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Monster Manual
", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks):
At Will: Detect Magic, Fear, Melf's Acid Arrow (level 3 version)
1/Day Each: Speak with Dead, Vitriolic
its turns.
Cloud of Insects. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 17, one creature the dragon can see within 120 feet. Failure: 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Cloud of
Monsters
Monster Manual
":"1d20+13", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks):
At Will: Detect Magic, Fear, Melf's Acid Arrow (level 4 version) 1/Day Each: Create Undead, Speak with Dead
all expended uses at the start of each its turns.
Cloud of Insects. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 21, one creature the dragon can see within 120 feet. Failure: 33 (6d10);{"diceNotation":"6d10", "rollType
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
"} to hit with spell attacks). Baba Lysaga has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): acid splash, fire bolt, light, mage hand, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): detect magic
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
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
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
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
Detect Invisibility. Within 60 feet of the tressym, magical invisibility fails to conceal anything from the tressym’s sight.
Keen Smell. The tressym has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks
that rely on smell.
Poison Sense. A tressym can detect whether a substance is poisonous by taste, touch, or smell.Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +0;{"diceNotation":"1d20+0","rollType":"to hit
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
and only at the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.
Tail Attack. The dragon
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
Adult Black Dragon
Legacy
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.
Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail
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 centered on a
Ancient Black Dragon
Legacy
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.
Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail
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 centered on a point
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, faerie dragons, and the like, but they hate stirges and evil flying monsters such as manticores. They also enjoy teasing dogs. Tressym feed on small rodents, birds, and insects, stalking and pouncing
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages understands Common but can’t speak
Challenge 0 (10 XP)
Detect Invisibility. Within 60 feet of the tressym, magical invisibility fails
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
teleportation Wondrous item Yes Horn of blasting Wondrous item No Horn of Valhalla (silver or brass) Wondrous item No Instrument of the bards (Canaith mandolin) Wondrous item Yes (bard) Instrument of
the bards (Cli lyre) Wondrous item Yes (bard) Ioun stone (awareness) Wondrous item Yes Ioun stone (protection) Wondrous item Yes Ioun stone (reserve) Wondrous item Yes Ioun stone (sustenance) Wondrous
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->Storm King's Thunder
bats, faerie dragons, and the like, but they hate stirges and evil flying monsters such as manticores. They also enjoy teasing dogs. Tressym feed on small rodents, birds, and insects, stalking and
(10 XP)
Detect Invisibility. Within 60 feet of the tressym, magical invisibility fails to conceal anything from the tressym’s sight.
Keen Smell. The tressym has advantage on Wisdom (Perception
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Creating a Bard Bards thrive on stories, whether those stories are true or not. Your character’s background and motivations are not as important as the stories that he or she tells about them
a story. Some bards acquire their magical music through extraordinary means, including the inspiration of fey or other supernatural creatures. Did you serve an apprenticeship, studying under a master
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 21, +13 to hit with spell attacks):
At Will: Detect Magic, Fear, Melf’s
creature’s turn, the dragon can expend a use to take one of the following actions. The dragon regains all expended uses at the start of each of its turns.
Cloud of Insects. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 21
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
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
level (4 slots): detect magic, magic missile, sleep, witch bolt
2nd level (3 slots): crown of madness, enlarge/reduce, misty step
3rd level (3 slots): dispel magic, fireball, lightning bolt
4th
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
tiles. Then a deafening buzzing rises as locusts pour out from the mouths of the sphinx statues, quickly engulfing him. He tries to fight them off, to no avail. When the cloud of insects vanishes
more. The jackal mask radiates an aura of divination to a detect magic spell or similar effect. If any character uses teleportation or other magic to bypass the teeth and enter the tomb, the dwarf’s moldering skeleton is discovered in area 35.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
) check hears distant chittering. Light. None. The sunken floor of this huge hall is covered in dead insects, their dried shells shifting and whispering in a faint breeze. Dozens of demonic faces are
filled completely with dead insects along with occasional bones, making it difficult terrain. Pit Traps. Scattered through the room, hidden beneath the blanket of insect bodies, are several pit traps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
magic depends on the Weave, though different kinds of magic access it in a variety of ways. The spells of wizards, warlocks, sorcerers, and bards are commonly called arcane magic. These spells rely on
such as detect magic or identify, they glimpse the Weave. A spell such as dispel magic smooths the Weave. Spells such as antimagic field rearrange the Weave so that magic flows around, rather than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17, +9 to hit with spell attacks):
At Will: Detect Magic, Fear, Melf’s Acid Arrow (level 3 version)
1/Day Each: Speak with Dead, Vitriolic
expended uses at the start of each of its turns.
