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----- Slowest of all monsters, but easy to produce, armored, and explosive -----
Point Value: 1
Notes:
Ants are really slow-moving, but they can be produced rapidly and they have hard exoskeletons. Because of the exoskeleton, an ant can survive 50% more damage than any humanoid. Ants can also explode on command with enough destructive force to critically injure any living creature (except a dragon or beholder) within 2 cells. Three exploding ants are enough to kill a red dragon, and seven could wipe out an orc hole or a nest.
Side Attributes:
None.
Actions and Action Points (ACP):
Receives basic allotment of 3 new ACP per turn.
Movement, Movement Points (MP), and Speeds (MP/ACP Ratios):
Uses a minimum of 1 ACP per move.
Needs MP to enter terrain: 1 by default, 99 into rock, 0 into tunnel.
Needs MP to traverse terrain: -1 by default, 1 across tunnel.
Hit Points (HP): 15. Recovers by 1 HP each turn.
Dedicated space for units: 0 by default, 1 for Magic supply kit.
Maximum number of occupants: -1 by default, 1 for Magic supply kit, Glowing stone.
Construction points (CP): 4.
Combat:
Can attack (ACP 2 vs all unit types).
Hit chances are 50% by default, 5% vs Magic supply kit, Guardian stone, Humanity stone, Lightning stone, Glowing stone, 75% vs corpse.
Damage is 1d6 vs all unit types.
Can capture (ACP 0 by default, 1 vs corpse, Magic supply kit, Guardian stone, Humanity stone, Lightning stone, Glowing stone).
Chance to capture: 0% by default, 100% vs corpse, Magic supply kit, Guardian stone, Humanity stone, Lightning stone, Glowing stone, ruins, 30% vs nest, orc hole, pentagram.
Chance to capture indep: -1% by default, 100% vs corpse, Magic supply kit, Guardian stone, Humanity stone, Lightning stone, Glowing stone.
Can detonate self (2 ACP).
Detonation damage at ground zero is 50 for all unit types.
Detonation damage to adjacent units is 25 by default, 9 for human.
Range of detonation effect on units is 2 for all unit types.
Always destroyed by detonation.
Protection of occupants/transport is *1.00 by default, *0.40 for nest, orc hole, pentagram.
Becomes corpse when destroyed.
Vision:
0% chance to be seen at outset of game.
0% chance to be seen at outset of game if independent.
Not always seen even if terrain has been seen.
Occupants not seen even if unit has been seen.
Can see units up to 5 cells away.
Vision is line-of-sight.
Effective eye height is 5 in all terrain types.
10% chance for enemy to see your terrain view if this type captured.
Material Handling:
food, 200 storage (200 at start of game), 1 basic consumption, 1 consumed per move
water, 50 storage (50 at start of game), 1 basic consumption
Fate if side loses: 100% chance to revolt.
AI Attributes:
Requires >= 30 accessible, liquid cells to build naval units.
Requests a total wartime garrison of 1 units.
Range within which enemies will cause an alert is 6.
Basic tactical computation range is 12.
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