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All of a bloathead mosquito's actions serve its needs for sustenance and procreation. They generally attack in small groups or together with hordes of regular mosquitoes, feeding off of and laying eggs in any [[SRD:Humanoid Type|humanoid]] or [[SRD:Monstrous Humanoid Type|monstrous humanoid]] creatures they come across. Unless they are starved, they rarely kill their victims while feeding, instead drawing enough blood to render them weak but capable of staying alive long enough for the bloathead larvae to hatch inside the body.
'''{{Anchor|Bloathead Infection}} {{Su}}:''' Upon a successful attack with its proboscis dealing at least 1 point of damage, the target contracts a supernatural disease called ''bloathead infection'', no save, and must start making daily [[SRD:Fortitude|Fortitude]] saves (DC 12) starting the next day as per the [[SRD:Disease|disease]] rules. The infection causes no initial symptoms or adverse effects, to the point that a victim might not even realize that he is infected until it is too late. However, should a victim fail a daily save three times, the victim will suddenly become [[SRD:Nauseated|nauseated]] by extreme pain as over the course of the next 10 [[SRD:Round|rounds]], its head bloats and loses all its hair, sprouting wings, legs and a mosquito body. If the transformation is allowed to complete, the victim sheds its body and becomes a new bloathead mosquito, however if the transformation is interrupted by nonlethal means during these 10 rounds, such as by using ''[[SRD:Restoration|restoration]] magic '' or ''[[SRD:Remove Disease|remove disease]]'', the victim is saved but becomes permanently [[Dementia (3.5e Spell)|demented]] and [[SRD:Insanity|insane]] until its brain and nervous system is completely restored by more powerful magic, such as ''[[SRD:Greater Restoration|greater restoration]]''.
'''{{Anchor|Improved Grab}} {{Ex}}:''' To use this ability, a bloathead mosquito must hit with its proboscis attack. It can then attempt to start a [[SRD:Grapple|grapple]] as a [[SRD:Free Actions|free action]] without provoking an [[SRD:Attacks of Opportunity|attack of opportunity]].
