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                                                     expend to cast the spell.
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Charge Cost
Giant Insect
4
Insect Plague
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Regaining 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.
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    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
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     benefits:
Truesight. You have Truesight out to 240 feet.
Spellcasting. The eye has 8 charges and regains 1d4 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. You can cast a spell on the Eye of Vecna Spells table
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     your body, devours it, and then takes control of the body like a puppet. If that happens, you become an NPC under the DM’s control.
Eye of Vecna Spells
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                                                     Magic Items
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                                                     Temporary Hit Points daily at dawn until you die.
Talons. Every magic item you wear or carry disintegrates. Artifacts in your possession vanish instead.
Throne. You gain proficiency and Expertise in
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , which must be cleared out before you can claim the keep as yours.
Void. Your soul is drawn from your body and contained in an object in a place of the DM’s choice. One or more powerful beings
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or have the incapacitated condition until the start of its next turn, as the insects ravage its body.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the champion
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    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
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
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                                                     of its hit points or fewer. If the target is a creature, scarabs burrow into its body, and the creature takes 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Ravenous Bites
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     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
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     octon dies, its body disintegrates into dust, leaving behind anything it was carrying.Multiattack. The octon makes three Tentacle attacks.
Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8
                                                
                                            
                                                
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1/day each: plane shift (self only), protection from evil and goodAt the head of Mechanus’s sectors are the octons, hierarch modrons that oversee daily governance. They provide data to other
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     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
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     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
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     daily at dawn. Arkhan can cast the following spells from the hand by expending the specified number of charges (spell save DC 18): finger of death (5 charges), sleep (1 charge), slow (2 charges), and
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     means of freeing Tiamat from her prison in the Nine Hells, but only if the hand doesn't kill him first. The hand is slowly corrupting Arkhan's flesh and decomposing his body on one side.
In battle
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , naiads gather to revel in nature’s might. Individual naiads often grow fixated with a single type or body of water, potentially preferring a deep sea trench, coastline, or river system above
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     and aid those who live off the land, while others embody violent aspects of nature. In either case, nymphs generally avoid other sapient creatures, preferring to mind the cycles of nature, the daily
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Quests from the Infinite Staircase
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     webs lie in ambush draped over plant life, wrapped around corpses, or stuck to ossuaries in dark catacombs.
Memory webs feed on memories and require daily sustenance. When a memory web’s prey
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     can continue to feed on a corpse’s memories for days after its death.
If a memory web is slain, any memories it consumed over the last day are discharged from its body in a telepathic deluge
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     to the next nearest earworm until it reaches a daelkyr.
The earworm regains 1d4 expended charges daily at dawn.
Symbiotic Nature. The earworm can’t be removed from you while you
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ’re attuned to it, and you can’t voluntarily end your attunement to it. If you’re targeted by a spell that ends a curse, your attunement to the earworm ends, and it exits your body.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     of which require charges; the wand has 7 charges to fuel these spells, and it regains 1d4 + 3;{"diceNotation":"1d4 + 3", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Charges regained"} charges daily at dawn:
At
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the dead, emulating their dread master.
Orcus is a bestial creature of corruption with a diseased, decaying look. He has the lower body of a goat and a humanlike upper body with a belly swollen with
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Magic Items
                                                    Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     limbs, with the effect of such loss determined by the GM. If the creature has no limb to sever, you lop off a portion of its body instead.
In addition, you can speak the sword’s command word to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     without its wielder while the two are attuned to one another.
Spells. The sword has 6 charges and regains 1d4 + 2 expended charges daily at dawn. A creature attuned to the sword can use an action and
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     charges). The wand regains 1d4 + 3;{"diceNotation":"1d4+3","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Wand of Orcus"} charges daily at dawn.
While holding the wand, Orcus can use an action to conjure undead
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , emulating their dread master.
Orcus is a bestial creature of corruption with a diseased, decaying look. He has the lower torso of a goat, and a humanoid upper body with a corpulent belly swollen with rot
                                                
                                            
                                        
