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Dungeon Master’s Guide
7, Lightning Bolt; on an 8, Phantasmal Force; on a 9, Polymorph; on a 10, Stinking Cloud.
51–55
You have the Stunned condition until the end of your next turn, believing something awesome
just happened.
56–60
A harmless swarm of butterflies fills a 10-foot Cube within 30 feet of yourself. The swarm disperses after 1 minute.
61–65
You pull a nonmagical object
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
You are a member of a teeming horde — one small part of a sprawling organism. Just as you are part of the swarm, the swarm is part of a larger ecosystem, a never-ending cycle of life, death
stench.
Suggested Characteristics
Members of the Golgari Swarm are unmistakably products of the undercity, ill at ease amid the comforts of civilization. They bring about the same discomfort in others
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
11. Spawning Pool The underground stream passes through this cave, traveling west to east. The adventurers can hear something splashing in the water as soon as they enter this area. Any character who enters the stream is immediately attacked by the swarm of quippers that has spawned here.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
brawlers unimpeded. On a failed save, you take 2d4 Bludgeoning damage, and the brawlers count as 10 feet of Difficult Terrain for you. 6 You must make a sharp turn to avoid colliding with something
impassable. Make a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw to navigate the turn. On a failed save, you collide with something hard and take 1d4 Bludgeoning damage. 7–12 There is no complication. Wilderness Chase
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
yourself); on a 7, Lightning Bolt; on an 8, Phantasmal Force; on a 9, Polymorph; on a 10, Stinking Cloud. 51–55 You have the Stunned condition until the end of your next turn, believing something awesome
just happened. 56–60 A harmless swarm of butterflies fills a 10-foot Cube within 30 feet of yourself. The swarm disperses after 1 minute. 61–65 You pull a nonmagical object out of the hat. Roll 1d4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
–55 You have the Stunned condition until the end of your next turn, believing something awesome just happened. 56–60 A harmless swarm of butterflies fills a 10-foot Cube within 30 feet of yourself. The
swarm disperses after 1 minute. 61–65 You pull a nonmagical object out of the hat. Roll 1d4 to determine the object: on a 1, a vial of Acid; on a 2, a flask of Alchemist’s Fire; on a 3, a Crowbar; on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Beneath the Waves Schools of silvery fish swarm around the characters as they descend through the first few hundred feet of the Nightsea. Life in the sunlight zone begins to thin as the water changes
) score spots something unexpected: The water begins to churn. From the darkness below glides a glowing, translucent longship, its oars bringing it just below you. A cloudiness covers the deck
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
.) Fistandia used to go into the planetarium (area M12) and disappear for a long time afterward. Something keeps building piles of books in the library. (The homunculi are unaware of the swarm of animated books
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
a 10, Stinking Cloud. 51–55 You have the Stunned condition until the end of your next turn, believing something awesome just happened. 56–60 A harmless swarm of butterflies fills a 10-foot Cube within
30 feet of yourself. The swarm disperses after 1 minute. 61–65 You pull a nonmagical object out of the hat. Roll 1d4 to determine the object: on a 1, a vial of Acid; on a 2, a flask of Alchemist’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
have a combined Strength of 34 or higher can push the plug out of the hole, provided they have something firm to stand on. Treasure. Ezzat’s spellbook weighs 13 pounds and contains all the spells the
, flesh to stone, geas, hold person, ice storm, imprisonment, knock, levitate, magic mouth, maze, meteor swarm, mislead, plane shift, prismatic wall, remove curse, telekinesis, true polymorph, unseen servant, wall of force, and web.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
a 10, Stinking Cloud. 51–55 You have the Stunned condition until the end of your next turn, believing something awesome just happened. 56–60 A harmless swarm of butterflies fills a 10-foot Cube within
30 feet of yourself. The swarm disperses after 1 minute. 61–65 You pull a nonmagical object out of the hat. Roll 1d4 to determine the object: on a 1, a vial of Acid; on a 2, a flask of Alchemist’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
something impassable. Make a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw to navigate the turn. On a failed save, you collide with something hard and take 1d4 bludgeoning damage. 11–20 No complication. Wilderness Chase
