Monster List
list: API endpoint for returning a list of monsters.
retrieve: API endpoint for returning a particular monster.
GET /v1/monsters/?format=api&ordering=damage_resistances&page=48
{ "count": 3207, "next": "https://api-beta.open5e.com/v1/monsters/?format=api&ordering=damage_resistances&page=49", "previous": "https://api-beta.open5e.com/v1/monsters/?format=api&ordering=damage_resistances&page=47", "results": [ { "slug": "bone-collective", "desc": "_A bone collective is almost a fluid; its thousands of tiny bones coalesce into a humanoid form only to disperse in a clattering swarm the next moment. Their tiny bones rustle when they move, a quiet sound similar to sand sliding down a dune._ \n**Spies and Sneaks.** Bone collectives are not primarily fighters, although they swarm well enough. They prefer to spy and skulk. When cornered, however, they fight without fear or hesitation, seeking to strip the flesh from their foes. \n**Zombie Mounts.** Bone collectives’ long finger bones and hooked claws help them climb onto zombie mounts and control them. Bone collectives almost always wear robes or cloaks, the better to pretend to be humanoid. They understand that most creatures find their nature disturbing. \n**Feed on Society.** Bone collectives join the societies around them, whether human, goblin, or ghoul. They prey on the living and the dead, using them to replenish lost bones. Occasionally, they choose to serve necromancers, darakhul, some vampires, and liches, all of whom offers magical attunements and vile joys to the collective. They dislike extreme heat, as it makes their bones brittle.", "name": "Bone Collective", "size": "Small", "type": "Undead", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic evil", "armor_class": 17, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 120, "hit_dice": "16d6+64", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 10, "dexterity": 20, "constitution": 18, "intelligence": 14, "wisdom": 10, "charisma": 16, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": 8, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 3, "skills": { "arcana": 5, "deception": 6, "perception": 3, "stealth": 11 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with silvered weapons", "damage_immunities": "necrotic, poison", "condition_immunities": "exhaustion, poisoned", "senses": "darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 13", "languages": "Common, Darakhul", "challenge_rating": "8", "cr": 8.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The bone collective makes two claw attacks, or one claw and one bite attack, or one swarm attack." }, { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 31 (4d12 + 5) piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 16 Constitution save or suffer the effects of Wyrmblood Venom.", "attack_bonus": 8, "damage_dice": "4d12" }, { "name": "Claw", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 25 (3d12 + 5) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 8, "damage_dice": "3d12" }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 57 (8d12 + 5) piercing damage, or 31 (4d12 + 5) piercing damage if the bone collective has half its hit points or fewer. If the attack hits, the target must make a successful DC 15 Constitution save or suffer the effects of Wyrmblood Venom.", "attack_bonus": 8, "damage_dice": "8d12" }, { "name": "Wyrmblood Venom (Injury)", "desc": "Bone collectives create a reddish liquid, which they smear on their fangs. The freakish red mouths on the tiny skeletons are disturbing, and the toxin is deadly. A bitten creature must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned and take 1d6 Charisma damage. A poisoned creature repeats the saving throw every four hours, taking another 1d6 Charisma damage for each failure, until it has made two consecutive successful saves or survived for 24 hours. If the creature survives, the effect ends and the creature can heal normally. Lost Charisma can be regained with a lesser restoration spell or comparable magic." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Hive Mind", "desc": "All elements of a bone collective within 50 miles of their main body constantly communicate with each other. If one is aware of a particular danger, they all are. Any bone collective with at least 30 hit points forms a hive mind, giving it an Intelligence of 14. Below this hp threshold, it becomes mindless (Intelligence 0) and loses its innate spellcasting ability. At 0 hp, a few surviving sets of bones scatter, and must spend months to create a new collective." }, { "name": "Innate Spellcasting", "desc": "the bone collective's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14, +6 to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n\nat will: chill touch\n\n3/day: animate dead (up to 5 skeletons or zombies)" }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "A bone collective can act as a swarm (composed of smaller elements), or it can grant a single member (called an exarch) control, acting as a singular creature. Changing between forms takes one action. In its singular form, the collective can't occupy the same space as another creature, but it can perform sneak attacks and cast spells. In swarm form, the bone collective can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and it can move through openings at least 1 foot square. It can't change to singular form while it occupies the same space as another creature. It uses its skills normally in either form." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 39, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_bone-collective/" }, { "slug": "chort-devil", "desc": "_Small horns crown this pig-faced devil’s head. It stands on shaggy goat legs and holds a flaming polearm in its clawed hands. It bears a wicked gleam in its black eyes._ \n**Bad Bargains.** Quick and canny, a chort devil uses varied, pleasing forms to entice mortals to make terrible bargains, but it revels in its obvious devilishness. A chort wants its victim to know it is dealing with a devil. The relative straightforwardness of this approach enables the creature to better deceive those whom it bargains with. After all, the chort affirms, if the victim weren’t so desperate, he wouldn’t be bargaining with a devil. If necessary, an implied threat of immolation gives it greater bargaining power, but the creature is careful not to torture or otherwise harm its patsy, since that voids any potential contract. \n**Recitation of Contracts.** An annual spectacle in large cities involves some poor fool who believes he can trick a chort and escape a legal bargain. The devil appears and recites the entirety of the contract its victim signed, replete with embarrassing details about a dispatched rival, the ensnarement of a love who once spurned him, and other disclosures. A chort ensures all those entangled in its victim’s affairs are present to hear it, and it disappears once all the victim's dark secrets have been revealed. \n**Smear Tactics.** A zealous opponent of the chort often finds himself the victim of his own hubris, as the devil digs up or creates vile tales about its foe and brings his folly to light. A chort enjoys tarnishing the reputation of tools of good. For example, it may steal a paladin’s sword and use it to murder an especially pious person, leaving the sword in the victim. Thus, a chort dispatches a foe strongly resistant to its manipulations, brings suspicion to another potential foe, and taints a weapon—at least in reputation—which might be used against it.", "name": "Chort Devil", "size": "Medium", "type": "Fiend", "subtype": "devil", "group": null, "alignment": "lawful evil", "armor_class": 18, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 187, "hit_dice": "15d8+120", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 24, "dexterity": 20, "constitution": 26, "intelligence": 18, "wisdom": 20, "charisma": 20, "strength_save": 11, "dexterity_save": 9, "constitution_save": 12, "intelligence_save": 8, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": 9, "perception": 9, "skills": { "athletics": 11, "deception": 9, "insight": 9, "perception": 9 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with silvered weapons", "damage_immunities": "cold, fire, poison", "condition_immunities": "poisoned", "senses": "darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 19", "languages": "Celestial, Common, Draconic, Infernal, Primordial; telepathy (120 ft.)", "challenge_rating": "12", "cr": 12.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The chort devil makes three melee attacks with its flaming ranseur, or three melee attacks with its claws." }, { "name": "Claw", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d4 + 7) slashing damage plus 2 (1d4) Charisma damage.", "attack_bonus": 11, "damage_dice": "2d4" }, { "name": "Flaming Ranseur", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (1d10 + 7) piercing damage plus 10 (3d6) fire damage.", "attack_bonus": 11, "damage_dice": "1d10" }, { "name": "Devilish Weapons", "desc": "Any weapons wielded by a chort devil do 10 (3d6) fire damage in addition to their normal weapon damage." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Devil's Sight", "desc": "Magical darkness doesn't impede the devil's darkvision." }, { "name": "Magic Resistance", "desc": "The devil has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects." }, { "name": "Innate Spellcasting", "desc": "the chort devil's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 17, +9 to hit with spell attacks). The chort devil can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n\nat will: blur, magic circle, teleport\n\n3/day: scorching ray (5 rays)\n\n1/day each: dispel magic, dominate person, flame strike, haste" } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 104, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_chort-devil/" }, { "slug": "drowned-maiden", "desc": "_The drowned maiden is usually found as the corpse of a women floating in the water, her long hair drifting with the current. Occasionally, these are drowned lads rather than maidens, though this is rare._ \n**Raging Romantics.** Drowned maidens are piteous but terrifying undead, created when a woman dies in water due to a doomed romance, whether from unrequited love or whether drowned by a philandering partner. Either way, the drowned maiden awakens from death seeking vengeance. Even as she dishes out retribution, a drowned maiden often anguishes over her doomed existence and tragic fate. \n**Beckoning for Help.