Cloud of Insects. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 17, one creature the dragon can see within 120 feet. Failure: 22 (4d10) Poison damage, and the target has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Ankheg Burrowing Insectile Predator Habitat: Forest, Grassland; Treasure: None Oversize insects, ankhegs burrow close to the surface, creating sprawling underground labyrinths. From these tunnels
the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At Will: Alter Self, Detect Magic, Identify, Mage Hand, Prestidigitation
1/Day Each: Contact Other Plane, Detect Thoughts, Dimension Door, Mind Blank
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
: Cantrips (at will): mage hand, prestidigitation, ray of frost 1st level (4 slots): detect magic, magic missile, shield, thunderwave 2nd level (3 slots): detect thoughts, enlarge/reduce, Melf’s acid
butterfly swarm is an instrument of the bards (Anstruth harp). The yellow sapphires carried by the animal-headed guards fit into the pillars in area 8. Each gemstone is worth 1,000 gp.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
53. Crypt of the Sun Queen The walls of this room are adorned with tile mosaics of a jungle city intermingled with frescoes of flowering plants, birds, insects, and humans wearing gold skirts and
request, but enough to place her in a special crypt. A detect magic spell or similar effect reveals auras of evocation magic around the golden sun and the bejeweled cockroach (see “Treasure” below
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
with hands on the pommels of his famous, sheathed scimitars. The statue’s mouth is open in a goofy grin. A detect magic spell reveals that the statue radiates an aura of transmutation magic. Whenever a
the chest is covered by a swarm of insects spiders), which attack any creature who opens the chest, expect Xalti. The chest contains Xalti’s spellbook, which includes all the spells he has prepared
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17, +9 to hit with spell attacks):
At Will: Detect Magic, Fear, Melf’s Acid
use to take one of the following actions. The dragon regains all expended uses at the start of each of its turns.
Cloud of Insects. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 17, one creature the dragon can see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
spins its cocoon, each leaf and branch upon which a bright butterfly rests its tired wings.
In a unicorn’s forest, a sense of calm pervades. From wolves and foxes to birds, squirrels, and tiny insects
spells, requiring no components:
At will: detect evil and good, druidcraft, pass without trace
1/day each: calm emotions, dispel evil and good, entangle
Magic Resistance. The unicorn has advantage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
as many terracotta warriors as possible, as quickly as possible. Teleportation Runes Three teleportation runes are scribed on the floor along the north, east, and south walls of the tomb. A detect
heaped around Shagambi’s bones: 200 gp, five moonstones (50 gp each), the fine music box activated by the trap (250 gp), and an instrument of the bards (Canaith mandolin). The instrument turns to dust and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Machinery. The engine is a quasi-magical machine that controls the submarine’s propulsion and depth and powers the fins and rudder that control direction. A detect magic spell or similar magic reveals
created by magic and can be dispelled.) A hammock is suspended in the starboard alcove. A detect magic spell or similar magic reveals that the wall behind the hammock radiates an aura of transmutation magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of conjuration magic around the altar, which is 30 feet long, 15 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. Like a mass of webs, the altar has gaps across its surface. The first
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->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
, 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
worlds, the biomass of insects radically outweighs that of higher organisms. Mass migrations and deadly insect species can imperil larger creatures, but most insects remain nothing more than an annoyance
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
Intelligence as the spellcasting ability:
At will: detect magic, mage armor
3/day each: speak with dead, Tenser’s floating disk
Bonus Actions
Frightening Teleport (Recharge 4–6). The giant magically
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
believe that their appearance derives from the primal fear inspired by fiendish creatures, while bards assert that panic, being such a repulsive emotion, is embodied by an equally ugly creature
cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: blight, blink, chaos bolt,* darkness, detect magic, fly, shield
3/day each: circle of death, enervation,* phantasmal killer
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
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You can cast the speak with animals spell at will, but can use it to communicate only with insects.
Disturbing whispers on the edge of hearing haunt all creatures within 30 feet of you
automatically know the direction to the greatest danger within 500 feet of you.
You leave a trail of black footprints that allow anyone to automatically follow you.
45
You can cast the detect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
light in the fireplace from a small, highly reflective object.
Two swarms of insects (spiders) infest this room. One swarm descends on anyone who approaches the fireplace, and the other descends
support significant weight. A successful DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Survival) check enables a character to detect recent tracks that lead from the door to the window, and back again
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
level are linked to the runes holding the hell hounds in place. The stair runes can be noted with a detect magic spell or similar effect, or a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom
lighthouse and the lantern room.
Resting in the glass tank among wilting plants and countless dead insects is a multicolored spider called Rainbow. Rainbow is the familiar of Wizzy Fotz, the gnome wizard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
a thick layer of rot and debris, within which can be seen scraps of leather, the husks of countless dead insects, and bits of rusted metal. A doorway in the far wall has collapsed and is fully blocked
debris and dead insects coats the floor of this area, its contents remain largely intact. Four trestle tables, a side table set with what looks like cups, and two dozen chairs stand covered in dust