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Swarm of Insects (Beetles)
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Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa, and it can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny creature. The swarm can’t regain Hit Points or gain
damage if the swarm is Bloodied, and the target has the Poisoned condition. If the target remains Poisoned in this way after 1 hour, it is subjected to the following effect. Constitution Saving Throw: DC
Swarm of Insects (Beetles)
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Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny insect. The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit
","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, or 5 (2d4);{"diceNotation":"2d4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer.Bludgeoning, Piercing, Slashing
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Monster Manual
Spider Climb. If the swarm has a Climb Speed, the swarm can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature
’s space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny insect. The swarm can’t regain Hit Points or gain Temporary Hit Points.Bites. Melee Attack Roll
Swarm of Insects
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Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny insect. The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit
","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, or 5 (2d4);{"diceNotation":"2d4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer.Bludgeoning, Piercing, Slashing
Swarm of Insects (Centipedes)
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Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny insect. The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit
the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer.
A creature reduced to 0 hit points by a swarm of centipedes is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even after regaining hit points, and paralyzed while poisoned in this way.Bludgeoning, Piercing, Slashing
Swarm of Insects (Spiders)
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Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny insect. The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit
points.
Spider Climb. The swarm can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Web Sense. While in contact with a web, the swarm knows the
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if the swarm is Bloodied, and the target has the Poisoned condition for 1 minute as insects burrow inside it. The condition ends early if a spell or effect restores Hit Points to the target. While
Skeletonize. If the swarm starts its turn in the same space as a Large or smaller corpse, the corpse is destroyed, leaving behind only what it was wearing or carrying.
Swarm. The swarm can occupy
Swarm of Insects (Wasps)
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Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny insect. The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit
","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, or 5 (2d4);{"diceNotation":"2d4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer.Bludgeoning, Piercing, Slashing
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Swarm of Insects Swarm of Insects
Medium swarm of Tiny beasts, unaligned
Armor Class 12 (natural armor)
Hit Points 22 (5d8)
Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft.
STR
3(−4)
DEX
13(+1
, prone, restrained, stunned
Senses blindsight 10 ft., passive Perception 8
Languages —
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)
Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa, and the swarm
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Swarm of Insects VARIANT: INSECT SWARMS
Different kinds of insects can gather in swarms, and each swarm has the special characteristics described below.
Swarm of Beetles. A swarm of beetles gains
movement restrictions caused by webbing.
Swarm of Wasps. A swarm of wasps has a walking speed of 5 feet, a flying speed of 30 feet, and no climbing speed.
Swarm of Insects
Medium swarm of Tiny beasts
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This staff has 10 charges.
Insect Cloud. While holding the staff , you can take a Magic action and expend 1 charge to cause a swarm of harmless flying insects to fill a 30-foot Emanation originating
from you. The insects remain for 10 minutes, making the area Heavily Obscured for creatures other than you. A strong wind (like that created by Gust of Wind) disperses the swarm and ends the effect
Staff of Swarming Insects
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This staff has 10 charges and regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, a swarm of insects consumes and destroys the staff, then disperses
charges).
Insect Cloud. While holding the staff, you can use an action and expend 1 charge to cause a swarm of harmless flying insects to spread out in a 30-foot radius from you. The insects remain
Equipment
against giant insects or the vile swarm of insects;swarms of insects described in appendix A of the Monster Manual.
A gourd or vial of salve, which sells for 1 gp, contains 20 applications of
odorless grease. One application protects its wearer against normal insects for 24 hours. The salve is waterproof so it doesn’t wash off in rain.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
within 20 feet of it. A swarm of insects (centipedes);swarm of insects (centipedes; see the Monster Manual) with 11 hit points emerges from the basket and rolls initiative. At the end of each of the swarm
Nest in a Bag. The kobold throws a small bag into a 5-foot-square space within 20 feet of it. A swarm of insects (wasps);swarm of insects (wasps; see the Monster Manual) with 11 hit points emerges from
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
Shapechanger. Baba Lysaga can use an action to polymorph into a swarm of insects (flies), or back into her true form. While in swarm form, she has a walking speed of 5 feet and a flying speed of 30
). Baba Lysaga summons 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Summon Swarms of Insects"} swarm of insects;swarms of insects. A summoned swarm appears in an unoccupied space within 60
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Tomb of Annihilation
);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Summon Swarm"}. The King of Feathers exhales a swarm of insects (wasps) that forms in a space within 20 feet of it. The swarm acts as an ally
":"Tail"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d8 + 7);{"diceNotation":"3d8+7","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Tail","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Summon Swarm (Recharge 5–6
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against giant insects or the vile swarm of insects;swarms of insects described in appendix A of the Monster Manual.
A block of incense sells for 1 sp. When lit, it burns for 8 hours and repels normal insects within a 20-foot-radius centered on it.