** The maiden lurks in the silent depths where she died—usually deserted docks, bridges, or coastal cliffs. She waits to pull the living to the same watery grave in which she is now condemned. A drowned maiden uses her disguise self ability to appear as in life. She silently beckons victims from afar, as if in danger of drowning. When within range, the maiden uses her hair to pull her victim close enough to kiss it. Victims soon weaken and drown. The victim’s final vision is the drowned maiden’s tearful lament over the loss of life. \n**Death to Betrayers.** Desperate individuals may bargain with drowned maidens, and they will release pleading victims who promise to return to their lair with the person who caused the maiden’s death. Embracing and drowning her betrayer releases the maiden from undeath.", "name": "Drowned Maiden", "size": "Medium", "type": "Undead", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "neutral evil", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 90, "hit_dice": "20d8", "speed": { "walk": 30, "swim": 40 }, "strength": 15, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 10, "intelligence": 10, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 18, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": 6, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": 7, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with silvered weapons", "damage_immunities": "necrotic, poison", "condition_immunities": "charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "Common", "challenge_rating": "5", "cr": 5.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The drowned maiden makes two claw attacks and one hair attack, each of which it can replace with one kiss attack." }, { "name": "Claw", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 3) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "1d8" }, { "name": "Hair", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d10 + 3) slashing damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 16). Three creatures can be grappled at a time.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "2d10" }, { "name": "Kiss", "desc": "The drowned maiden can kiss one target that is grappled and adjacent to her. The target must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma saving throw or take 1d6 Strength damage." }, { "name": "Reel", "desc": "The drowned maiden pulls a grappled creature of Large size or smaller up to 15 feet straight toward herself." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Grasping Hair", "desc": "The drowned maiden's hair attacks as though it were three separate limbs, each of which can be attacked (AC 19; 15 hit points; immunity to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage; resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks not made with silvered weapons). A lock of hair can be broken if a creature takes an action and succeeds on a DC 15 Strength check against it." }, { "name": "Innate Spellcasting", "desc": "the drowned maiden's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n\nat will: disguise self, silence" } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 159, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_drowned-maiden/" }, { "slug": "goat-man", "desc": "_This hunched, man-like figure lurches with a strange, half-hopping gait. Tattered clothing hangs from its muscled shoulders, and its legs are those of a ram, ending in cloven hooves._ \n**Trespassers on the Rites.** The first of the goat-men was the victim of a powerful curse intended to punish him for spying on magical rites exclusive to the women of his tribe. Admiring the grotesque result, the Black Goat of the Woods With a Thousand Young adopted him as its servant, and ensured that all who committed the same taboo fell to the same curse, and thus into the Black Goat’s service. \n**Bleating Speech.** A goat-man’s head is tusked, adorned with curling ram’s horns, and its beard often drips with gore. Rows of transparent, needle-like teeth fill its mouth; these teeth are malformed and make clear speech impossible for goat-men, though they understand others’ speech perfectly well. \n**Serve Foul Cults.** Cultists of Shub-Niggurath or the Black Goat in good standing are sometimes granted the services of a goat-man. The creatures guard rituals sites, visit settlements to capture or purchase suitable sacrifices, and perform certain unspeakable acts with cult members to call forth ritual magic.", "name": "Goat-Man", "size": "Medium", "type": "Monstrosity", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic evil", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 65, "hit_dice": "10d8+20", "speed": { "walk": 40 }, "strength": 19, "dexterity": 14, "constitution": 14, "intelligence": 10, "wisdom": 13, "charisma": 8, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": 4, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": { "acrobatics": 4, "athletics": 6, "stealth": 6 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with silvered weapons", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "Common, Giant, Trollkin, but cannot speak", "challenge_rating": "3", "cr": 3.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The goat-man makes one bite attack and one slam attack." }, { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) piercing damage.