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Returning 35 results for 'spreading swarm adventurers'.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Vegepygmies are fungus creatures that live in simple bands, hunting for sustenance and spreading the spores by which they reproduce. Also called mold folk or moldies, vegepygmies inhabit dark, moist areas
by copying simple construction they have witnessed.
Russet Mold
Few know for sure where russet mold came from. One historical account tells of adventurers in a mountain range discovering russet
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
that live in simple bands, hunting for sustenance and spreading the spores by which they reproduce. Also called mold folk or moldies, vegepygmies inhabit dark, moist areas, so theyâre most
construction they have witnessed.
Russet Mold
Few know for sure where russet mold came from. One historical account tells of adventurers in a mountain range discovering russet mold and vegepygmies in a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
dies while infected, its corpse produces vegepygmies the same way russet mold does.
Vegepygmies
Vegepygmies are fungus creatures that live in simple bands, hunting for sustenance and spreading the
russet mold came from. One historical account tells of adventurers in a mountain range discovering russet mold and vegepygmies in a peculiar metal dungeon full of strange life. Another story says that
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, symbol, teleport
8th level (1 slot): maze, mind blank
9th level (1 slot): meteor swarm, wishBlast Scepter. Halaster uses his blast scepter to cast thunderwave as a 4th-level spell (save DC 16
groups of adventurers try to gain decisive control of just a small section of Undermountainâs halls, Halaster constantly alters the dungeonâs perils to thwart them.
Halasterâs true
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->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortuneâs Wheel
encircle the trees or are built amid their spreading boughs. Passing revelers wave and offer you crowns woven of fresh, colorful flowers. As they do, your mimir chimes, and its eyes twinkle in rainbow hues
cranium rat squeaker swarm (see Morteâs Planar Parade) wants to help one its members that has a hangover. The swarm asks if the lone rat can sleep in a characterâs pack or asks if the characters know
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Fighting the Faceless Lord Under normal circumstances, Juiblex (see appendix D) would be an overwhelming foe. Fortunately for the adventurers, the Faceless Lordâs battle with Zuggtmoy has weakened it
-two drow spore servants (see appendix C) to fight alongside the characters. Their attacks are incapable of harming Juiblex. However, as they swarm around the demon lord, one time per round (as agreed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
on foot but is difficult terrain. The troglodytes are so distracted that itâs possible to sneak through this area undetected as long as the adventurers stay close to the cavern walls. Each character
must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity (Stealth) check or be noticed by the troglodytes. Development Any wounded creature entering the stream attracts the swarm of quippers from area 11.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
â the rapidly spreading civilizations of humans and their ilk. Kayalithicaâs followers, who are predominantly neutral, believe that violence against small folk is justified, because their thane has
obliterating them, she hopes to impress the gods and elevate her people to the top of the ordning. By the time the adventurers set a course for her canyon, Kayalithica has already led major assaults
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Black Swords The characters donât get this quest in the customary way, which is to say that the residents of Caer-Dineval arenât counting on adventurers to help them. The quest falls into the partyâs
confined Crannoc to his quarters while spreading stories about the speakerâs ill health to conceal their presence and restrict access to the castle. The cultists keep the speaker alive in case they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
encounter 11â12 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
attacks if refused. If the adventurers feed the xorn and can communicate with it, the creature can tell them that it sensed a great planar upheaval recently, though it knows nothing about the demons or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Bands table offers hooks you can use to build an adventure around a band of giants.
Bands d6 Adventure Hook
1 A band of giants is spotted near a town, and the adventurers are asked to
dissuade the giants from coming any closer.