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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
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    "} necrotic damage, and the mage gains 6 temporary hit points.A larva mage is a nightmarish combination of a mortal body and otherworldly substance. When a powerful cultist of a wormlike entity such as Kyuss
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , or you throw it into an unoccupied space within 10 feet of you in a body of water that is at least 50 feet wide and 50 feet long. Upon doing so, the tooth burrows into the ground and vanishes, leaving
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     it are removed. When you use this action, a shimmering image of a unicorn’s horn appears until the end of your turn, sprouting from your forehead. The tooth regains all expended charges daily at
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    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
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     would allow him to live on as a lich. Beyond death, he became the greatest of all liches. Even though his body gradually withered and decayed, Vecna continued to expand his evil dominion. So formidable
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ), dominate monster (5 charges), or eyebite (4 charges). The eye regains 1d4 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. Each time you cast a spell from the eye, there is a 5 percent chance that Vecna tears your soul
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     assume roles of greater responsibility and prominence. You might be one of Candlekeep’s own, dedicated to the curatorship of what is likely the most complete body of lore and history in all the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     to help those in other places who seek your expertise. You might be one of the few who aid Herald’s Holdfast, helping to catalogue and maintain records of the information that arrives daily from
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Body Horror Torments Darklords in this genre draw their power from their biological changes or gain abilities that assist them in fulfilling their appetites. Their torment is rooted in the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     physiological and, frequently, in fecund and uncontrollable growth. Body Horror Torments    d8 Torment 
     1  The Darklord is pockmarked with eyes that never close and never allow for sleep. 
   2  The
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     they displease Maglubiyet, but the few priests among them do tend small shrines and interpret the body of legends about their gods. Nomog-Geaya’s priests always wield his favored weapons, a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Suitably (and somewhat ironically), the outward politeness and civility that they demonstrate among each other enables them to avoid conflicts in daily life. This same form of “courtesy&rdquo
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     and regains 1d4 + 2;{"diceNotation":"1d4 + 2", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Spellcasting"} expended charges daily at dawn. While attuned to the orb, you can cast one of the spells on the following
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     DM’s control. The type of chromatic dragon depends on your alignment and personality and is left to the DM to decide. The transformation is permanent, but if the dragon is slain, its body
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     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.
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Staff of Swarming Insects Staff, Rare (Requires Attunement by a Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, or Wizard) This staff has 10 charges. Insect Cloud. While holding the staff, you can take a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Staff of Swarming Insects Staff, rare (requires attunement by a bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard) 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. Spells. While holding the staff, you can use an action to expend some of its charges to
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Staff of Swarming Insects Staff, rare (requires attunement by a bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard) 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. Spells. While holding the staff, you can use an action to expend some of its charges to
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll 1d20. On a 1, the staff becomes a nonmagical Quarterstaff.
 Staff of Swarming Insects Staff, Rare (Requires Attunement by a Bard, Cleric, Druid
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Invulnerability 6 Hold Monster 5 Levitate 2 Lightning Bolt (level 5 version) 5 Magic Missile 1 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Wall of Force 5  Regaining Charges. The staff regains 2d8 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Body Horror Plots Adventures in body horror realms are often tests of endurance, whether players are attempting to hold out until rescue arrives, endeavoring to mount a rescue themselves, or trying
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     to escape somewhere on their own. Alternatively, they may be investigative in nature, requiring the heroes to uncover what dark secret lies behind the mundane. Body Horror Plots    d8 Plot 
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                                                    Yuan-ti Pureblood
                                                    
    
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                                                     body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders.
One Race, Many Forms
The bodies of all
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     or in daily life, the following principles guide the yuan-ti in all they do.
Other Lives Are Cheap
Yuan-ti put little value on humanoid lives, even those of their own slaves and cultists. They would
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Constitution saving throw or have the incapacitated condition until the start of its next turn, as the insects ravage its body.
 Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the champion fails a saving throw, it can
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Harrow’s three leaders, 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
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    , injury, or age) often join these cults instead of facing daily humiliation, exile, or death.
Serving as the bridge between the two parts of the tribe are the priestesses of Luthic, the orc goddess who
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     while learning to fight, to survive in the wild, and to fear the gods.
The children that can’t endure the rigors of a life of combat are culled from the main body of the tribe, taken into the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . Deadly Touch    d6 Manifestation 
     1  Your body is alchemically or biologically altered, infusing you with deadly chemicals. 
   2  The magic of a slighted druid or fey makes small plants wither
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     and insects die in your presence. 
   3  You’re the harbinger of a grim prophecy. Any creature your touch damages is marked with a temporary scar of a group, fiend, deity, or other force that takes an
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , lashed to a tree by vines. (This explorer was captured by Batiri goblins, doused in honey, and left to be devoured by hungry insects.) 3 The crushed remains of an unarmored dwarf, showing signs that she
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     was stomped to death by a rampaging dinosaur. 4 The gnawed and charred bones of a humanoid. (This unfortunate was murdered and cannibalized by his starving, delirious companions.) 5 The mangled body of
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    -kreen is the Dawn Mother. Although the giant has long been a stoic guardian of the Llanos, her recent dreams of otherworldly insects have confused and enraged her. Fearing the thri-kreen are to blame
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     hammock but also leads them to the Silver Tapir Monastery. If the Dawn Mother is calmed or defeated, Cht-Chak thanks the characters and rewards them. If the characters kill the giant, Cht-Chak helps them retrieve the Hammock of Worlds from the giant’s body and directs them to the Silver Taper Monastery.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     stole or used in a terrible crime becomes part of their body—perhaps a sizable jewel, emblem of rulership, or suit of armor. 
   3  The Darklord’s eyes distend from their sockets like a slug’s tentacles
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     idealized form, though it’s made of an inorganic material or others react as if it were terrifying. 
   6  The Darklord’s body disintegrates, leaving only an animate heart, hand, gory ooze, or nervous
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     18–19 1 swarm of insects 20 1 giant spider 21–22 1d4 + 1 mud huts partially sunken in murky water 23–25 2d8 + 1 kobolds 26 2d4 mud mephits 27–29 1d6 + 2 giant poisonous snakes 30 2d4 winged kobolds 31
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    –32 1 scout 33–34 The corpse of an adventurer tangled in the weeds. Looting the body turns up an explorer’s pack and perhaps (50% chance) a random common magic item. 35–38 1 giant toad 39–41 1d6 + 2
                                                
                                            
                                        






