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                                                     Monsters
                                                    Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Unusual Nature. The parasite doesn’t require air or sleep.Cling. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Cling"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Hit: 12 (3d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"3d6+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Cling","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage, and the parasite attaches to the target. While attached, the parasite can
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     damage at the start of each of the behir's turns. A behir can have only one creature swallowed at a time.
Any creature swallowed by a parasite-infested behir must succeed on a DC 19 Constitution saving
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the behir. If the behir dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse by using 15 feet of movement, exiting prone.When a parasite-infested behir roars or
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Puppeteer Parasite A puppeteer parasite looks like a rubbery amoeba the size of a dinner plate. Its dorsal surface is soft and glossy, while its ventral surface is lined with bony hooks. The parasite
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     uses its hooks to attach to a wall or ceiling until suitable prey passes nearby. A parasite that comes in physical contact with a Humanoid uses its hooks to latch onto it. The parasite can then drain
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Far Realm Parasite. Inside the lich’s torso dwells a wormlike parasite that contains the lich’s soul. When the lich dies, it implodes into the parasite, which then vanishes into the Far
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Realm. In 2d4;{"diceNotation":"2d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Far Realm Parasite (Days)"} days, the parasite causes the lich to reappear within 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ;s an illithid parasite living in my brain!”
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“I can feel myself evolving into an aberration.”
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“Aberrations are the only natural things.”
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“A
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Old One to implant a Far Realm parasite in the lich. That parasite bestows undeath upon the spellcaster and causes strange tentacles to sprout from the body. The parasite’s mouth is visible on the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     lich’s torso, and the parasite guards the lich against destruction, reviving the lich a few days after death. Canny foes can sabotage an eldritch lich’s revival by slaying the lich in a magic circle
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Species
                                                    Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     to share their hunger.
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You survived being attacked by a vampire but were forever changed.
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A parasite lives inside you. You indulge its hunger.
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Tragedy interrupted your
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     tyrant. 
   2  Your pact with a predatory deity, fiend, fey, or spirit causes you to share their hunger. 
   3  You survived being attacked by a vampire but were forever changed. 
   4  A parasite
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Puppeteer parasite 3 Tiny Aberration that latches onto other creatures and either feeds on them or psionically controls them Star lancer 2 Large Celestial from the Astral Plane that can turn invisible and serve as a mount Yggdrasti 7 Gargantuan Plant that travels through space in search of prey
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     thousand years ago, the star’s light began to fade, threatening the elves’ prosperity, so Emperor Xavan turned the dying star into a parasite that leaches the life from worlds using crystal seeds harvested
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     merits and similarities of life and death. It describes the author’s numerous experiments both natural and unnatural. One of the more thorough studies details the life cycle of a worm-like parasite that
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    The Nematode The Nematode is unique among the floating nodules; it is an animate if lethargic creature, akin to a brain parasite on a massive scale, rather than an inert nodule. It is mostly inert
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     secrets and turn them against others through extortion and threats. Many other bards hate the College of Whispers, viewing it as a parasite that uses a bard’s reputation to acquire wealth and power. For
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Ruxithid’s chest and races to the massive dwarven statue. Like a parasite, the light burrows into the statue’s shattered face, seeping through its cracks. The statue lurches forward, still smiling, while
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     rapidly and is about to hatch. A character who succeeds on a DC 18 Intelligence (Arcana or Medicine) check realizes Rone is infected by a dangerous parasite that will soon kill him, though a lesser
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     can be seen writhing inside their mouths. Any creature swallowed by a parasite-infested behir must succeed on a DC 19 Constitution saving throw at the start of each of the behir’s turns or be feasted
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , demiplane) 7 Otherworldly object (planar portal, alien spacecraft) 8 People (race, tribe, lost civilization, colony) 9 Plant (miracle herb, fungal parasite, sentient plant) 10 Resource or wealth (gold
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     parasite living in my brain!” 2 “I can feel myself evolving into an aberration.” 3 “Aberrations are the only natural things.” 4 “A part of me has become a conscious entity.” 5 “My opponents must bow
                                                
                                            
                                        






