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False Appearance. If the swarm is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the swarm move or act, that creature must
succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the swarm is animate.
Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
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 limb. The swarm can’t regain hit points or gain
temporary hit points.
Unusual Nature. The swarm doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The swarm makes one Undead Mass attack and one Grasping Limbs attack.
Undead Mass. Melee
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
into a dragon’s maw until the monster chokes. In the course of their relentless marches, zombies might suffer all manner of trauma, potentially reducing them to masses of crawling limbs (see
swarm of zombie limbs), infecting them with terrible diseases, or crushing an entire horde into a single, rotting titan (see zombie clot).PoisonNecrotic
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
their disregard for their own well-being. A throng of zombies will douse a forest fire with their own ashes or march into a dragon’s maw until the monster chokes. In the course of their relentless
marches, zombies might suffer all manner of trauma, potentially reducing them to masses of crawling limbs (see swarm of zombie limbs), infecting them with terrible diseases (see zombie plague spreader), or crushing an entire horde into a single, rotting titan.Poison
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, Winged Kobold 1/2 Crocodile, Sahuagin Warrior 1 Giant Eagle, Giant Toad, Harpy, Kuo-toa Whip 2 Bronze Dragon Wyrmling, Griffon, Merrow, Plesiosaurus, Sahuagin Priest, Sea Hag, Swarm of Venomous Snakes
, Giant Wolf Spider, Pseudodragon, Winged Kobold 1/2 Dust Mephit, Gnoll Warrior, Hobgoblin Warrior, Jackalwere, Swarm of Insects 1 Brass Dragon Wyrmling, Death Dog, Giant Hyena, Giant Spider, Giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
CR 3 Ankylosaurus
Basilisk
Bearded Devil
Blue Dragon Wyrmling
Bugbear Stalker
Displacer Beast
Doppelganger
Flaming Skeleton
Giant Scorpion
Githyanki Warrior
Goblin Hexer
Gold
Dragon Wyrmling
Green Hag
Grell
Hell Hound
Hobgoblin Captain
Hook Horror
Killer Whale
Knight
Kuo-toa Monitor
Manticore
Minotaur of Baphomet
Mummy
Nightmare
Owlbear
Phase
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
wolf, yeti 3 (700 XP) Revenant, troll, werebear, young remorhaz 5 (1,800 XP) Mammoth, young white dragon 6 (2,300 XP) Frost giant 8 (3,900 XP) Abominable yeti 9 (5,000 XP) Remorhaz, roc 11 (7,200 XP
) Adult white dragon 13 (10,000 XP) Ancient white dragon 20 (24,500 XP) Coastal Monsters Monsters Challenge Rating (XP) Commoner, crab, eagle 0 (10 XP) Bandit, blood hawk, giant crab, guard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Hag
Silver Dragon Wyrmling
Spined Devil
Swarm of Stirges
Swarm of Venomous Snakes
Wererat
White Dragon Wyrmling
Will-o’-Wisp
CR 2 Allosaurus
Animated Rug of Smothering
Ankheg
Awakened Tree
Azer Sentinel
Bandit Captain
Berserker
Black Dragon Wyrmling
Bronze Dragon Wyrmling
Bulette Pup
Carrion Crawler
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Swarm of Hoard Scarabs Swarm of Hoard Scarabs
Medium Swarm of Tiny Monstrosities, Unaligned
Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
Hit Points 31 (7d8)
Speed 20 ft., burrow 20 ft., fly 20 ft.
STR
False Appearance. If the swarm is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the swarm move or act, that creature must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Faerie Dragon (if green, blue, indigo, or violet) Faerie Dragon Adult Faerie Dragon (if red, orange, or yellow) Faerie Dragon Youth Fire Snake Salamander Fire Snake Flying Sword Animated Flying Sword
Half-Red Dragon Veteran Half-Dragon Hobgoblin Hobgoblin Warrior Kobold Kobold Warrior Lizardfolk Scout Lizardfolk Shaman Lizardfolk Geomancer Lizard King/Queen Lizardfolk Sovereign Merfolk Merfolk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
CR 1 Animated Armor
Brass Dragon Wyrmling
Brown Bear
Bugbear Warrior
Copper Dragon Wyrmling
Death Dog
Dire Wolf
Dryad
Empyrean Iota
Faerie Dragon Youth
Ghoul
Giant Eagle
Giant
Servant
Ogrillon Ogre
Pirate
Psychic Gray Ooze
Quasit
Salamander Fire Snake
Scarecrow
Specter
Sphinx of Wonder
Spy
Swarm of Larvae
Swarm of Piranhas
Thri-kreen Marauder
Tiger
Yuan-ti Infiltrator
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Helmed Horror
Hippopotamus
Incubus
Juvenile Shadow Dragon
Lamia
Lizardfolk Sovereign
Red Dragon Wyrmling
Shadow Demon
Succubus
Swarm of Dretches
Tough Boss
Wereboar
Weretiger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