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "1d6" }, { "name": "Slam", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) bludgeoning damage.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "2d8" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Headbutt", "desc": "If the goat-man moves at least 10 feet straight toward a creature and then hits it with a slam attack on the same turn, the target must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone and stunned for 1 round. If the target is prone, the goat-man can make one bite attack against it immediately as a bonus action." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 231, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_goat-man/" }, { "slug": "myling", "desc": "_Mylings are the souls of the unburied, those who died in the forest from abandonment or exposure and can find no peace until their bodies are properly interred. Given the circumstances around their deaths, mylings tend to be solitary. They haunt the places where they died. When some tragedy resulted in multiple deaths, the resulting mylings stay together and hunt as a pack._ \n**Attack in a Rage.** Mylings prefer to attack lone wanderers, but they target a group when desperate or when there’s more than one myling in the pack. They shadow a target until after dark, then jump onto the target’s back and demand to be carried to their chosen burial ground. They cling tightly to a victim with arms and legs locked around the victim’s shoulders and midsection, begging, threatening, and biting until the victim gives in to their demands. Mylings will bite victims to death if they are unable or unwilling to carry them, or if a victim moves too slowly. \n**Ungrateful Rest.** While all mylings seek a creature to carry them to their final resting place, even when a chosen “mount” is willing to carry the myling, the creature’s body grows immensely heavier as it nears its burial place. Once there, it sinks into the earth, taking its bearers with it. Being buried alive is their reward for helping the myling. \n**Urchin Rhymes and Songs.** Some mylings maintain traces of the personalities they had while alive— charming, sullen, or sadistic—and they can speak touchingly and piteously. Dressed in ragged clothing, their skin blue with cold, they sometimes reach victims who believe they are helping an injured child or young adult. They hide their faces and sing innocent rhymes when they aren’t screeching in fury, for they know that their dead eyes and cold blue skin cause fright and alarm. \n**Undead Nature.** A myling doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.", "name": "Myling", "size": "Small", "type": "Undead", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic evil", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 45, "hit_dice": "10d6+10", "speed": { "walk": 30, "burrow": 10 }, "strength": 15, "dexterity": 10, "constitution": 12, "intelligence": 10, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 10, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": { "stealth": 4 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with silvered weapons", "damage_immunities": "necrotic, poison", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, poisoned, stunned, unconscious", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "Common", "challenge_rating": "2", "cr": 2.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The myling makes one bite and two claw attacks." }, { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (2d4 + 2) piercing damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 12). If the target was grappled by the myling at the start of the myling's turn, the bite attack hits automatically.", "attack_bonus": 4, "damage_dice": "2d4" }, { "name": "Claw", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (2d6 + 1) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 4, "damage_dice": "2d6" }, { "name": "Buried Alive", "desc": "If the myling starts its turn on its chosen burial ground, it sinks into the earth. If it has a creature grappled, that creature sinks with the myling. A Medium or larger creature sinks up to its waist; a Small creature sinks up to its neck. If the myling still has the victim grappled at the start of the myling's next turn, both of them disappear into the earth. While buried this way, a creature is considered stunned. It can free itself with a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check, but only one check is allowed; if it fails, the creature is powerless to aid itself except with magic. The creature must also make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw; if it succeeds, the creature has a lungful of air and can hold its breath for (Constitution modifier + 1) minutes before suffocation begins. Otherwise, it begins suffocating immediately. Allies equipped with digging tools can reach it in four minutes divided by the number of diggers; someone using an improvised tool (a sword, a plate, bare hands) counts as only one-half of a digger." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": null, "spell_list": [], "page_no": 301, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_myling/" }, { "slug": "tree-skinner", "desc": "A feminine creature made of decaying, thorny plant life gives a wicked laugh as she touches a tree and disappears. Moments later, the tree emits the same laugh as it swings its branches._ \n**Formed by Hags.