FREQUENCY: Rare (desert fringes, badlands,
and areas of rocky terrain)
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Dungeon Level VI])
FREQUENCY: Rare ([Temperate Wilderness
Forest], [Temperate Wilderness Hills], [Temperate Wilderness Plains], [Temperate
Wilderness Desert]) <chk>
FREQUENCY: Rare ([Tropical Wilderness
Hills], [Tropical Wilderness Forest], [Tropical Wilderness Plains], [Tropical
Wilderness Desert])
NO. APPEARING: 1
ARMOR CLASS: 2
MOVE: 9" (1" in loose soil)
HIT DICE: 8
% IN LAIR: 95%
TREASURE TYPE: [SB]
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 5-20
SPECIAL ATTACKS: [SB]
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard
INTELLIGENCE: Animal
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
SIZE: L
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: VI | 575 + 10
SAVES: 10.11.12.12.13
Giant ant lions are huge
insects inhabiting areas of sand and gravel where giant
ants and similar large insects are common.
Typical habitats are desert
fringes, badlands, and areas of rocky terrain.
There the ant lions dig tapering pits of
about 60 feet in diameter.
The pits will look like a cave or lair
entrance 50% of the time.
Any creature entering these funnel-shaped
traps will be 50% likely each round to slip and slide down the loose sides
and land at the bottom.
Lurking there is the ant lion.
It will burst out of the covering of loose
sand,
gravel,
and stones beneath which it has buried
itself and attack the victim with its huge mandibles.
A hit indicates that the ant lion has
closed its jaws and will not release its prey until it or the prey is dead.
Thus,
each round after the initial hit,
the ant lion will inflict 5-20 points
of damage automatically.
Although ant lions
do not collect treasure,
there is a 30% chance that there will
be 1-4 of the following items in the monster's lair from previous kills:
| 1-6 | 10-40 gp |
| 7-10 | 5-20 pp |
| 11-13 | shield* |
| 14-17 | metal weapon* |
| 18-19 | jewelry* |
| 20 | miscellaneous item* |
*10% chance that item will be magical.
If so, roll on appropriate table in DMG or assign an item of relatively low value. <link to UA tables, revise>
Ant lions devour 1 or more giant insects
each day,
carrying the remains and concealing them.
Thus it is possible to encounter one outside
its pit.
TSR5604 Ant Lion, Piscodaemon
