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Player’s Handbook
Each creature of your choice that you can see within range must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or have the Charmed condition until the spell ends.
For the duration, you can take a Bonus Action to
designate a direction that is horizontal to you. Each Charmed target must use as much of its movement as possible to move in that direction on its next turn, taking the safest route. After moving in this way, a target repeats the save, ending the spell on itself on a success.
Magic Items
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
This small, smooth stone contains the essence of a single experience.
As an action, you or a willing creature you designate can touch the stone and experience the sensation as if it happened to the
stone.
Siphon Sensation. As a bonus action, you can draw on the stone’s magic to end the charmed or frightened condition on yourself, destroying the stone in the process.
Magic Items
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
This skull-shaped device is filled with knowledge. The device weighs 5 pounds and is covered with subtle etchings of planar sigils.
As a bonus action, you can toss the device into the air, whereupon
successful unarmed strike against AC 22 or a successful DC 22 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. You can use a bonus action to seize and stow the device.
The device has AC 22, 25 hit points, immunity to
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
, the dragon has resistance to damage that isn’t force, psychic, or radiant.
Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the dragon can take the Hide action as a bonus action.
Sunlight
within 20 feet of such a pool must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be pulled up to 20 feet into the water and knocked prone.
A cloud of swarming insects fills a 20-foot-radius sphere
Monsters
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
", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Tharizdun's Spark"}. As a bonus action, the cultist touches a simple or martial weapon or a natural weapon, if it has one. The next creature hit by the touched weapon
Compulsion
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
save, a target is affected by this spell. Until the spell ends, you can use a bonus action on each of your turns to designate a direction that is horizontal to you.
Each affected target must use as
Star Spawn Larva Mage
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: eldritch blast (3 beams, +3 bonus to each damage roll), minor illusion
3/day: dominate monster
1/day
: circle of death
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
spells
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
. On a failed save, the spell dissipates with no effect, and the action, Bonus Action, or Reaction used to cast it is wasted. If that spell was cast with a spell slot, the slot isn’t expended
.
When you cast this spell, you can designate creatures to be unaffected by it.
Casting as a Circle Spell. In addition to the spell’s usual components, you must provide a special component (a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or have the Charmed condition until the spell ends. For the duration, you can take a Bonus Action to designate a direction that is horizontal to you. Each Charmed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Staff of Power Staff, Very Rare (Requires Attunement by a Sorcerer, Warlock, or Wizard) This staff has 20 charges and can be wielded as a magic Quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack rolls and
damage rolls made with it. While holding it, you gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class, saving throws, and spell attack rolls. Spells. While holding the staff, you can cast one of the spells on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or have the Charmed condition until the spell ends. For the duration, you can take a Bonus Action to designate a direction that is horizontal to you. Each Charmed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Giant Dragonfly A giant dragonfly has a 20-foot wingspan. It drones loudly as it hovers and darts through the air, searching for smaller insects to consume. Giant Dragonfly
Large Beast, Unaligned
(–4)
Senses passive Perception 10
Languages —
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Drone. When it beats its wings, the dragonfly emits a loud droning sound that can be heard out to a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Defender Weapon (any sword), legendary (requires attunement) You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. The first time you attack with the sword on each of your turns
, you can transfer some or all of the sword’s bonus to your Armor Class, instead of using the bonus on any attacks that turn. For example, you could reduce the bonus to your attack and damage rolls to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
use a bonus action on each of your turns to designate a direction that is horizontal to you. Each affected target must use as much of its movement as possible to move in that direction on its next
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Underdark” in chapter 2). The first time a Small or larger character reaches the tunnel intersection, two swarms of insects (centipedes) emerge from nests under the thicket and attack. Two more swarms
of insects (spiders) arrive on the second round of combat, plus another swarm of insects (centipedes) on the third round. Treasure The abundance of fungi in the thicket makes it easy to forage here
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Navigation Have the players designate one party member as the navigator. The navigator might be an NPC, such as a guide, and the party can switch its navigator day to day. At the start of each new
based on the day’s most common terrain: DC 10 for coasts and lakes, or DC 15 for jungles, mountains, rivers, swamps, and wastelands. Apply a +5 bonus to the check if the group sets a slow pace for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
use a bonus action on each of your turns to designate a direction that is horizontal to you. Each affected target must use as much of its movement as possible to move in that direction on its next
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
, frightened, poisoned, stunned, unconscious
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 17
Languages Common, Infernal
Challenge 15 (13,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +5
Halo of Pestilence. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, increasing the harm you inflict on it. As a bonus action, you designate one creature you can see within 60 feet of you as the target of this feature. The first time each turn that you hit that target with
a weapon attack, it takes an extra 1d6 damage from the weapon. This benefit lasts until you finish a short or long rest. It ends early if you designate a different creature. Supernatural Defense At
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Staff of Power Staff, very rare (requires attunement by a sorcerer, warlock, or wizard) Staffs Left to Right: Insects,
Healing, Power, Magi, and Frost This staff can be wielded as a magic
quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. While holding it, you gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class, saving throws, and spell attack rolls. The staff has 20 charges for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Swarmkeeper I love insects—organized, relentless, specialized little champions. And aligning their single-minded will with your own: beautiful. Just keep them out of my lab.
