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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
be aged to the point of decrepitude. In this state, the creature’s speed is halved, the range of its vision and hearing is reduced to 30 feet, and it has disadvantage on all ability checks
. The iron cauldron has the following properties:
You can use an action to scream into the empty cauldron, which magically summons a swarm of bats that flies out of the cauldron and acts immediately
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
brink of rage. She is rarely without guards, be they members of the Casques Silencieux, wererat bodyguards, or hidden swarms of rats. Casques Silencieux. The Darklord’s silent state police guard
Renier’s will. If a guard is defeated, the armor collapses, releasing a swarm of rats. Plague Seasons. The Inverted Court beneath Chateau Delanuit holds hidden sewer laboratories where wererat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
. The sprite touches a creature and magically knows the creature’s current emotional state. If the target fails a DC 10 Charisma saving throw, the sprite also knows the creature’s alignment. Celestials
so after it drains 10 hit points of blood from the target or the target dies. A creature, including the target, can use its action to detach the stirge.
Swarm of Bats
Medium swarm of Tiny
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
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
. 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
various models of the planes. Glass piping connects tanks holding strange liquids and materials, all in an ongoing state of transmutation. A miniaturized human lies in apparent stasis in a windowed
releases the pseudodragon and the ant swarm (use the swarm of insects stat block), which attack the nearest creatures until destroyed. Treasure The table is, in fact, crafted from four dryads, all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
of insects (spiders) arrive on the second round of combat, plus another swarm of insects (centipedes) on the third round. Treasure The abundance of fungi in the thicket makes it easy to forage here
save, the creature lapses into a state of euphoric bliss. While in this state, the creature can’t take actions, bonus actions, or reactions, and must use all of its movement to dance and twirl about. At
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be aged to the point of decrepitude. In this state, the creature’s speed is halved, the range of its vision and hearing is reduced to 30 feet, and
, which magically summons a swarm of bats that flies out of the cauldron and acts immediately after you in the initiative order. The swarm obeys your commands and disappears after 1 minute if it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
seems to be in a decaying, crumbling, or corroded state. Optional Rule: Abyssal Corruption A non-evil visitor that finishes a long rest in the Abyss must make a DC 10 Charisma saving throw. On a failure
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
truth of what he says with a successful DC 16 Wisdom (Insight) check: “I’m Tragos … and this is Artelio and Funagi,” he says. “We were out for a bit of a revel when a swarm of wild-eyed ravens attacked
us. We’re in no fit state to fight. Could you perchance help us get home?”
The satyrs want to get back to Polvarth Plateau, where they can party safely. They aren’t sure how far they’ve strayed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
buried in a pit full of these husks can’t breathe or see. Trapped Platforms. Whenever a creature steps onto a platform, it must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or be engulfed by a swarm
. Throne Swarm Trap. The 20-foot-tall white throne is a magic trap that the Thayans might use if desperate. When any non-undead creature climbs onto it, a swarm of stinging insects pours out of the back of
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
difficulty grasping the passage of time and the state of the world compared to its original era. 6 Fallen Muse. Your contact is a fallen celestial. Whether they regret their transgressions or hunger for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
what happens. The orrery and its six components are presented in appendix D, and the powers of these relics are significant. But the fact that the orrery is an artifact in a some-assembly-required state
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
environment that is harsh and inhospitable to mortals. Each layer also reflects the entropic nature of the Abyss. Much of the plane seems to be in a decaying, crumbling, or corroded state, and its corruption
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->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
corner above the door at the top of the stairs, outside area B13. The nest is a Medium object with AC 11, 12 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. It holds a swarm of insects (wasps
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
cave floor. On a failure, the creature falls 20 feet into the slime pool. As an action, the lever can be pulled again, returning the bridge to its original state. C11. Statue Overlook Creatures that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
hours as the gargoyle’s innate demeanor exerts itself. In this state, the creature tries to orchestrate the characters’ deaths, going so far as to attack lone characters. K14. Servants’ Quarters This
. If any of them are disturbed, they fly off the shelves and form a swarm that attacks all creatures in the room. The book collection has the statistics of a swarm of bats, with these changes: The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
, these pools of light are extinguished one by one as the dead swarm over the walls!
To triumph in this encounter, the characters must hold the line against an ever-growing horde of undead. The palisade
, negotiate terms for her surrender. Claugiyliamatar is an ancient green dragon, but she has only 50 hit points and all her attacks are made at disadvantage due to her exhausted state. If the party
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
parents, Heraq and Persella, are initially wary of the characters and tersely ask them to state their business. The centaur children, Kari and Vinz, spend most of their time running through the meadows
damaged. If a creature damages the beehive, a swarm of insects (wasps) erupts from the hive and attacks until the offending creature dies or flees. Shelter. The centaurs’ home has an open-air common room
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
visor—guard this gray room. Alarms flash atop the robots’ heads as one of them addresses you in Common: “HALT, ENTRANT. STATE THE NATURE OF YOUR BUSINESS.”
Three combat robots guard this security
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
. Creature. In his current state, the dragonpriest is slower and weaker than a normal troll. Use troll statistics, but the dragonpriest starts with 30 hit points, regenerates only 5 hit points per round
(up to normal for a troll), and can’t use Multiattack. If he is defeated in this state, the dragonpriest is worth 450 XP. Development. The dragonpriest won’t pursue fleeing characters. Instead, he






