HK Ant Race by

# Ant

<div style="font-variant: small-caps; font-size:110%">"To be so simple yet so complex, it is a marvel to behold."</div>

<div style="align-right"> -Unknown </div>

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Though small in stature, Ants make up for it with large numbers. Able to lift objects more than twice their size, they are not only fierce warriors but skilled craftsmen as well.

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### Skilled Architectures
Ants are widely renowned for their architecture. Their need for order is manifested in how they carefully place each building and build each road in a way to be the most efficient for travel and work. Though they only build what they need, they plan for the future, having multiple copies of different blue-prints of possible layouts for future buildings they may need. <br>
However, most bugs do not think of the layouts of their cities when they think of ants. They remember the scale and detail in their builds. From the simplest house to their tallest buildings, they were built as if they were a piece of art, known for having many intricate patterns and/or pictures into their buildings.

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Though, most find it odd that these bugs only use materials like stone, wood or even bone from beasts they have hunted. Rarely do they use metal, even though the ore itself is natural, the many refining stages that it has to go through to make it usable most colonies believe goes against the natural order. Unlike other natural materials, for example clay only needs to be shaped and then dried.

### Simple Yet Complex Culture
Ants have always needed the protection of the colony to survive. Their numbers are one of their greatest strengths, which makes up for their size. Ants are ruled by a single queen and are hunter-gathers with a strong connection to nature, understanding that they cannot take more than what they need, and what they take they have to give back to nature. To them, maintaining the balance of nature is the highest priority.<br>
It is also very common for ants to decorate themselves with the nature that is around them and from an outside perspective it's one of the ways to tell Ant colonies apart. For example, one colony may decorate themselves with bones of the beasts they hunt, while another may decorate themselves in flowers or other flora. <br>
However even though they are a hunter/gatherer society, because of their vast numbers, it has allowed them to be able to explore not only the arts like painting and sculpting, but also singing and theater. 
 
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### Appearance
Ants’ carapaces are different shades of red, brown or black, with some having fur around their neck that come also in those colors.  Their eyes either come in black or white, depending on their color. Darker colored ants have white eyes while lighter colored ants have black.

### Ant Traits

**Ability Score Increase.** Your Strength, Dexterity, and Wisdom score increases by 1.

**Alignment.** Ant's rely on the colony and are seldom anything but lawful neutral.

**Size.** Ants are short but regular in stature. They stand between 3 and 4 feet tall, and weigh close to 120 pounds. Your size is Small.

**Speed.** Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

**Languages.** You can speak, read and write Common and Antish.

**Efficient Workdays.** Ants have evolved to only need 4 hours of rest per day to maximize their workday. After resting for four hours, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.

**Powerful Workers.** You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift. Despite your size being Small, you can use weapons with the heavy property as if your size is Medium.

**Workers Tools.** You also gain proficiency in Athletics and one artisans tool of your choice.

**Pincer.** Your pincers are powerful weapons. As an action, you can make an unarmed strike that deals 1d6 piercing damage, adding your STR or DEX modifier to the damage.

**Pack Tactics.** You have advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of your allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t incapacitated. You can use this ability a number of times equal to your PB, regaining all uses after completing a Long Rest

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##### Game Credit
This Race was inspired by the game Hollow Knight by Team Cherry. A labor of love made solely for entertainment purposes and not-for-profit. No copyright infringement is intended. 
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Background Art made by: [Sol-lar-bink](https://sol-lar-bink.tumblr.com/ "Sol-lar-bink")
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Character Art made by: [Hive-traitor](https://hive-traitor.tumblr.com/ "Hive-traitor")
 
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