[enemy idea] Bombadeer Bug

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Bombadeer Bug

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The Bombadeer Bug is a carnivorous beetle with a very powerful self-defense.

Biome: The Bombadier Bug can be found in pretty much every biome.
Role: Major annoyance.

Behaviour: The Bombadier Bug is on the hunt for smaller creatures (woodworm, beetle larvae, small spiders, aphids). It will attack them, kill them and consume them (prey that can be carried away by ants as a whole will be devoured immediately, prey that can be harvested will be harvested in the same way ants do).

Neutral critter: Usually the Bombadeer Bug does not attack your ants. If attacked it will fire a devastating stream of hot burning acid that deals massive damage and confuses or stuns the ants (50/50 chance for either stun or confusion on hit). While the ants are shaking off the shock the beetle will try to disengange and seek for food elsewhere.

The Bombadeer Bug can be a blessing and a curse at the same time. You may welcome it when it clears an area of dangerous predators you'd have to fight otherwise or keeps a hostile ant colony at bay by raiding their aphid farms, however when food is scarce it may prey on the same food as you - and this hungry critter is a major pain to drive away, let alone take down.
 
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