** Open Game License", "name": "Tree Skinner", "size": "Medium", "type": "Fiend", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic evil", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": null, "hit_points": 38, "hit_dice": "7d8+7", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 10, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 13, "intelligence": 14, "wisdom": 15, "charisma": 18, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 4, "skills": { "perception": 4, "stealth": 7 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with silvered weapons", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14", "languages": "Abyssal, Elvish, Infernal, Sylvan", "challenge_rating": "2", "cr": 2.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Claw", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) slashing damage. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or take 7 (2d6) poison damage and become poisoned until the end of its next turn.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "1d6+3" }, { "name": "Vine Whip (Tree Form Only)", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage, and if the target is a Large or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 13). The skinner can grapple up to two creatures at one time.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "2d6+3" }, { "name": "Squeeze (Tree Form Only)", "desc": "The tree skinner makes one vine whip attack against a creature it is grappling. If the attack hits, the target is also unable to breathe or cast spells with verbal components until this grapple ends." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "False Appearance (Tree Form Only)", "desc": "While the skinner remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a normal tree." }, { "name": "Inhabit Tree", "desc": "As a bonus action, the skinner touches a Medium or larger tree that is not a creature and disappears inside it. While inside the tree, the skinner has tremorsense with a radius of 30 feet, has an AC of 15, has a speed of 0, and has vulnerability to fire damage. When the skinner is reduced to 15 hp, the tree dies and the skinner appears within 5 feet of the dead tree or in the nearest unoccupied space. The skinner can exit the tree as a bonus action, appearing within 5 feet of the tree in the nearest unoccupied space, and the tree reverts to being an object. The skinner can inhabit a tree for only 3 days at most before the tree dies, requiring the skinner to seek another vessel." }, { "name": "Magic Resistance", "desc": "The skinner has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 351, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob2", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob2_tree-skinner/" }, { "slug": "woe-siphon", "desc": "This flabby creature squints with beady eyes, licks its lips, and places a bone-white hand to the gaping hole punched through its chest._ \n**Miserable Visage.** Woe siphons are a sad sight when compared to their beautiful and terrible fey brethren. They appear as misshapen humanoids with translucent, glossy skin. All woe siphons possess a through-and-through hole in the chest where their heart should be. When underfed, this hole appears ragged and torn, like a fresh wound. When well-fed, a fragile layer of skin forms over the gap. \n**Pain Gorger.** Woe siphons feed on negative emotions. To sustain themselves, many migrate to places where sentient creatures suffer in vast numbers or where historical suffering took place, such as mass graves or ancient battlefields. Particularly deadly or dangerous underground locales are common hunting grounds of the hungry woe siphon. Once inside such a place, a woe siphon inflicts suffering on any who cross its path. A favorite tactic involves invisibly stalking adventuring parties to torment their victims for as long as possible before attacking outright.", "name": "Woe Siphon", "size": "Medium", "type": "Fey", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic neutral", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 45, "hit_dice": "6d8+18", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 18, "dexterity": 17, "constitution": 16, "intelligence": 5, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 7, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with silvered weapons", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, exhaustion", "senses": "darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "Common, Sylvan", "challenge_rating": "3", "cr": 3.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Siphoning Fist", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage plus 5 (2d4) psychic damage. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Charisma saving throw or its hp maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the psychic damage taken. The woe siphon regains hp equal to that amount. The reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hp maximum to 0.