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Player’s Handbook
decide what sort of security the spell provides, choosing any of the following properties:
Sound can’t pass through the barrier at the edge of the warded area.
The barrier of the warded
area appears dark and foggy, preventing vision (including Darkvision) through it.
Sensors created by Divination spells can’t appear inside the protected area or pass through the barrier at its
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
":"1d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Quarterstaff","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage if wielded with two hands.
Summon Swarms of Insects (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
evil and good, fireball, invisibility (self only), major image, wall of fire
3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil and good, finger of death
Teleport. Zariel teleports, along with any equipment
cleared away.
If Zariel dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Days"} days.
Cultists of Zariel
Zariel grants special abilities to
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
2/day: Mass Cure Wounds (cast at 8th level)
1/day each: Blade Barrier, Divination, Greater RestorationThe medusa can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. It can take only one
relevant to the medusa’s divine purpose.
If the medusa dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Days"} days.PoisonPetrifying Gaze
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
conjecture than fact, often referring to otherworldly beings, the mysterious Barrier Peaks in Oerth, and the supposedly related device known as the Machine of Lum the Mad. The best details on the device
instantly and leave behind no remains.
This does not destroy the servant permanently. Rather, 2d6 days later, its parts—left arm, left leg, right arm, right leg, lower torso, and upper torso&mdash
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
group and attempts to flee. For the rest of the characters' journey, their rations taste like ash and any camping spots are infested with lice and biting insects. Each character in the party wakes up
and an earnest apology can sooth an angry killmoulis. Without that, these creatures hold a grudge against a group's rude behavior that can last for days.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Reaching the Peaks The Cartophile’s maps and notes guide the characters from their starting location into the Barrier Peaks, leading them as far as a series of caverns that Kwalish’s original
, “Random Encounters,” for more information. If you don’t want to incorporate random encounters into the journey to the Barrier Peaks, read the following: The mountains of the Barrier Peaks have grown
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
security the spell provides, choosing any of the following properties: Sound can’t pass through the barrier at the edge of the warded area. The barrier of the warded area appears dark and foggy
, preventing vision (including Darkvision) through it. Sensors created by Divination spells can’t appear inside the protected area or pass through the barrier at its perimeter. Creatures in the area can’t be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
the spell provides, choosing any of the following properties: Sound can’t pass through the barrier at the edge of the warded area. The barrier of the warded area appears dark and foggy, preventing
vision (including Darkvision) through it. Sensors created by Divination spells can’t appear inside the protected area or pass through the barrier at its perimeter. Creatures in the area can’t be targeted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
arrive, read or paraphrase the following text: For the past two days, you have been ascending the steep crags of the Barrier Peaks. Finally, through a dense stand of trees in a hidden dell, you spot a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Cavern Encounters The caverns and tunnels of the Barrier Peaks are a treacherous maze that has claimed more than one adventurer. This challenging route might involve cavern encounters that can help
route leads through the lair of a froghemoth or some other exotic monstrosity escaped from another planar craft that crashed into the Barrier Peaks long ago. 4 A galeb duhr serves as a kind of door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
a failed check, the crowd counts as 10 feet of difficult terrain. 3 A large stained-glass window or similar barrier blocks your path. Make a DC 10 Strength saving throw to smash through the barrier
and keep going. On a failed save, you bounce off the barrier and fall prone. 4 A maze of barrels, crates, or similar obstacles stands in your way. Make a DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) or Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
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
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 must succeed on a DC 18
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
spend the next three days trudging through knee-deep mud — the first two days and nights in the pouring rain, and then another day under the beating sun, with swarms of hungry insects feasting on your blood.”
different random encounter tables. Finally, a wilderness trek can be enhanced by calling attention to the weather. “You spend the next three days crossing the swamp” sounds less harrowing than, “You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
days. Black Statue Water trickling down from the ceiling falls onto this statue and drips off its daggers like poison. A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Religion) check recognizes the
a hostile swarm of insects (centipedes). Treasure. The sack contains 550 gp. Green Statue A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Religion) check recognizes this statue as another representation of Sseth.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
rather exist in perpetual denial, whiling away the days, months, and years practicing fell magic and looking for ways to help her “son.” Raven Bane. Baba Lysaga has allies in Castle Ravenloft—a coven of
passive Perception 13
Languages Abyssal, Common, Draconic, Dwarvish, Giant
Challenge 11 (7,200 XP)
Shapechanger. Baba Lysaga can use an action to polymorph into a swarm of insects (flies), or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
who makes a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. A successful DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check thereafter reveals that the stains are about three days old. Through the grate set into the deck can be
the starboard side of the room. At the same time, four swarms of insects (spiders) crawl through the deck from below. Any character who has a passive Perception score of 14 or lower is surprised. (In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
a minor curse on the group and attempts to flee. For the rest of the characters’ journey, their rations taste like ash and any camping spots are infested with lice and biting insects. Each character
offering of fine food and an earnest apology can sooth an angry killmoulis. Without that, these creatures hold a grudge against a group’s rude behavior that can last for days. A killmoulis can indeed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
