PRM Faction: Insects

PRM Faction: Insects

Somewhat a misleading name, the insect faction is more like the wildlife faction than any of the more organized factions. Creatures of this faction are at best loosely aligned; far more commonly they are actively hostile to one another. Insects are enlarged and mildly mutated terrestrial lifeforms.

In the coregame, insects are regulated to specific houses, randomly strewn into basements, as rare field and forest spawns, and as very common swamp spawns. They are in many cases easier to defeat once one has the skill to reliably hit them, but will wear down an unskilled or under-equipped survivor with their sheer determination. They posses no outstanding or special abilities except for possibly the ability to fly and walk over webs, their poisons, and their speed.

In PRM, insects gain acidic attacks and poisons. Some of them will occasionally begin constructing webs to help restrict their prey or predators, and a few gain further ability to emit fields. Their abilities are niche and do not always lend themselves directly to combat, but instead provide a sense of uniqueness to them that shows why such utilitarianism is desirable even after the apocalypse.

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Insects includes such things as l;and-based arthropods, spiders, cockroaches, caterpillars, mosquitoes, flies, bees, and wasps. Although ants are also able to be included into this category, they receive their own page.

The typical PRM insect is defined by moderate armor, low bashing damage, acid and poison attacks, high speed, large clusters of individuals, and poor vision.

Evolution

Evolution

Monster Summeries

The basics for each monster of the insect faction are listed below.

Flies/Butterflies/Moths

Variant	Speed	Damage	Health	Dodge	Aggression	Morale	Physical Armor	Special Armor	Special Attacks	Angered By	Fear Of
Maggot	15	1d2 bash, 1 cut	10	Poor	Passive	Non-Existent	Low cut	Low acid
Caterpillar	15	1d2 bash, 3 cut	12	Poor	Passive	Abysmal	Low bash		Shriek, Emit Web	Target Close	Hurt (placate), Faction Died (placate)
Pupae/Pupae 2	5	0	15	Zero	Passive	Non-Existent	High bash, Insane cut	Moderate fire, High acid	Acidsplash50, Emit Web, Immobile
Butterfly	130	1d3 bash, 3 stab, 1 acid	30	Skilled	Passive	Abysmal		Immune acid	Emit Fungicide, Acid Accurate, Acidsplash30	Close, Stalk, Faction Attacked	Hurt, Close, Faction Died, Fire
Moth	155	1d3 bash, 3 stab, 1 acid	35	Skilled	Passive	Abysmal		Immune acid	Emit Fungicide, Acid Accurate, Acidsplash35	Close, Fire, Stalk, Faction Attacked	Hurt, Close, Faction Died

Larval, pupal, and mature moths, butterflies, and flies provide easy and steady sources of meat. Uninteresting to the zombies, numerous enough to handle losses to predators, and single-minded enough to thrive wherever they can, these insects can fly away from danger and have begun to fill the gaping niches of the ecosystem.

Tardigrade

Variant	Speed	Damage	Health	Dodge	Aggression	Morale	Physical Armor	Special Armor	Special Attacks	Angered By	Fear Of
Tardigrade	15	1d24 bash	450	Zero	Passive	Average	Ludicrous	High fire, High acid	Grab, Vine	Hurt, Stalk, Faction Died	Target Weak (placate)

In PRM the tardigrade is a weak attacker that can do a lot of damage. Found in the violent swamps, it will patiently endure petty attacks, but once angered it will lumber after any offenders. Should something manage to penetrate its massively thick hide the promise of abundant meat awaits.

Minor Giant Spiders

Variant	Speed	Damage	Health	Dodge	Aggression	Morale	Physical Armor	Special Armor	Special Attacks	Angered By	Fear Of
Giant Cellar Spider	145	1d6 bash, 5 cut, 2 stab	45	Skilled	Passive	Average	Low bash, Low cut	Moderate acid	Venom, Webwalk	Target Hurt, Stalk, Close
Giant Black Widow Spider	90	1d8 bash, 3 cut	60	Competent	Passive	Average	Low bash, Low cut		Venom, Webwalk	Target Hurt, Close
Giant Jumping Spider	100	1d3 bash, 4 cut, 6 stab, 2 acid	30	Skilled	Passive	Below Average	Low bash, Low cut		Venom	Close, Target Hurt, Faction Attacked, Stalk	Hurt, Fire
Medusa Spider	110	1d4 bash, 2 cut, 10 stab, 3 acid	45	Skilled	Passive	Below Average	Low bash, Moderate cut		Venom, Acid Shot, Acid Spit, Leap 7	Close, Target Hurt, Faction Attacked, Stalk, Acidsplash5	Hurt, Fire
Giant Wolf Spider	160	2d4 bash, 8 cut	40	Competent	Low	Average	Low bash, Low cut	Low acid	Venom	Stalk, Target Hurt, Hurt, Close	Faction Died
Huge Wolf Spider	145	2d7 bash, 14 cut	100	Skilled	Low	Average	Moderate bash, Insane cut		Venom	Stalk, Target Hurt, Close	Hurt, Faction Died

These spiders lack any proper dens or homes of their own, but spawn throughout the world under various conditions. Cellar and Black widow spiders may spawn in houses and in basements, wolf spiders may spawn around triffid groves, and jumping spiders spawn in the wild.

