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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
acts as an ally of the King of Feathers and takes its turn immediately after it. The swarm disperses after 1 minute.
Treasure A search of the rooms under the amphitheater uncovers an electrum platter
Resistance trait and the Summon Swarm action option (see below). It can’t use the Summon Swarm action while it is grappling a creature with its jaws. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the King of Feathers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
starved to death. The skeleton is clad in a chain shirt and wears a ring of swimming on one bony finger. Characters who search the armoire also find an explorer’s pack (minus water and rations). 19c
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->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
individuals.
2 Seal a portal to a demonic realm that opens within the mouth of an innocent acolyte.
3 Cure a virus turning people into shadows.
4 Mount a defense against the swarm of giant
it’s revealed the beloved ruler is a lich.
7 Banish a spirit haunting the moon.
8 Uncover the identity of an otherworldly coward who’s hiding among mortals, avoiding the destructive search of the immortals they fled.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
, scrubbing flagstones, and other mundane activities. Dark Tidings. With a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Perception) check made to quietly search or inspect the area, a character
grounds. These unnatural creatures flutter away if any characters approach them, but they attack if pressed. Treat any group of leather faces as a swarm of bats, and see the leather works (area M7) for more information.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. 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
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->Curse of Strahd
the monument is located and search that area. A character who searches the area for 10 minutes can make a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check, finding the monument on a success. If the monument isn’t found
them immunity to the charmed and frightened conditions. When a corpse is reduced to 0 hit points, it splits open, disgorging a swarm of poisonous snakes. The snakes are hungry and fight until slain. Characters can take the treasure and flee, easily outpacing the snake-swollen corpses.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
tight quarters, remember that a swarm can occupy the same space as another creature.) Captain’s Log. A character who searches through the debris in the room and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception
precursor to an even larger assault. Treasure. A minor offering to Lolth is concealed by the mud and litter on the deck. A search of the cabin uncovers a small sack containing ten red rubies (100 gp each). 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
students and faculty when classes take place in the bayou. Treasure. Any search of this area turns up two potions of healing. S6. East Islet This is one of the three islets (along with areas S2 and S3) where
the characters can collect spell components for Professor Lang. A swarm of poisonous snakes nests on this island. It attacks when a character sets foot on this islet, though the snakes disperse and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
the characters.
As a Search action, a character can examine the ground around the lair entrance and make a DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check. On a successful check, the character finds Armin’s boot
by fetid undergrowth.
The forest’s corruption has attracted a nest of deadly centipedes that hide in the tree’s bark. When a character moves next to the tree, a Swarm of Insects (centipedes) and a
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
, although she doesn’t know it. If captured, she can relate that a short, cloaked humanoid came to her in Neverwinter Wood two days ago, hiring her to bring her pack of jackals to Phandalin and search
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
characters still refuse, Captain Sartell makes good on her threat and boards the vessel herself in search of salvage. When she doesn’t return, Flapjack urges the party to go and find her, refusing to leave
crew’s harrowing encounter with a group of neogi. The tale is not entirely fanciful—a band of neogi did recently board the Lucent Edict in search of salvage, but they retreated once they realized the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
twisted black trees. Tombs, mausoleums, gravestones, and sarcophagi litter the landscape. Undead swarm across the plane, bursting from their tombs and graves to tear apart any creatures foolish enough
fantastic Argent Palace in the city of Zelatar, whose bustling markets and pleasure palaces draw visitors from across the multiverse in search of obscure magical lore and perverse delights. By Graz’zt’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
its friends (two satyrs) who became intoxicated and wandered off looking for trouble.
4 Four elf scouts search for an ogre that has been pillaging the area. The elves have lost the trail, but they
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
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
and forgotten garments and cuts them into lengths of cloth from which she creates her own clothes. Characters who search the room find two 1-foot-tall pincushions sewn into humanoid shapes. One of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. Flies swarm around a full dung cart that exudes a horrible stench.