Tasha
Feeling a deep
insects 2 Miniature twig blights 3 Fluttering birds 4 Playful pixies Once on each of your turns, you can cause the swarm to assist you in one of the following ways, immediately after you hit a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
5th mass healing word, slow 7th compulsion, locate creature 9th commune, dominate person Bonus Proficiencies 1st-level Order Domain feature You gain proficiency with heavy armor. You also gain
enchantment school using a spell slot of 1st level or higher, you can change the spell’s casting time to 1 bonus action for this casting, provided the spell’s casting time is normally 1 action. You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
: Animal Handling, Nature, or Survival. Bonus Proficiency Also at 1st level, you gain proficiency with heavy armor. Channel Divinity: Charm Animals and Plants Starting at 2nd level, you can use your
designate. Dampen Elements Starting at 6th level, when you or a creature within 30 feet of you takes acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage, you can use your reaction to grant resistance to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
fiendish power commands it. Individually, nupperibos are weak, but they’re rarely alone and can be dangerous when gathered into packs. Clouds of stinging insects, stirges (see the Monster Manual), and
Languages understands Infernal but can’t speak
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Cloud of Vermin. Any creature, other than a devil, that starts its turn within 20 feet of one or more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
of Insects (spiders) 3 One Darkmantle and three Piercers 4 A patch of yellow mold (see “Hazards” in chapter 3) on a miner’s remains 5 One Gelatinous Cube 6 Sounds of Terror (see below) Sounds of
hurries here to rejoin its kin. As long as the characters stay out of its way, it ignores them as it scrambles back through the hole, never to plague the mine again. Each character then earns a bonus 200 XP.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
umber hulk or a troglodyte. 7 Someone caught in a comic pose or making a regrettable face. 8 A victim now being used as a nest for insects or other vermin. Basilisk Medium Monstrosity, Unaligned
AC
.
Bonus Actions
Petrifying Gaze (Recharge 4–6). Constitution Saving Throw: DC 12, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. If the basilisk sees its reflection in the Cone, the basilisk must make this save. First
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Swarms Base creatures are among the first to respond to sinister forces at work in a land. As nefarious powers grip an area, populations of maggots, scarabs, and similar scavenging insects explode
, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned
Senses blindsight 10 ft., passive Perception 8
Languages —
Challenge 2 (450 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
the cannon, you determine its appearance and whether it has legs. You also decide which type it is, choosing from the options on the Eldritch Cannons table. On each of your turns, you can take a bonus
action to cause the cannon to activate if you are within 60 feet of it. As part of the same bonus action, you can direct the cannon to walk or climb up to 15 feet to an unoccupied space, provided it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
it has legs. You also decide which type it is, choosing from the options on the Eldritch Cannons table. On each of your turns, you can take a bonus action to cause the cannon to activate if you are
within 60 feet of it. As part of the same bonus action, you can direct the cannon to walk or climb up to 15 feet to an unoccupied space, provided it has legs. Eldritch Cannons Cannon Activation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
multiverse. Order Domain Features Cleric Level Feature 1st Domain Spells, Bonus Proficiencies, Voice of Authority 2nd Channel Divinity: Order’s Demand 6th Embodiment of the Law 8th Divine Strike 17th
. Order Domain Spells Cleric Level Spells 1st command, heroism 3rd hold person, zone of truth 5th mass healing word, slow 7th compulsion, locate creature 9th commune, dominate person Bonus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
(+2)
WIS
10 (+0)
CHA
8 (−1)
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages Common, Draconic
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Pack Tactics. The kobold
-foot-square space within 20 feet of it. A 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’s turns
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
insects such as ants. They are divided into worker and warrior castes; choldriths, when present, occupy the top levels of a colony’s hierarchy. Each chitine has a social position that comes with
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages Undercommon
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Fey Ancestry. The chitine has advantage on saving throws against being charmed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
denying that death giants can make excellent use of it.
—Bigby
Death Giant Reaper Death giant reapers wield massive scythes and wear armor that resembles the carapaces of giant insects. They wield the
Perception 17
Languages Giant
Challenge 12 (8,400 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4
Actions
Multiattack. The giant makes two Scythe or Soul Bolt attacks.
Scythe. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 15 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: eldritch blast (3 beams, +3 bonus to each damage roll), minor illusion
3/day: dominate monster
1/day: circle of
death
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 24 hours
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
bonus to attack rolls made with it and adds her Strength bonus (+3) to the weapon’s damage on a hit. If Noori is revived, she is startled and confused by her surroundings. Like most Uthgardt, she is
swarm of insects (spiders) that acts on the queen’s initiative count. The swarm has resistance to cold damage. If there are no foes for the swarm to attack, it begins devouring the corpse of its mother






