BEE

BEE, Giant (Honeybee, Worker)

Neutral Man-sized Monster (animal, insect) (4-ft long)

FREQUENCY: Rare

NO. APPEARING: 1d10

SURPRISE: 33%

SENSES insect senses (compound)

ARMOR CLASS: 6

MOVE: 9" — fly 30" (Class D, 7/3 hp)

HIT DICE: 3 + 1 (hp 16)

% IN LAIR: 20%

TREASURE TYPE: nil

THAC0: 16

MELEE: sting (1d3 plus poison)

SPECIAL ATTACKS: poison - Hits As: normal

SPECIAL DEFENSES: none

MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard

INTELLIGENCE: Low (5-7)

MORALE: +16%

SAVES: Poison 13, Petrify 14, Wand 15, Breath 16, Spell 16

LEVEL: III (XP 150 + 4 per hp)

BEE, Giant (Honeybee, Soldier)

Neutral Man-sized Monster (animal, insect) (4-ft. long)

FREQUENCY: Very Rare

NO. APPEARING: 1

SURPRISE: 33%

SENSES insect senses (compound)

ARMOR CLASS: 5

MOVE: 12" — fly 30" (Class C, 12/6 hp)

HIT DICE: 4 + 2 (hp 26)

% IN LAIR: 90%

TREASURE TYPE: nil

THAC0: 15

MELEE: sting (1d4 plus poison)

SPECIAL ATTACKS: poison - Hits As: normal

SPECIAL DEFENSES: none

MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard

INTELLIGENCE: Low (5-7)

MORALE: +22%

SAVES: Poison 11, Petrify 12, Wand 13, Breath 13, Spell 14

LEVEL: IV (200 + 4 per hp)

BEE, Giant (Bumblebee)

Neutral Large Monster (animal, insect) (6-ft long)

FREQUENCY: Rare

NO. APPEARING: 1

SURPRISE: 33%

SENSES insect senses (compound)

ARMOR CLASS: 5

MOVE: 6" — fly 24" (Class E, 25/12 hp)

HIT DICE: 6 + 4 (hp 51)

% IN LAIR: 10%

TREASURE TYPE: nil

THAC0: 13

MELEE: sting (1d6 plus poison)

SPECIAL ATTACKS: poison - Hits As: +2

SPECIAL DEFENSES: none

MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard

INTELLIGENCE: Low (5-7)

MORALE: +34%

SAVES: Poison 10, Petrify 11, Wand 12, Breath 12, Spell 13

LEVEL: V (400 + 8 per hp)

BEE, Giant (Bumblebee Queen)

Neutral Large Monster (animal, insect) (6-ft long)

FREQUENCY: Rare

NO. APPEARING: 1

SURPRISE: 33%

SENSES insect senses (compound)

ARMOR CLASS: 5

MOVE: 6" — fly 24" (Class E, 41/20 hp)

HIT DICE: 8 + 6 (hp 84)

% IN LAIR: 100%

TREASURE TYPE: nil

THAC0: 12

MELEE: sting (1d8 plus poison)

SPECIAL ATTACKS: poison; Hits As: +3

SPECIAL DEFENSES: none

MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard

INTELLIGENCE: Low (5-7)

MORALE: +46%

SAVES: Poison 8, Petrify 9, Wand 10, Breath 9, Spell 11

LEVEL: VI (800 + 8 per hp)

All forms of giant bees are similar to their ordinary small counterparts. Honeybees have hives; bumblebees have nests.

If encountered in their lair the hive will contain 20 times the workers shown by die roll and 3-12 soldiers. There will be 7-12 giant bumblebees in a burrow or nest. Hives will have a noncombatant queen and 2-5 noncombatant drones. Nests will have a combative queen of 8+6 hit dice doing 1-8 points damage per sting.

Poison is normal for workers and stronger for soldiers and bumblebees (-1 to save). A queen bumblebee's poison is -2 for saves.

Successful save vs. Poison will inflict an additional 2-8 points damage. Failure will cause an additional 5-20 + 1 for soldiers and bumblebees and +2 for queen bees.

Honey in hives or nests is of proportional quantities. Bee "bread" is excellent food and equal to iron rations. "Royal jelly," found only 20% of the time, is equal to 2-5 potions of extra-healing with a side effect of cure disease for each. It also can be made into sufficient unguent to treat aging.

The unguent preserves a youthful look for up to 1 year and 2-5 such preparations can be made from royal jelly. Charisma will remain unaffected by age when the unguent is used continually without interruption.

It is greatly prized by rich and noble women, and each unguent jar commands from 3,000-8,000 gp on the open market.

BEE SWARM

Neutral Small Insect (swarm); (5-ft. diameter)

FREQUENCY: Uncommon

NO. APPEARING: 2-8

SURPRISE: 33%

SENSES insect senses (compound)

ARMOR CLASS: N/A

MOVE: fly 9" (Class A)

HIT DICE: 3 (hp 13)

% IN LAIR: 70%

TREASURE TYPE: nil

THAC0: N/A

MELEE: swarm (1d3-1) plus distraction

SPECIAL ATTACKS: distraction; Hits As: normal

SPECIAL DEFENSES: swarm

WEAKNESS: swarm

MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard

INTELLIGENCE: Non-

MORALE: +0%

SAVES: Poison 14; Petrify 15; Wand 16; Breath 17; Spell 17

LEVEL: III (XP 150 + 4 per hp)

Distraction. A creature subject to a swarm attack must make a save vs. Breath or be distracted (dazed) while taking damage.

Swarm. A swarm is made up of many of these tiny creatures. All inside the swarm without some form of damage resistance take damage automatically and must save versus distraction. The swarm is immune to weapon damage of any kind. All energy attacks or area attacks do double damage and offer the swarm no saving throw.

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