in Meletis crumbled. Ephara kept her temple standing throughout the mighty quake, making it a place for Meletians to take refuge in the following days during the aftershocks. After the cataclysm, she
on the city’s wall came to life. The walls of the city grew impossibly high and strong, and the kraken could do no more than dash its head against the impassable barrier. The monster soon returned to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
it from a kraken, her face coming to life on the marble wall and making the barrier grow so tall that the kraken couldn’t get through. Altrisos now has Ephara’s face on nearly every building and wall
is hardly less disciplined than the members of the Reverent Army stationed there, and the whole population observes Iroas’s holy days together. Natumbria. The residents of Natumbria are famous for
Compendium
- 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
did the dwarf in.) 7 The swollen, purple corpse of an elf, dead only a few days ago from the bite of a poisonous snake. 8 A fresh human corpse stuffed into a hollow tree. (Girallons plan to return and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. When the first character enters the room, Muiral becomes visible as he casts a wall of force spell, using the barrier to cut off that character from the rest of the party. He then engages the
time a creature touches the altar, eight swarms of insects (spiders) magically pour out of it. The spiders quickly enshroud the altar and attack all creatures within 5 feet of it, pursuing prey that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
travelers. Middle Reaches. Inside the outer fringe, the forest takes on an increasingly sinister character. Even on the brightest days, the thick canopy of greenery threatens to devour the sunlight
mile away. Five swarms of insects gather around it. 10 A 50-foot-diameter pool of pure clean drinking water calls out to creatures who are within 100 feet of it. Those who understand at least one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
mistakes or counting down the days until they can exact vengeance on those who wronged them. Cracked, dried-up soil pervades the town and its rusted structures, rising as clouds of dust with every
step. The maelephants (see Morte’s Planar Parade) of the Wall Watch patrol Curst’s perimeter: a high, corroded barrier lined with saw-toothed barbs and search towers. The elephantine warders turn their
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
known today. However, its true origins derive from a planar craft that crashed in the Barrier Peaks, for the Infernal Machine once functioned as this craft’s central command console.
Explorers who
of the conjuration school, as follows:
1/day: conjure animals, summon lesser demons
1/7 days: conjure minor elementals, conjure woodland beings, summon greater demon
1/month: conjure elemental
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
warped by her presence, which creates one or more of the following effects: Spiders and insects within 1 mile of Arasta’s lair serve as her eyes and ears. Birds and other flying creatures are absent
walls or trees). The webs are flammable. Any webs exposed to fire burn away in 1 round. Any destroyed webs are magically repaired at the next dawn. If Arasta dies, the spiders and insects lose their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
vegetation forms the city’s outer wall, with the treetops magically woven together to create a barrier against intruders. Expertly trained archers stand guard on platforms nestled among the upper
curiosities. On the seven days surrounding the full moon, outsiders are even allowed into the market, though they are still prohibited from roaming the rest of the polis. Visitors who try to explore beyond the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
month ago when the elf entered the grove to study its corruption. The wyrmling spent days tormenting Armin until the desperate elf agreed to drive away anyone who approaches the lair. Armin desperately
fetid undergrowth.
The forest’s corruption has attracted a nest of deadly centipedes that hide in the tree’s bark. When a character moves next to the tree, a Swarm of Insects (centipedes) and a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
succeeds automatically. The character can use the feature granted in this way only once and must use it within 7 days. Reroll if you’ve already rolled this effect. Far Realm As souls travel away from
, writing on foggy glass, or insects swarming to create messages. 76–80 During the next night, one sleeping character in the region receives a vision as if the target of the dream spell. The dream is brief
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
socket causes the orb to go dark. Interior Doors. Each interior door is a fleshy barrier that opens when a creature that has telepathy approaches within 5 feet of it, then quickly closes after the creature
corpse slumped in the chair. Any character who disturbs the headless corpse causes the green, glowing maggots covering it to become a hostile swarm of insects. Treasure. A character who examines the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
), detect evil and good, fireball, invisibility (self only), major image, wall of fire
3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil and good, finger of death
Teleport. Zariel teleports, along with any
the area to be heavily obscured. The smoke can’t be cleared away. If Zariel dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10 days. Cultists of Zariel Zariel grants special abilities to her most loyal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
feet, of the lair is filled with smoke, which causes the area to be heavily obscured. The smoke can’t be cleared away. If Zariel dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10 days. Do not pity the
self (can become Medium when changing her appearance), detect evil and good, fireball, invisibility (self only), wall of fire
3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil and good, finger of death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
of unstoppable destruction. Tales of the servant’s origins involve more conjecture than fact, often referring to otherworldly beings, the mysterious Barrier Peaks in Oerth, and the supposedly related
instantly and leave behind no remains. This does not destroy the servant permanently. Rather, 2d6 days later, its parts—left arm, left leg, right arm, right leg, lower torso, and upper torso—drop from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Six’s attack on the lighthouse actually preceded the attack on Phandalin by a few days, and was similarly headed by archmage Hoobur Gran’Shoop. (As a successful franchise, the Order of the Stout Half
renovations. Evidence of a fight from many days ago is spread across the grounds, including slashed canvas and broken weapons. Mundane furniture and gear fills the tents, along with kegs of ale, casks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
that roams the chasms of Khyber.
Valaara. The Crawling Queen works its will on insects, arachnids, and other vermin. Swarms with malign sentience, worms that consume victims from within, cultists that
slowly become insects—all of these delight Valaara.
Held Loosely in Space. The daelkyr have lairs within Khyber, but these are no mere caverns. Each daelkyr’s domain is a demiplane reflecting the