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "1d6+4" }, { "name": "Cause Despair", "desc": "The woe siphon can overwhelm a creature with intense feelings of inadequacy. One creature the woe siphon can see within 60 feet of it must succeed on a DC 13 Charisma saving throw or become overwhelmed with despair for 1 minute. A creature overwhelmed with despair has disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to this woe siphon's Cause Despair for the next 24 hours." }, { "name": "Invisibility", "desc": "The woe siphon magically turns invisible until it attacks, or until its concentration ends (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the woe siphon wears or carries is invisible with it." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Detect Sentience", "desc": "The woe siphon can magically sense the presence of creatures with an Intelligence of 5 or higher up to 1 mile away. It knows the general direction to the creatures but not their exact locations." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 373, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob2", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob2_woe-siphon/" }, { "slug": "ice-devil", "desc": "", "name": "Ice Devil", "size": "Large", "type": "Fiend", "subtype": "devil", "group": "Devils", "alignment": "lawful evil", "armor_class": 18, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 180, "hit_dice": "19d10+76", "speed": { "walk": 40 }, "strength": 21, "dexterity": 14, "constitution": 18, "intelligence": 18, "wisdom": 15, "charisma": 18, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": 7, "constitution_save": 9, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": 7, "charisma_save": 9, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with silvered weapons", "damage_immunities": "fire, poison", "condition_immunities": "poisoned", "senses": "blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 12", "languages": "Infernal, telepathy 120 ft.", "challenge_rating": "14", "cr": 14.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The devil makes three attacks: one with its bite, one with its claws, and one with its tail." }, { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) piercing damage plus 10 (3d6) cold damage.", "attack_bonus": 10, "damage_dice": "2d6+3d6", "damage_bonus": 5 }, { "name": "Claws", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d4 + 5) slashing damage plus 10 (3d6) cold damage.", "attack_bonus": 10, "damage_dice": "2d4+3d6", "damage_bonus": 5 }, { "name": "Tail", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) bludgeoning damage plus 10 (3d6) cold damage.", "attack_bonus": 10, "damage_dice": "2d6+3d6", "damage_bonus": 5 }, { "name": "Wall of Ice", "desc": "The devil magically forms an opaque wall of ice on a solid surface it can see within 60 feet of it. The wall is 1 foot thick and up to 30 feet long and 10 feet high, or it's a hemispherical dome up to 20 feet in diameter.\nWhen the wall appears, each creature in its space is pushed out of it by the shortest route. The creature chooses which side of the wall to end up on, unless the creature is incapacitated. The creature then makes a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw, taking 35 (10d6) cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.\nThe wall lasts for 1 minute or until the devil is incapacitated or dies. The wall can be damaged and breached; each 10-foot section has AC 5, 30 hit points, vulnerability to fire damage, and immunity to acid, cold, necrotic, poison, and psychic damage. If a section is destroyed, it leaves behind a sheet of frigid air in the space the wall occupied. Whenever a creature finishes moving through the frigid air on a turn, willingly or otherwise, the creature must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw, taking 17 (5d6) cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The frigid air dissipates when the rest of the wall vanishes." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Devil's Sight", "desc": "Magical darkness doesn't impede the devil's darkvision." }, { "name": "Magic Resistance", "desc": "The devil has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 277, "environments": [ "Hell" ], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "wotc-srd", "document__title": "5e Core Rules", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/systems-reference-document-srd", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/srd_ice-devil/" }, { "slug": "lotus-golem", "desc": "", "name": "Lotus Golem", "size": "Large", "type": "Construct", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": null, "hit_points": 82, "hit_dice": "11d10+22", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 14, "dexterity": 19, "constitution": 14, "intelligence": 6, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 4, "strength_save": 6, "dexterity_save": 8, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 9, "skills": { "athletics": 6, "perception": 9 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks that aren't adamantine", "damage_immunities": "cold, fire, poison, psychic", "condition_immunities": "charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 19", "languages": "understands the languages of its creator but can't speak", "challenge_rating": "9", "cr": 9.0, "actions": [ { "desc": "The lotus golem makes two arcane water attacks.", "name": "Multiattack" }, { "attack_bonus": 8, "damage_dice": "2d12+2", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d12 + 