dragon wyrmling
Spined devil
Swarm of poisonous snakes
Wererat
White dragon wyrmling
Will-o’-wisp
Green Dragon Wyrmling
Challenge 2 (450 XP) Allosaurus
Ankheg
Awakened tree
Azer
Bandit captain
Berserker
Black dragon wyrmling
Bronze dragon wyrmling
Carrion crawler
Centaur
Cult fanatic
Druid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Challenge 1 (200 XP) Animated armor
Brass dragon wyrmling
Brown bear
Bugbear
Copper dragon wyrmling
Death dog
Dire wolf
Dryad
Duergar
Faerie dragon (young)
Fire snake
servant
Quasit
Scarecrow
Specter
Spy
Swarm of quippers
Thri-kreen
Tiger
Yuan-ti pureblood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragonnel 2 Dragon speaker 2 Egg hunter hatchling 2 Emerald dragon wyrmling 2 Moonstone dragon wyrmling 2 Swarm of hoard scarabs 2 Topaz dragon wyrmling 3 Draconian infiltrator 3 Dragon chosen 3
Challenge Ratings Creatures by Challenge Rating CR Creature 1/8 Hoard scarab 1/4 Metallic warbler 1/2 Draconian foot soldier 1 Deep dragon wyrmling 2 Crystal dragon wyrmling 2 Draconian mage 2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Copper Dragons Copper Dragon Wyrmling Medium Dragon (Metallic), Chaotic Good
AC 16 Initiative +3 (13)
HP 22 (4d8 + 4)
Speed 30 ft., Climb 30 ft., Fly 60 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
effect lasts until the end of its next turn.
Copper Dragon Wyrmling Medium Dragon (Metallic), Chaotic Good
AC 16 Initiative +3 (13)
HP 22 (4d8 + 4)
Speed 30 ft., Climb 30 ft., Fly 60 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Heralds of Dust remnant* Humanoid 4 Hound archon Celestial 4 Mind’s Eye matter smith* Humanoid 5 Athar null* Humanoid 5 Cranium rat squeaker swarm Aberration 5 Fated shaker* Humanoid 5 Time dragon
Sunfly Celestial 1 Swarm of sunflies Celestial 1 Vargouille reflection Fiend 2 Dabus Celestial 2 Lantern archon Celestial 2 Musteval guardinal Celestial 3 Bariaur wanderer Celestial 3 Bleak Cabal void
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
following stat blocks in the Monster Manual or on D&D Beyond: Black Pudding Commoner Crawling Claws, Swarm of Cultist Fanatic Flameskull Ghast Gravecaller Ghost Ghoul Mummy Silver Dragon Wyrmling
(Medium, Lawful Good) “Beginning the Adventure” Nezzarum Dragon tricking Orcus cultists Silver Dragon Wyrmling T13 Xia Cult leader Ghast Gravecaller T12 Yondis Morgrin Questioning human cultist Cultist Fanatic (Medium, Chaotic Neutral) T7
Compendium
- 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
swarm of poisonous snakes 76–77 A foul stench bubbling up from brackish waters 78–80 1d4 + 2 ogres 81–83 1 shambling mound 84–86 1 lizardfolk shaman with 1d6 giant lizards and 2d10 lizardfolk 87 1 troll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
: Blight, Twig Blight, Vine Commoner Dryad Green Dragon Wyrmling Guard Mud Mephits Noble Priest Acolyte Scout Yuan-ti Malison (Type 1) Zombie Animals: Constrictor Snake Giant Centipede Giant Venomous Snake
Mastiff Swarm of Insects Venomous Snake Key NPCs Name
Role
Stat Block
Location
Armin Whisperwind Lost elf council member Scout (Medium) R4 Darrin, Jherris, Lyrienne, and Rayna
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Humanoid 3 Githyanki buccaneer Humanoid 3 Neogi hatchling swarm Aberration 3 Neogi pirate Aberration 3 Plasmoid warrior Ooze 3 Solar dragon wyrmling Dragon 3 Ssurran defiler Monstrosity 4 Brown scavver
Humanoid 2 Lunar dragon wyrmling Dragon 2 Psurlon Aberration 2 Space clown Fiend 2 Thri-kreen hunter Monstrosity 2 Vampirate Undead 3 Aartuk elder Plant 3 Astral elf warrior Humanoid 3 Giff shipmate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon conjures a swarm of spectral dolphins. Each creature in the water within 120 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 5 (1d10) slashing damage; then the swarm
Bronze Dragon Lairs Bronze dragons typically dwell along rocky and inaccessible coastlines. Some make dry homes atop lonely sea stacks, while others favor completely submerged lairs in sunken ruins
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
, quickling (WW), scarecrow, spy, swarm of campestris (WW), tiger 2 Awakened tree, bandit captain, berserker, centaur, darkling elder (WW), druid, ettercap, faerie dragon (old), giant boar, giant
, giant poisonous snake, giant snail (WW), giant wolf spider, goblin, harengon sniper (WW), needle blight, panther, pixie, pseudodragon, riding horse, sprite, swarm of ravens, violet fungus, wolf 1/2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
kneel on rough woven mats in the center of this area, chanting in low tones. A human cult fanatic engulfed in a swarm of rats stands quietly in their midst.
