advantage on your next attack this turn, and deal an extra 1d8 damage with that same attack.
>
> - **Charge Frenzy** Once per round, when you Dash and move at least 20 feet, you can make 1 Attack as a Free Action.
>
> ### Actions (2)
>
> - **Peck** *Hit* +8, *Dmg* 2d8 thrust
> - *Advanced Precision:* You gain advantage on this Attack. If the Attack was already with advantage, it automatically hits instead.
> - *Bloody Hit:* If you deal damage to the HP of a creature, it starts Bleeding (1d6).
>
> - **Headbutt** *Hit* +8, *Dmg* 2d8 strike
> - *Knocker:* On a hit, a target smaller than you becomes Knocked Prone and takes double Posture damage.