Homebrew 10,000 Locusts Species Details

10,000 Locusts

“We are not one. We are agreement.”

A single locust once became trapped within an ancient magic ring—an artifact never meant for insects. The ring awakened a psychic resonance, linking the minds of nearby locusts. Over generations, the swarm grew, learned, and refined itself, eventually discovering how to shape its countless bodies into a roughly humanoid form. Though it walks as one, it is always many.

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Creature Type

You are a Swarm.

• You count as both Humanoid and Swarm for the purpose of spells and effects.

• Effects that specifically target a single creature affect you normally.

• You are immune to effects that would cause you to be grappled or restrained unless they explicitly affect swarms or an area.

10,000 Locusts Traits

“We are not one. We are agreement.” A single locust once became trapped within an ancient magic ring—an artifact never meant for insects. The ring awakened a psychic resonance, linking the minds of nearby locusts. Over generations, the swarm grew, learned, and refined itself, eventually discovering how to shape its countless bodies into a roughly humanoid form. Though it walks as one, it is always many.

Swarmform Body

 

• You can move through the space of any creature larger than you without squeezing.

• You can occupy the same space as another creature, though you cannot end your turn there.

• You have advantage on saving throws against being knocked prone.

 

Distributed Physiology

• You have advantage on saving throws against poison and disease.

• You have resistance to poison damage.

• You do not need to eat or drink in a conventional way, but the swarm must periodically consume plant matter to sustain itself.

Many Minds, One Will

 

• You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened.

• If you fail such a saving throw, you can reroll it once per long rest, representing the swarm overriding rogue impulses.

 

Living Swarm

• Until the start of your next turn, opportunity attacks against you are made with disadvantage.

• You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses on a long rest.