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Returning 35 results for 'something crawling'.
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Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Daelkyr Modifications table for inspiration.
Creatures within 1 mile of the passage frequently feel as if something is crawling under their skin.
If a humanoid spends at least 1 hour within 1 mile of the
monsters
Shub-Niggurath moves up to its Speed.
An enormous writhing mass formed of ropy black, earthwormlike tentacles. Something like twenty feet tall. Here and there, across the surface were great puckered
she is worshiped. The dark young act as proxies for Shub-Niggurath, crawling from the darkness to accept sacrifices and devour the unwary. These creatures work beside cultists to spread their mother
monsters
ropy black, earthwormlike tentacles. Something like twenty feet tall. Here and there, across the surface were great puckered mouths that dripped green goo. Beneath its central mass, two or three thicker
;Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young.” They are closely connected to her and are found only in areas where she is worshiped. The dark young act as proxies for Shub-Niggurath, crawling from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
crawling masses of maggots or insects. At least one or more of the characters should wake in a cold sweat from these nightmares after every rest, feeling as though something is out there in the dark
depths — something far worse than the drow. You need not explain the cause of these dreams and images at this time. Characters can chalk them up to the conditions in the slave pen, or to the aftereffects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
crawling masses of maggots or insects. At least one or more of the characters should wake in a cold sweat from these nightmares after every rest, feeling as though something is out there in the dark
depths — something far worse than the drow. You need not explain the cause of these dreams and images at this time. Characters can chalk them up to the conditions in the slave pen, or to the aftereffects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
encountered only if the characters are moving about the castle (not resting); otherwise, treat this result as no encounter. You find a discarded toy—something no child could love. The toy has a slogan
. Crawling Claws A mob of severed hands, their mummified flesh black with soot, skitters out of the darkness across the dusty floor. The crawling claws gang up on one party member. During the confusion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
encountered only if the characters are moving about the castle (not resting); otherwise, treat this result as no encounter. You find a discarded toy—something no child could love. The toy has a slogan
. Crawling Claws A mob of severed hands, their mummified flesh black with soot, skitters out of the darkness across the dusty floor. The crawling claws gang up on one party member. During the confusion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Airship Description The airship’s enormous balloon is made from dragon hide that has been dyed bright red. Atop the balloon is a crow’s nest that is reached by crawling up the ropes on the outside of
the balloon. Crawling up the ropes requires a DC 10 Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. If the check fails, no progress is made; if the check fails by 5 or more, the creature falls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Airship Description The airship’s enormous balloon is made from dragon hide that has been dyed bright red. Atop the balloon is a crow’s nest that is reached by crawling up the ropes on the outside of
the balloon. Crawling up the ropes requires a DC 10 Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. If the check fails, no progress is made; if the check fails by 5 or more, the creature falls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
chance that a vampire spawn crawling around the outside wall of the tower notices the open window and investigates. Characters who search the room spot numerous boot prints in the dust, as well as a
short trail in the dust on the floor, leading from the northeast corner of the room to the easternmost door. It looks like something heavy was dragged across the floor toward the doorway. There is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
chance that a vampire spawn crawling around the outside wall of the tower notices the open window and investigates. Characters who search the room spot numerous boot prints in the dust, as well as a
short trail in the dust on the floor, leading from the northeast corner of the room to the easternmost door. It looks like something heavy was dragged across the floor toward the doorway. There is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, they see it’s stuck through the severed hand of a young woman. The characters have no way of knowing this, but the hand was once a crawling claw and was dispatched by a farmer. Sickly Crops. Wheat
soul shaker’s evil and the excavations of the crawling claws have spoiled the land around the house. If Proclaimer Ward is with the party, the Proclaimer investigates the crops and grows concerned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, they see it’s stuck through the severed hand of a young woman. The characters have no way of knowing this, but the hand was once a crawling claw and was dispatched by a farmer. Sickly Crops. Wheat
soul shaker’s evil and the excavations of the crawling claws have spoiled the land around the house. If Proclaimer Ward is with the party, the Proclaimer investigates the crops and grows concerned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
homes. Calls of “A rope, a rope!” and “Get a ladder!” fill the air.
Any creature that moves to the sinkhole’s edge without taking precautions, such as lying flat on the ground and crawling forward or
earth, coughing in the dust and sobbing with fright. “My boy, my boy!” a worried parent shouts, peeping over the edge. “Somebody do something!”
More townsfolk hurry up from all sides, staying clear of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Random Encounters (T-Z) Trinket One random character finds a lost trinket. Read the following text to the player of that character: You kick something—a trinket buried in the dust. To determine what
inspiration. On later occurrences of this encounter, the platter holds a crawling claw that attacks the nearest character. 2 A silver goblet (worth 50 gp) filled to the brim with wine. A character who drinks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
homes. Calls of “A rope, a rope!” and “Get a ladder!” fill the air.
Any creature that moves to the sinkhole’s edge without taking precautions, such as lying flat on the ground and crawling forward or
earth, coughing in the dust and sobbing with fright. “My boy, my boy!” a worried parent shouts, peeping over the edge. “Somebody do something!”
