action_abbr: '2'
cast: somatic, verbal
components:
- Somatic
- Verbal
descr: "You envision a simple bug and transform into a Medium animal battle form.\
  \ When you cast this spell, choose ant, beetle, centipede, mantis, scorpion, or\
  \ spider. You can decide the specific type of animal (such as such as a ladybug\
  \ or scarab for beetle), but this has no effect on the form's Size or statistics.\
  \ While in this form, you gain the animal trait. You can Dismiss this spell.  \n\
  \n You gain the following statistics and abilities regardless of which battle form\
  \ you choose:  \n\n * AC = 18 + your level. Ignore your armor's check penalty and\
  \ Speed reduction.\n\n * 10 temporary Hit Points.\n\n * Low-light vision.\n\n *\
  \ One or more attacks specific to the battle form you choose, which are the only\
  \ attacks you can use. You're trained with them. Your attack modifier is +13, and\
  \ your damage bonus is +2. These attacks are Strength based (for the purpose of\
  \ the enfeebled condition). If your unarmed attack modifier is higher, you can use\
  \ it instead.\n\n * Athletics modifier of +13, unless your own is higher.\n\n  \n\
  \nYou also gain specific abilities based on the form you choose:\n\n * **Ant** Speed\
  \ 30 feet, climb Speed 30 feet; **Melee** |1| mandibles, **Damage** 2d6 bludgeoning.\n\
  \n * **Beetle** Speed 25 feet; **Melee** |1| mandibles , **Damage** 2d10 bludgeoning.\n\
  \n * **Centipede** Speed 25 feet, climb Speed 25 feet; darkvision; **Melee** |1|\
  \ mandibles, **Damage** 1d8 piercing plus 1d4 persistent poison.\n\n * **Mantis**\
  \ Speed 40 feet; imprecise scent 30 feet; **Melee** |1| foreleg , **Damage** 2d8\
  \ bludgeoning.\n\n * **Scorpion** Speed 40 feet; darkvision, imprecise tremorsense\
  \ 60 feet; **Melee** |1| stinger, **Damage** 1d8 piercing plus 1d4 persistent poison;\
  \ **Melee** |1| pincer (agile), **Damage** 1d6 bludgeoning.\n\n * **Spider** Speed\
  \ 25 feet, climb Speed 25 feet, darkvision; **Melee** |1| fangs, **Damage** 1d6\
  \ piercing plus 1d4 persistent poison; **Ranged** |1| web (range increment 20 feet),\
  \ **Damage** entangles the target for 1 round.\n\n  \n\n**Heightened (4th)**  Your\
  \ battle form is Large, and your attacks have 10-foot reach. You must have enough\
  \ space to expand into or the spell is lost. You instead gain 15 temporary HP, attack\
  \ modifier +16, damage bonus +6, and Athletics +16.  \n\n**Heightened (5th)**  Your\
  \ battle form is Huge, and your attacks have 15-foot reach. You must have enough\
  \ space to expand into or the spell is lost. You instead gain 20 temporary HP, attack\
  \ modifier +18, damage bonus +2 and double damage dice (including persistent damage),\
  \ and Athletics +20."
duration: 1 minute
has_been_manually_proofread: false
level: 3
name: Insect Form
req: null
source:
- abbr: CRB
  page_start: 346
  page_stop: 346
targets: null
traditions:
- Primal
traits:
- Polymorph
- Transmutation
trigger: null
type: Spell
