FIRE Beetles

Tier 3 Horde (10/HP)
A swarm of fist-sized red beetles which feed on burning coals and hibernate in the ground or trees until awakened by an active blaze.
Motives & Tactics: Stoke the flames, voracious, focused

Difficulty: 15 | Thresholds: 20/30 | HP: 6 | Stress: 3
ATK: +2 | Fiery Bites: Melee | 3d8+4 phy
Experience: Swarm +3

FEATURES

Horde (3d4+2) - Passive: When the Fire Beetles have marked half or more of their HP, their standard attack deals 3d4+2 physical damage instead.

Swarm - Action: Spend a Fear to swarm a target within Close range. The Beetles cover the body of the target, biting and sparking. Make a standard attack, on a success the target must make a Presence Reaction Roll. On a failure, the target loses 1 Hope and becomes Vulnerable until their next roll with Hope. On a success, the target marks 1 Stress.