ground counts as 10 feet of difficult terrain. 3 You run through a swarm of insects (see the Monster Manual for game statistics, with the DM choosing whichever kind of insects makes the most sense). The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
and crusted with lime. Around the fountain in the eastern alcove, a heap of rubbish litters the floor. The fountain in the western alcove still holds some green scummy water, in which something moves
the eastern alcove, a swarm of rats nests in the rubbish. The swarm is made up of diseased giant rats. Western Alcove. The western fountain is filled with algae, and some bullfrogs are raising a brood of tadpoles in the water.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
encounter 11–12 1 carrion crawler 13 Demon pack 14 1 flumph 15 1 gray ooze 16 1d4 moldy quaggoth spore servants 17 1d4 two-headed grimlocks 18 1 swarm of insects (centipedes) 19 1 xorn 20 Yellow mold
their spreading madness. Yellow Mold The characters notice a patch of yellow mold (see “Dungeon Hazards” in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide) growing on something of interest, determined by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
stirges 17–18 1d3 magma mephits 19–20 1d10 goblins 21–22 Orc graffiti on the walls, suggesting something rude about the mother of someone named Krusk 23–24 1 swarm of insects 25 1 deep gnome 26–28 1d8
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
face around the waterfalls requires a successful DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check. Those who fail the check fall 10 feet into the water. If more than one character falls, a swarm of quippers takes
following points to guide the conversation: A week or so ago, Tinjhorna felt an ancient power affecting his river, as if something were moving through the waters to the southwest. There’s little in that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
it. She wears a gown made of animal skins and a headdress with goat horns, and her hair is long and unkempt. Suddenly, you see something skittering across the floor. It looks like a tiny creature
rafters and begin attacking the blights. Each swarm tears apart one twig blight on each of its turns. The sliding wooden doors along the north wall (leading to area W5) are chained shut from the inside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
ceiling amid thick webs and appears to hold something human-like. A giant spider made this cocoon. Characters who can reach it can cut it open to free whatever is inside. Roll a d6 to determine the
, at which point he tries to flee the castle. 5 A dead Barovian that serves as host to a swarm of insects (spiders). The baby giant spiders (each one the size of a tarantula) crawl out of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Bolt; on an 8, Phantasmal Force; on a 9, Polymorph; on a 10, Stinking Cloud. 51–55 You have the Stunned condition until the end of your next turn, believing something awesome just happened. 56–60 A
harmless swarm of butterflies fills a 10-foot Cube within 30 feet of yourself. The swarm disperses after 1 minute. 61–65 You pull a nonmagical object out of the hat. Roll 1d4 to determine the object: on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
flame, or a crackling bolt of lightning. On nothing more than a whim, Corellon’s body could become a school of fish, a swarm of bees, or a flock of birds. When consorting with other gods, Corellon often
adopted their appearances — male, female, or something else — but just as often kept their company in the form of a rose blossom or a delicate doe. Corellon’s flamboyant, mercurial personality showed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
stays in jackal form, using her Sleep Gaze on the toughest-looking adventurer. If that target falls unconscious, three jackals quickly swarm the character. Hamebi flees if it looks like the characters
she finishes a long rest). She has darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. She speaks Common and Orc. Gildha repeatedly mutters something in a low voice, but she has something in her mouth that makes it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, ascertain that something akin to a gelatinous cube has lodged itself in the well. The gelatinous cylinder lurks 10 feet down inside the well and is invisible in the water. It attacks any creature and
Bavlorna stuffs dead creatures and stitches them together to create chimeric horrors. Crate. Bavlorna’s name is scrawled on one side of the crate. Lifting the lid releases a harmless swarm of flies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
, there might be something left worth salvaging.”
The sensory input provided by the Moondancer’s spelljamming helm interfaces in a special way with Flapjack’s Advanced Telepathy, enabling the flumph to
that something is aboard the derelict vessel but can’t say what. He shares this information with Sartell and any characters with whom he has forged a close bond. Captain Sartell orders Flapjack to bring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Guild There’s power in groups. One bee’s a pest, but nobody messes with the swarm.