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
nefarious powers grip an area, populations of maggots, scarabs, and similar scavenging insects explode and become aggressive predators. Roll on the Swarm Behavior table to see how such swarms might
Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny scarab. The swarm can’t regain hit points or gain
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
respond to sinister forces at work in a land. As nefarious powers grip an area, populations of maggots, scarabs, and similar scavenging insects explode and become aggressive predators. Roll on the Swarm
Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny maggot. The swarm can’t regain hit points or gain
Kobold Inventor
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
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Basket of Centipedes. The kobold throws a small basket into a 5-foot-square space within 20 feet of it. A swarm of insects (centipedes) with 11 hit points emerges from the basket and rolls
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Wasp Nest in a Bag. The kobold throws a small bag into a 5-foot-square space within 20 feet of it. A swarm of insects (wasps) with 11 hit points emerges from the bag and rolls initiative. At the
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
, the Grim Champion of Pestilence is nonetheless a fearsome entity of sickness and blight. A swarm of insects surrounds him in a mockery of a halo, and debilitating plagues flow from his fingertips
Halo of Pestilence. The champion is surrounded by an aura of deadly magic that takes the form of a host of glowing white insects. Each creature that starts its turn within 10 feet of the champion
Star Spawn Larva Mage
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
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Return to Worms. When the larva mage is reduced to 0 hit points, it breaks apart into a swarm of insects in the same space. Unless the swarm is destroyed, the larva mage reforms from it
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
attack with her claws.
Swarm (Costs 2 Actions). Arasta causes two Swarm of Insects (Spiders) ;swarms of spiders (see the Monster Manual) to appear in unoccupied spaces within 5 feet of her.
Toxic Web
addition, Arasta’s children immediately swarm over her body to protect her, granting her 100 temporary hit points.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Arasta fails a saving throw, she can choose to
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Return to Worms. When the mage is reduced to 0 hit points, it breaks apart into a swarm of insects (see the Monster Manual) in the same space. Unless the swarm is destroyed, the mage reforms from it
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Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
cocoon contains the bones of a non-Humanoid creature, such as a flumph or a mule.
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A swarm of insects that might be a darkweaver’s young
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A corpse holding a jar of universal
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
expend the last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, a swarm of insects consumes and destroys the staff, then disperses. Spells. While holding the staff, you can use an action to expend some of its charges to
charge to cause a swarm of harmless flying insects to spread out in a 30-foot radius from you. The insects remain for 10 minutes, making the area heavily obscured for creatures other than you. The swarm
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
expend the last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, a swarm of insects consumes and destroys the staff, then disperses. Spells. While holding the staff, you can use an action to expend some of its charges to
charge to cause a swarm of harmless flying insects to spread out in a 30-foot radius from you. The insects remain for 10 minutes, making the area heavily obscured for creatures other than you. The swarm
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
swarms that lurk in haunted sites and cursed dungeons. Swarm of Infesting Insects Infesting insect swarms invade larger prey, burrowing into other creature’s bodies with varied, gruesome results
. Alexandre Honoré Swarm of Infesting Insects Medium Swarm of Tiny Beasts, Unaligned
AC 13 Initiative +2 (12)
HP 33 (6d8 + 6)
Speed 20 ft., Climb 20 ft, Swim 20 ft.
Mod Save
Str 3 −4 −4
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Magic action and expend 1 charge to cause a swarm of harmless flying insects to fill a 30-foot Emanation originating from you. The insects remain for 10 minutes, making the area Heavily Obscured for
Charges. The staff regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll 1d20. On a 1, a swarm of insects consumes and destroys the staff, then disperses.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Swarms of Insects The characters are beset by 1d4 swarms of insects (centipedes). At the end of the encounter, any character damaged by a swarm must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or become infected with shivering sickness (see “Diseases”).
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Raven
Reef Shark
Rhinoceros
Riding Horse
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Scorpion
Seahorse
Spider
Swarm of Bats
Swarm of Insects
Swarm of Piranhas
Swarm of Rats
Swarm of Ravens
Swarm of Venomous Snakes
Tiger
Triceratops
Tyrannosaurus Rex
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Vulture
Warhorse
Weasel
Wolf
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Gremishka 2 Swarm of Infesting Insects 2 Wereraven 3 Brain in a Jar 3 Carrion Stalker 3 Gennifer Weathermay-Foxgrove 3 Laurie Weathermay-Foxgrove 3 Mist Horror 3 Mist Wanderer 3 Swarm of Ravenous
Challenge Rating. Monsters by Challenge Rating CR Monster 1/2 Bodytaker Podling 1/2 Death’s Head 1 Boneless 1 Carrionette 1 Aberrant Death’s Head 1 Petrifying Death’s Head 1 Swarm of Zombie Limbs 2
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
ooze
Hobgoblin
Ice mephit
Jackalwere
Lizardfolk
Magma mephit
Magmin
Myconid adult
Orc
Piercer
Reef shark
Rust monster
Sahuagin
Satyr
Scout
Shadow
Swarm of insects
Thug
Tridrone
Vine blight
Warhorse
Warhorse skeleton
Worg
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Jackalwere
Magma Mephit
Magmin
Modron Tridrone
Myconid Adult
Performer
Piercer
Reef Shark
Rust Monster
Sahuagin Warrior
Satyr
Scout
Shadow
Swarm of Insects
Tough
Troll Limb
Vine Blight
Warhorse
Warhorse Skeleton
Worg
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, Sorcerer, Warlock, or Wizard)
This staff has 10 charges.
Insect Cloud. While holding the staff, you can take a Magic action and expend 1 charge to cause a swarm of harmless flying insects to fill a
the last charge, roll 1d20. On a 1, a swarm of insects consumes and destroys the staff, then disperses.