The kneeling cultists are named Caradoc
Delvingstone is using the swarm of rats to test the cult fanatic, whose name is Jian. To pass the test, Jian must allow the rats to crawl over his body without fear or protest, or else they will devour
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
travel, as well as volumes of poetry, mythology, and folk tales. Book Attack. One of the heaps of books is a swarm of animated books. As the characters move through the room, the swarm knocks one of the
. Any character who has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 12 or higher notices the book. A thorough search of the shelf also yields the book. Swarm of Animated Books Swarm of Animated Books
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
)
Maximilian’s earthen grasp (transmutation)
Mind spike (divination)
Pyrotechnics (transmutation)
Shadow blade (illusion)
Skywrite (transmutation, ritual)
Snilloc’s snowball swarm (evocation
)
Power word pain (enchantment)
Whirlwind (evocation)
8th Level
Abi-Dalzim’s horrid wilting (necromancy)
Illusory dragon (illusion)
Maddening darkness (evocation)
Mighty fortress (conjuration
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
kobold dragonshield is a champion of its race. Almost all dragonshields begin life as normal kobolds, then are chosen by a dragon and invested with great powers for the purpose of protecting the
shield made out of cast-off dragon scales. Uncommon Courage. A dragonshield knows that it has a place of honor in the tribe, but — being kobolds at heart — most of them feel unworthy of their status
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
–03 3d6 quippers 04–08 1 swarm of quippers 09–12 3d10 dolphins (see appendix C) 13–14 1 giant octopus 15–16 1d4 killer whales 17–18 1d6 merfolk 19–20 1d6 giant sea horses 21–24 1d8 giant crabs 25–28
–67 1d4 blood hawks 68–70 1 sahuagin champion (see appendix C) 71–74 1 giant shark 75 1 young bronze dragon 76–00 A ship (generated at random) Open Water Encounters (Levels 5–10) d100 Encounter 01
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
swarm of insects 36–40 An oasis surrounded by palm trees and containing the remnants of an old camp 41–44 3d6 bandits 45–46 1d4 constrictor snakes 47–48 2d4 winged kobolds 49–50 1 dust mephit 51–52
elemental 92 1d3 couatls 93 1 fire elemental 94 1d4 gnoll fangs of Yeenoghu 95 1 revenant 96 1d4 weretigers 97 1 cyclops 98 1 young brass dragon 99 1 medusa 00 1 yuan-ti abomination
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
dragon, a noble, or another hag, making her able to wield magical, political, or physical power in a way she can’t do by herself. Like the land near a hag’s lair, over time her minions are altered by her
flesh golems 3 1d2 helmed horrors 4 1 rug of smothering 5 1d6 scarecrows 6 2d4 shadow mastiffs* 7 2d4 swarms swarm of insects or swarm of rats 8 1d6 yeth hounds* Brutes d12 Servant(s) * See
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
, Lazav, wears many faces. Golgari Swarm. An elf lich named Jarad guides the Golgari Swarm’s masses as they lurk in the undercity, where they process the city’s waste and see to the new life that
the dragon Niv-Mizzet, the Izzet League is a guild of scientists and engineers who build and sustain Ravnica’s infrastructure while conducting wild experiments in magic — efforts that usually involve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
I: Camp Carrionclay The Red Dragon Army established this outpost to serve as a waypoint for its supply lines as it travels across the Northern Wastes. Characters might visit this location to rescue
the sea elves they learn were captured in the “C: Blue Phoenix Shrine” section. Alternatively, if the characters are defeated by Dragon Army soldiers, they’re brought here as prisoners. Approaching the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
by the dour adult copper dragon Tudhog the Junk Wyrm (see the “Curst” section of Sigil and the Outlands). 3 A hateful criminal (cult fanatic) jeers at the characters from a public pillory or hanging
cage. 4–6 Eyes peer at the characters from the shadows. Roll a die. If you roll an even number, the watcher is a spy who’s suspicious of the characters. If you roll an odd number, it’s a cranium rat squeaker swarm (see Morte’s Planar Parade).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
guide the characters to a door of their choosing. The angel plays melodies on its harp during the journey. 50–56 An aspect of the Iron Shadow, a young red shadow dragon, rises from a staircase shrouded
its tail eagerly. 85–91 A merrow happens on the staircase, flooding it with a deluge of water from an aquatic plane. 92–98 A nearby door to the Abyss flings open, releasing a hostile swarm of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Giant Runes (Area J2) Dod (Death Rune)
Fjell (Mountain Rune)
Krig (War Rune)
Liv (Life Rune)
Vind (Wind Rune)
Wyrm (Dragon Rune)
J3. Curved Tunnel There is nothing remarkable
north wall, above the chest. Any creature that passes through this doorway is teleported to an unoccupied space within Jarlmoot’s circle of thrones. A swarm of ravens then descends upon that creature