The stalls contain ten riding horses. Cart. The dung-filled cart is a fire hazard. If the cart is pushed against a wall and set
store their riding gear here. A search of the room yields nothing of great value. G8: Courtyard A cobblestone courtyard is wedged between the two main buildings of the guildhouse. Situated in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
most powerful lich among the Red Wizards of Thay, though she is not a Red Wizard herself. She found the heart and converted it into a base to use while her minions search for the Soulmonger. Her orders
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
with a torch. Multiple characters working together to remove the ice shorten the time proportionately. Characters who search the temple for secret doors and succeed on a DC 20 Wisdom (Perception
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->Dungeon Master’s Guide
from across the multiverse in search of obscure magical lore and perverse delights. By Graz’zt’s command, the demons of Azzagrat present a veneer of civility and courtly comity. However, the so-called
bleak mountains, barren moors, ruined cities, and forests of twisted black trees under a black sky. Tombs, mausoleums, gravestones, and sarcophagi litter the landscape. Undead swarm across the plane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Whisperwind went missing, each elf separately ventured into the grove to search for the council member. Each met the same fate as Armin: Sunset-Is-Nigh captured them, tormented them, and forced them to serve as
: Centipede Infestation Many-legged bugs swarm over the north and south walls of this long cavern.
Two Swarms of Insects (centipedes) and two Giant Centipedes crawl across these walls. The insects fight any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
, Dodge, Help, Hide, Ready, Search, or Use an Object. The affected target can’t take that action for 1 minute. At the end of each of the target’s turns, it can end the effect on itself with a successful
, rotting environments, the Golgari Swarm appeals to those who are comfortable in a world of fungus, rot, and monsters.
Every member of the Golgari Swarm has a function, working together like the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
table with a human cadaver resting atop it. A frighteningly thin woman in a black robe is studying the corpse, her face largely hidden under a cowl. Around her feet creep a swarm of skeletal rats
.
The necromancer looming over the corpse is Flennis, a female human master of souls and the highest-ranking follower of Myrkul in the dungeon. Use the swarm of rats stat block in the Monster Manual to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. 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
.) Treasure. Mudlump has hidden the following treasures under loose stones throughout his home. Any character can find these items with a thorough search of the ruins: An empty crystal vial shaped like a
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->Acquisitions Incorporated
Pirates versus zombies
6 River barge crossing
7–8 The Maverick
Just Cut to the End If the players are particularly clever, they might come up with novel ways to shortcut the search for
means that only one character can search for each item. Once three items are located with three checks, any character must then make a Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check to place the
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
Frostmaiden” and awakened him. Kobold vampire spawn found the human skulls in area H12 and placed them at the base of the pillar to show their devotion to Tekeli-li. A search of this cave yields nothing of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. 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
food in the room to the south. Characters who search the room find boxes of dried meat and other shelf-stable provisions. An ice box in the southeast corner is full of raw meat, which the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
slightly in the middle. A creature that moves the mat disturbs the swarm of poisonous snakes guarding the poisons. In addition to the snakes, the pit contains three vials of serpent venom, two vials of
crystal balls. The green dragon believes the closest place to search for a necromancer is Leilon, so she had planned to threaten the people there for information (and make good on those threats if no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
down to the water. The water at the bottom of the pit is 10 feet deep (enough to cushion a fall). Four kuo-toa and a kuo-toa whip have filled the pit with a swarm of quippers. They ritually feed
its manacles and was paralyzed and clawed to death by the ghast in area P13. A search of the corpse reveals a ring with two keys — one that unlocks the gate, and another that unlocks the gate’s manacles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. Trapped Hollow. The satyrs’ treasure is tucked into a hollow formed by the elm’s gnarled roots and guarded by a hidden noose snare. A creature that steps close enough to search the root hollow must
Gardener’s benefit, and both they and Gnarlroot use the tools to tend various plants in the garden. Characters who search the ravine and succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check find the cave behind a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
search of the cage reveals white scales that someone who has proficiency in Nature or Survival can determine to be from no natural animal. A successful DC 15 check using either skill identifies the
are containers of green dye, a paintbrush made of goblin-hair bristles, and four tiny jade figurines of dragons (worth 15 gp each). A thorough search of the firepit and a successful DC 15 Wisdom
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
. But the items shown here are particularly prized and even coveted by the guilds. Word of the discovery of a holy avenger, for example, can mobilize a whole Boros garrison to search for it and claim
invisibility DMG
Golgari Items The members of the Golgari Swarm are scavengers who retrieve lost items from the undercity, which means that Golgari agents could conceivably end up in possession of any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
mistakenly punctures an egg sac, causing a hostile swarm of insects (spiders) to burst forth from the cocoon. Additionally, a blue key card is caught in the webs. A character who inspects the webs and succeeds
each room. Treasure. A character who conducts a thorough search of this area and succeeds on a DC 17 Intelligence (Investigation) check finds a yellow key card in one of the desks. The exam rooms contain