2 A raiding band of giants draws disaffected citizens of the region to join its ranks. The regionâs desperate despot hires adventurers to fight the giants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
obvious places as false âtreasure,â prompting intruders to open the container and release a swarm. In a combat involving large numbers of kobolds (such as ten or more), consider spreading out their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
throats the next. Pharika encourages her followers to seek balance in administering their âcures,â spreading afflictions to counteract excessive prosperity at least as often as they provide life
. Pharikaâs Monsters Challenge Creature Source
1/4 Nyxborn giant poisonous snake* MM
1/2 Amphisbaena MOoT
1/2 Cockatrice MM
2 Swarm of poisonous snakes MM
3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Termalaine Founded by Calishite settlers who appreciated beauty, Termalaine is widely regarded as the most picturesque town in Icewind Dale, spreading out from the shore of Maer Dualdon and bordered
mine is sealed off and the townsfolk wait until a band of sellswords or adventurers can be hired to clear it out.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Chapter 15: The City of Spiders The center of the chaos and madness now spreading throughout the Underdark is the great drow city of Menzoberranzan. Few of the cityâs drow residents know that the
drow, the worst may be yet to come if the renegade drow archmage Vizeran DeVir won the adventurersâ support for his plan to use a powerful ritual to draw the demon lords and their fiendish servants out
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
characters are in no physical danger but are entering rapport with Araumycos. The adventurers are paralyzed as the myconid spores fully take effect. Even creatures immune to sleep and paralysis are
affected as the spores seep into mind and body. The characters collapse harmlessly to the soft surface of Araumycos, its fungus quickly spreading across them as the rapport begins. When this happens, continue with âInto the Gray Dream.â
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
Adventures in Richemulot Adventurers might be accustomed to defeating foes using sword and spell, but such weapons hold little power against a nation-spanning plague. The characters might even be
characters are actually spreading the plague.
6 Louise Renier seeks the charactersâ aid in infiltrating a ball Jacqueline is holding at Chateau Delanuit. She aims to infuriate Jacqueline so that she reveals her wererat nature before her guests.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
The Village Spreading out along the edge of the hedge maze is a village, also called Xonthalâs Tower. The settlement began as a place where Xonthalâs many apprentices established homes of their own
high above. Some villagers scoff at that idea, but everyone agrees that the tower has been reoccupied. Once the villagers are satisfied that the adventurers havenât come to lay waste to the tower
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Dark has three objectives in Khorvaire. The first is to cause chaos and strife whenever possible, turning allies against one another and spreading fear. The second is to promote their chosen champions
light. Given those objectives, the Dreaming Dark can drive events on a small scale, by setting bandits in motion or triggering local feuds, or the adventurers might uncover evidence of plans that could reignite the Last War or bring an entire nation or religion under the sway of the Dreaming Dark.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
The Village Spreading out along the edge of the hedge maze is a village, also called Xonthalâs Tower. The settlement began as a place where Xonthalâs many apprentices established homes of their own
high above. Some villagers scoff at that idea, but everyone agrees that the tower has been reoccupied. Once the villagers are satisfied that the adventurers havenât come to lay waste to the tower
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Audience with the Stonespeaker If the adventurers helped stop the rampaging giant in the Darklake District (and especially if they didnât kill him), Hgraam is expecting them by the entrance to the
portents, you shall know of evilâs presence and of evilâs face. This is what the stones tell me.â
This cryptic message refers to the demon lords and the madness their presence is spreading, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
sheds moonlight and brings on the starry night. The orb rotates evenly without fail, spreading day and night across the entire plane. The weather in Arcadia is governed by four allied demigods called
lawfully inclined adventurers rarely conform neatly to social expectations, and a visit to this plane can highlight that conflict.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
duergar in a keelboat 4 1 green hag 5 1 grell 6â7 1d6 + 2 ixitxachitl (see appendix C) 8 1d4 kuo-toa in a keelboat 9 1d4 merrow 10 3d6 stirges 11 1 swarm of quippers 12 1 water weird Aquatic Troll An
adventurers approach, cloaking themselves in darkness as they unfurl and attack. A creature in a boat or on a raft that tries and fails to detach a darkmantle from itself or another creature must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
figure with blue scales, bone spurs on her forearms and elbows, gossamer wings, and a flowing gown â dances to music atop a stepped dais 5 feet higher than the rest of the room.