Giant Web Spiders

Variant	Speed	Damage	Health	Dodge	Aggression	Morale	Physical Armor	Special Armor	Special Attacks	Angered By	Fear Of
Immature Giant Web spider	65	1d2 bash, 2 cut, 4 stab	20	Poor	Low	Average	Low bash, Moderate cut		Venom, Webwalk
Giant Web spider	110	1d6 bash, 4 cut, 8 stab	40	Poor	Low	Average	Low bash, Moderate cut		Venom, Webwalk, Emit Web
Giant Web spider Alpha	105	2d4 bash, 8 cut, 8 stab	60	Poor	Moderate	Average	Low bash, High cut		Venom, Webwalk, Web Spider Poison, Emit Web
Giant Web spider Omega	115	2d3 bash, 6 cut, 6 stab	50	Skilled	Moderate	Average	Low bash, Moderate cut		Venom, Webwalk, Web Spider Poison, Omega Spider Poison, Emit Web
Giant Web spider Mu	130	2d3 bash, 2 cut, 12 stab	50	Competent	Moderate	Average	Low bash, Moderate cut		Venom, Webwalk, Web Spider Poison, Mu Spider Poison, Emit Web
Large Egg Sack	100		90	Zero	Total	EXTREME	Low bash	Moderate acid	Spawn Spider

Web spiders have received some small amount of attention in PRM. Their dens, different from their webs, are underground caverns with uncommon and rare loot scattered around. Flashlights, halligan bars, ammo, and various other uncommon loot is scattered below, under webs and the fresh egg sacks that mark their success.

Trapdoor Spiders

Variant	Speed	Damage	Health	Dodge	Aggression	Morale	Physical Armor	Special Armor	Special Attacks	Angered By	Fear Of
Giant Immature Trapdoor Spider	70	1d1 bash, 6 cut	30	Zero	Moderate	Average	Low bash, Moderate cut		Venom, Webwalk, Digging, Grab
Giant Trapdoor Spider	110	1d4 bash, 8 cut, 3 acid	70	Poor	Moderate	Average	Low bash, Moderate cut		Venom, Webwalk, Digging
Giant Trapdoor Spider 2	110	2d4 bash, 10 cut, 3 acid	80	Competent	Moderate	Average	Low bash, Moderate cut		Venom, Webwalk, Digging
Alpha Giant Trapdoor Spider	95	1d8 bash, 14 cut, 6 acid	150	Competent	High	Average	Moderate bash, Insane cut		Venom, Webwalk, Digging
Egg Sack	100		40	Zero	Total	EXTREME	Low bash	Low acid	Spawn Spider
Large Egg Sack	100		40	Zero	Total	EXTREME	Low bash	Moderate acid	Spawn Spider

Trapdoor spiders have received some attention in PRM as well. Spawning in clusters with caves and webways underneath, the loot of the trapdoor spiders is every bit as useful as web spiders. However, trapdoor spiders are more proficient combatants, have no man-sized access tunnels, and is better protected.

Trapdoor spider lairs can spawn in any field tile, and will spawn both close to cities and farther away. They can be identified by bones, suspicious dirt mounds, and intuition. Trapdoor spider lairs are littered with sinkholes which will damage vehicle tires. sinkholes can be deleted if you dig a pit on that tile and then fill it.

Giant Bees

Variant	Speed	Damage	Health	Dodge	Aggression	Morale	Physical Armor	Special Armor	Special Attacks	Angered By	Fear Of
Bee Larvae	45	1d2 bash, 5 cut	15	Zero	Passive	Abysmal	Low			Hurt, Target Weak	Meat (placate)
Giant Bee	140	2d5 bash, 4 cut, 2 stab	35	Competent	Passive	Abysmal	Low bash, Moderate cut	Immune electric	Zapback20, Venom	Close, Hurt, Faction Died
Giant Bee 2	160	2d3 bash, 2 cut, 4 stab, 1 electric	28	Skilled	Passive	Abysmal	Low bash, Moderate cut	Immune electric	Zapback25, Venom	Close, Hurt, Faction Died
Giant Bee 3	130	2d5 bash, 6 cut, 4 stab	49	Competent	None	Abysmal	Moderate bash, Moderate cut	Immune electric	Zapback15, Venom	Close, Hurt, Faction Died
Giant Queen Bee	140	2d4 bash, 4 cut, 6 stab, 4 electric	63	Competent	Passive	Abysmal	Low bash, Moderate cut	Immune electric	Zapback50, Shockstorm, Venom	Close, Hurt, Faction Died
Giant Royal Bee	140	2d4 bash, 4 cut, 6 stab, 2 electric	42	Competent	Passive	Abysmal	Low bash, Moderate cut	Immune electric	Zapback35, Shockstorm, Venom	Close, Hurt, Faction Died

Giant bees in PRM recieve minor combat buffs and en electric shockback. The more 'noble' bees can even harness this innate ability and throw a shock charge. Due to this, they are deceptively dangerous. Their hives are full of royal jelly, a substance which cures most ailments. Royal honey can be further processed into a variety of medical concoctions.

PRM Wiki Page Table

Type	---	---	---	---	---	---
Factions	Ants	Doom	Fungus	Insects	Triffids	Wildlife and Mutants	Zombies
Statdump	PRM Radiation	PRM the Conglomerate	Spawn Lists	Evolution/Upgrade Trees	Faction Balance
Locations	Trapdoor Pits	Bumblebee Hives	Doom Structures
Items	PRM Marine Armor	Medicine	PRM: Miscellaneous Items	Recipes