Tasha
Your group has ties to a powerful consortium of professionals who work together for mutual benefit. You
quest to create something perfect that will define their life’s work and secure their legacy. They lose sight of right and wrong in pursuit of the finest materials and exciting opportunities. 2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
satyrs (see above) stalk the party while intoxicated, looking to play pranks on travelers.
7 A swarm of ravens harasses the party. If offered food, the ravens never let the characters alone.
8
1d10 vials.
17 Two draft horses run free along the road. A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Animal Handling) check can claim them.
18 A swarm of poisonous snakes has formed in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
marine-animal carcasses and swamp plants, making the area difficult terrain. When the Wash is high, creatures can swim across the lake, but there is a 50 percent chance they are attacked by a swarm of
Akhviri’s Attention. Characters must succeed on a DC 21 group Dexterity (Stealth) check to avoid Akhviri’s notice. If something is visibly amiss at the camp (such as dead soldiers or signs of battle), the DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
these words, the goats wait to see if the characters offer them something in return, thereby honoring the rule of reciprocity (see “Rules of Conduct” in chapter 2). The goats are hungry but not picky
. Three times per day, as an action, Mudlump can shake his beehive to bring forth a swarm of bees; treat each one as a swarm of insects (wasps). The swarm attacks Mudlump’s enemies. If Amidor is with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
detect magic spell reveals an aura of conjuration magic around the archway, but nothing happens when something enters the mist While the archway is inactive, cold rock wall can be felt beyond the churning
disappear when destroyed or after 1 hour. Ise Frost Every creature in the room is within the area of one ice storm spell (save DC 15). Ild Fire A meteor swarm spell activates. Every creature in the room is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
point is left to your imagination. Map 2.8: Heart of Ubtao View Player Version 1. Petrified Tree A swarm of bats inhabits this hollow, petrified tree. The bats emerge each evening to feast and attack
does something foolish, but the height is dizzying. 3. Cave Entrance The floor of this entrance slopes up slightly toward the inside of the heart, so water streams out through it continually. The cave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
rider 9 Trinket 10 Hidden bundle 11 1d4 swarm of ravens (50%) or 1 wereraven (see appendix D) in raven form (50%) 12 1d6 dire wolves 13 3d6 wolves 14 1d4 berserkers 15 Corpse 16 1d6 werewolves in human
Corpse 7 Hidden bundle 8 Skeletal rider 9 1d8 swarm of bats 10 1d6 dire wolves 11 3d6 wolves 12 1d4 berserkers 13 1 druid and 2d6 twig blights 14 2d4 needle blights 15 1d6 werewolves in wolf form 16 3d6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
of the disturbance. The swarms extinguish any nonmagical light sources they come within 5 feet of with a flurry of buffeting wings. Whenever a creature destroys a swarm, a new swarm immediately forms
in an unoccupied space within 15 feet of the creature. The new swarm acts on the destroyed swarm’s initiative count. If the characters extinguish all light sources and cease attacking and making loud
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
sources they come within 5 feet of with a flurry of buffeting wings. Whenever a creature destroys a swarm, a new swarm immediately forms in an unoccupied space within 15 feet of the creature. The new
swarm acts on the destroyed swarm’s initiative count. If the characters extinguish all light sources and cease attacking and making loud noises, the bats settle back into their roosts at the end of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
block of a conjured creature determines the nature of the creature’s damage, unless the spell says otherwise. Can conjure animals summon a swarm? No. Conjure animals summons individual creatures, and
target, whether that target is a creature, an object, or some other phenomenon. Dispel magic can’t dispel something in advance. If a spell isn’t already present on a target, dispel magic does nothing to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
H12. Twelve shadows haunt this 30-foot-high cave. They swarm over members of the party but recoil from any character who presents a holy symbol of Mystryl. The shadows were born from those who
the pillar, as if something had burst from inside it.
This is the chamber where Tekeli-li lay dormant, encased in ice, until the characters opened the Caves of Hunger with the “Rime of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
in this large foyer. Humanoid skeletal remains lie strewn about, their swords and armor bent and rusted. Something gleams next to the bodies propped along the northern wall. Double doors on the east
. Any character who touches the desk releases a swarm of spiders and must make a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw, taking 20 (8d4) poison damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one