Butterfly Swarm. Next to
Arcturia, a harmless swarm of yellow butterflies has assumed a vaguely humanoid shape and is playing an elegant harp (see âTreasureâ below). The harp rests on a stout wooden table. The swarm is under
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
19. Giant Spider Den Giant spiders make their home here despite countless attempts by adventurers to get rid of them. 19a. Arachnid Down Clutter. Narrow paths wind between scattered piles of broken
Dense webbing fills this room as well (see area 19c for rules). Suspended within the webs are six cocoons. Five contain the desiccated corpses of four goblins and a nothic. The sixth contains a swarm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
exaggerated over the months, so he is likely to tell the party that a horde of ghosts came up the stairs to the scullery, or maybe it was a vampire with a swarm of rats. He discovered soon after his escapade
once his tongue is loosened, he is eager to restore some of his lost prestige. Apart from alerting adventurers to sinister and grave dangers of his own invention and telling them a little about the layout of the house, he provides no accurate or useful information.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
revelation from Annam and begins a campaign of unification and conquest to prepare the way for the All-Fatherâs return. A rival asks adventurers to stop the prophet. 2 A mysterious woman leads
adventurers through a perilous dungeon to find an ancient giant queenâs crown. In the end, she reveals herself to be Diancastra and either blesses or curses the adventurers, depending on how they acted. 3 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, though monsters aboard the ship that see characters in the water follow suit and might attempt to swarm the rowboat (see âOther Enemiesâ below). Thrashing Tentacles The octopus batters the ship, trying to
creatures indiscriminately, caring only about spreading chaos. Each one assaults the closest creature that is not a demon. The vermin aboard ship flee to the upper decks, reaching area 1 by round 3. They attack the characters on sight and fight to the death.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
moving along the path, a swarm of tiny meteors shoots past, threatening to knock them off the walkway. All creatures on the path must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw to dodge the meteors. On
following round, taking 14 (4d6) bludgeoning damage from the fall. Though having a character fall off the walkway is dangerous (and potentially exciting), it makes it less likely that the adventurers can be tricked by the efreeti in area 22.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
moving along the path, a swarm of tiny meteors shoots past, threatening to knock them off the walkway. All creatures on the path must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw to dodge the meteors. On
following round, taking 14 (4d6) bludgeoning damage from the fall. Though having a character fall off the walkway is dangerous (and potentially exciting), it makes it less likely that the adventurers can be tricked by the efreeti in area 22.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
only a matter of time before it falls to the demon queenâs will. Focused but fearful, the entity asks the adventurers to cut out and destroy the diseased part of its mind before itâs too late. The
characters are guided to the far side of the suspended fungus cluster inside the skull, where a dark mass is spreading. The first time any character comes within 20 feet of the dark mass, it erupts with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
mercantile ventures regularly hire adventurers for trade excursions and explorationâsuch as journeys to the island of Lambakluha. Lambakluha The island of Lambakluha is known as the âVale of Tearsâ in
invaders burned the great tree and razed Bathalang Puno, killing untold people and spirits alike. In the aftermath, Lambakluha became a cursed place, where spirits seethe in the land, spreading
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Infinite Staircase Encounters The Infinite Staircase Encounters table presents random encounters and interactions adventurers might have while traversing the Infinite Staircase. Infinite Staircase
its tail eagerly. 85â91 A merrow happens on the staircase, flooding it with a deluge of water from an aquatic plane. 92â98 A nearby door to the Abyss flings open, releasing a hostile swarm of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
reveals it to be an illusion. The Dark Lady Conversing with the Dark Lady The Dark Lady plays the menacing femme fatale to the hilt, verbally fencing with the adventurers. Use her to feed the
adventurers any lore you wish. She knows only the basics of what the elemental cults are planning, but sheâd like to know more. Sheâs willing to trade information to get it. The exchange of information can