More townsfolk hurry up from all sides, staying clear of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Random Encounters (T-Z) Trinket One random character finds a lost trinket. Read the following text to the player of that character: You kick something—a trinket buried in the dust. To determine what
inspiration. On later occurrences of this encounter, the platter holds a crawling claw that attacks the nearest character. 2 A silver goblet (worth 50 gp) filled to the brim with wine. A character who drinks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
rotting wooden coffin containing the moldy bones of its occupant, or something more terrifying. The baron’s two daughters, Sylphene and Heluthe, perished at the ages of six and nine, respectively, and
for different reasons (see area C12 for details). A hag stole Heluthe’s corpse a few years ago and replaced it with a scarecrow and two crawling claws that try to murder anyone who releases them. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
rotting wooden coffin containing the moldy bones of its occupant, or something more terrifying. The baron’s two daughters, Sylphene and Heluthe, perished at the ages of six and nine, respectively, and
for different reasons (see area C12 for details). A hag stole Heluthe’s corpse a few years ago and replaced it with a scarecrow and two crawling claws that try to murder anyone who releases them. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
fountains, fans, and kinetic sculptures. None of the merchant princes is likely to meet player characters who show up unannounced at their doors unless the characters did something noteworthy (such as
guides.” This ritual takes 24 hours, during which Zitembe sees visions of “a jungle city far to the south, enclosed by cliffs and crawling with snakes” and “a black obelisk draped in vines.” He dared
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
fountains, fans, and kinetic sculptures. None of the merchant princes is likely to meet player characters who show up unannounced at their doors unless the characters did something noteworthy (such as
guides.” This ritual takes 24 hours, during which Zitembe sees visions of “a jungle city far to the south, enclosed by cliffs and crawling with snakes” and “a black obelisk draped in vines.” He dared
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
. Unless… did the skeleton just move?
Small, harmless crabs are crawling over the skeletal remains, causing the illusion of movement. C6: Crew Quarters Six double bunks line the edges of this cabin
gaping hole in the stern of the ship. Tiny fish dart among hunks of debris and cargo.
See “Climbing, Swimming, and Crawling” and “Suffocating” in “The Environment” in the Basic Rules as the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
. Unless… did the skeleton just move?
Small, harmless crabs are crawling over the skeletal remains, causing the illusion of movement. C6: Crew Quarters Six double bunks line the edges of this cabin
gaping hole in the stern of the ship. Tiny fish dart among hunks of debris and cargo.
See “Climbing, Swimming, and Crawling” and “Suffocating” in “The Environment” in the Basic Rules as the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
caught up in the trappings of civilization.” Bond. “I will always try to help a friend.” Flaw. “I’m such a scatterbrain. I forget important pieces of information until something reminds me.” L2
something else entirely. Both Konrad and Rugga are in constant agony. They can communicate telepathically out to a range of 60 feet. Their communications consist of pleas to release them from their torment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
caught up in the trappings of civilization.” Bond. “I will always try to help a friend.” Flaw. “I’m such a scatterbrain. I forget important pieces of information until something reminds me.” L2
something else entirely. Both Konrad and Rugga are in constant agony. They can communicate telepathically out to a range of 60 feet. Their communications consist of pleas to release them from their torment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
constructs, three figures in custodial uniforms—a halfling, a dragonborn, and a human—are crawling around on the floor as though searching for something.
The insectoid creatures are three
skitterwidgets, which follow those commands to the best of their ability. The figures crawling on the floor are three Livestock cult fanatics who go by the names Pig Wheat (the halfling), Ram Sugar (the dragonborn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
constructs, three figures in custodial uniforms—a halfling, a dragonborn, and a human—are crawling around on the floor as though searching for something.
The insectoid creatures are three
skitterwidgets, which follow those commands to the best of their ability. The figures crawling on the floor are three Livestock cult fanatics who go by the names Pig Wheat (the halfling), Ram Sugar (the dragonborn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
in it where something large smashed through.
Three galvan magen, three demos magen, and one hypnos magen stand guard outside the observatory with orders to prevent strangers from entering it (see
, protruding from the ground like a broken tooth, is teeming with crawling gray hands.
A detect magic spell cast here reveals an aura of necromantic magic. Two hundred crawling claws are tirelessly but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
in it where something large smashed through.
Three galvan magen, three demos magen, and one hypnos magen stand guard outside the observatory with orders to prevent strangers from entering it (see
, protruding from the ground like a broken tooth, is teeming with crawling gray hands.
A detect magic spell cast here reveals an aura of necromantic magic. Two hundred crawling claws are tirelessly but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
something hidden, or a chance of getting lost, as described under “Journey Stage Challenges.” Running the Stages. For each stage of the journey, follow these steps in order: Step 1: Set the Pace. Have the
stages of the journey, however many miles each square or hex might be. (This style of play is sometimes called “hex crawling.”)
In this kind of wilderness exploration, you can take one of two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. At the chamber’s center, a thick, foul-smelling mist billows from a shallow pool of brackish liquid. Something large and scaly lies within. Beyond it stands a sculpted pillar and a broad stone table
closer to that shape than any other. The shape is shattered and crawling with convulsing, bipedal parasites. Despite the shape’s ruin, the darkness within one of its hollow eyes deepens and fixates. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. At the chamber’s center, a thick, foul-smelling mist billows from a shallow pool of brackish liquid. Something large and scaly lies within. Beyond it stands a sculpted pillar and a broad stone table
closer to that shape than any other. The shape is shattered and crawling with convulsing, bipedal parasites. Despite the shape’s ruin, the darkness within one of its hollow eyes deepens and fixates. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
something hidden, or a chance of getting lost, as described under “Journey Stage Challenges.” Running the Stages. For each stage of the journey, follow these steps in order: Step 1: Set the Pace. Have the
stages of the journey, however many miles each square or hex might be. (This style of play is sometimes called “hex crawling.”)
In this kind of wilderness exploration, you can take one of two
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
of being watched—or realizing that something else is using your eyes. Belashyrra can force its victims to question whether what they perceive is real, or can fill their world with such terrors that
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
of being watched—or realizing that something else is using your eyes. Belashyrra can force its victims to question whether what they perceive is real, or can fill their world with such terrors that