2) bludgeoning damage plus 7 (2d6) force damage.", "name": "Arcane Water" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": [ { "desc": "When a spell is cast within 30 feet of it, the golem absorbs some of the spell's potency. If it is a spell that forces a saving throw, the DC to succeed drops by 2. If it is a spell with an attack roll, the attack roll has disadvantage. The golem regains 20 hp and gains 1 charge point in its Arcane Pool.", "name": "Arcane Absorption" } ], "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "desc": "The lotus golem absorbs energy from nearby spellcasting. Most lotus golems hold 1 charge point at any given time but can hold up to 4. As a bonus action while casting a spell within 5 feet of the lotus golem, the golem's controller can expend the golem's charge points to cast the spell without expending a spell slot. To do so, the controller must expend a number of charge points equal to the level of the spell.", "name": "Arcane Pool" }, { "desc": "The golem is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.", "name": "Immutable Form" }, { "desc": "The golem has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.", "name": "Magic Resistance" }, { "desc": "The golem's weapon attacks are magical.", "name": "Magic Weapons" }, { "desc": "The golem can move across the surface of water as if it were harmless, solid ground. This trait works like the water walk spell.", "name": "Water Walker" } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 201, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "cc", "document__title": "Creature Codex", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/creature-codex-for-5th-edition-dnd/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/ccdx_lotus-golem/" }, { "slug": "jack-of-strings", "desc": "Clad in fine clothes of black and red, the tall, slim figure steps forward. With a clawed hand grasping a crossbar, it makes its eyeless marionette dance. A chuckle of cruel delight escapes its fanged maw as a nearby observer suddenly rises and spasmodically mimics the dance._ \n**Court Entertainers and Punishers.** A jack of strings uses its collection of marionettes to amuse shadow fey courts. It is adept at tailoring its performances to the crowd, switching effortlessly between charming plays, ribald performances, satirical pantomimes, and terrifying tales. During these performances, the jack of strings can take control of a creature in the audience to enact justice in the form of humiliation, torture, or even death. The jack is sometimes hired by fey nobility to enact such justice on rivals. \n**Uncanny Valley.** The jack of strings takes control of its victims by establishing a link between the victim and one of its marionettes. When it establishes the link, the marionette becomes lifelike while the jack’s victim takes on a wooden appearance. The puppet gains the victim’s eyes, which disappear from the victim’s face. \n**Masters of Puppets.** Jacks of strings have several marionettes at their disposal. Aside from the first, which it painstakingly crafts itself, the jack’s puppets derive from victims who perish while linked to the jack’s puppet. Jacks harvest their prey in the mortal realm under the guise of a traveling entertainer and typically target people who won’t be missed.", "name": "Jack of Strings", "size": "Medium", "type": "Fey", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic neutral", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": null, "hit_points": 90, "hit_dice": "12d8+36", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 14, "dexterity": 19, "constitution": 17, "intelligence": 15, "wisdom": 14, "charisma": 20, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": 7, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": { "acrobatics": 10, "performance": 8 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons not made with cold iron weapons", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12", "languages": "Common, Sylvan, Umbral", "challenge_rating": "5", "cr": 5.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The jack of strings makes two mocking slap attacks." }, { "name": "Mocking Slap", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage plus 3 (1d6) psychic damage.", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "2d6+3" }, { "name": "Animate Puppet", "desc": "The jack of strings animates up to three wooden puppets it can see within 60 feet of it. This works like the animate objects spell, except the wooden puppet uses the statistics of a Small object, regardless of the puppet's actual size. The jack can have no more than five puppets animated at one time." }, { "name": "Puppet Link", "desc": "One humanoid or beast the jack of strings can see within 60 feet of it must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or become magically linked to the jack's marionette. This link appears as a barely perceptible string between the jack's marionette and the target. A linked creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the link on a success.\n\nWhile a target is linked, the jack of strings can use its reaction at the start of the target's turn to control the linked target. The jack of strings can make the target move, manipulate objects, attack, or take other purely physical actions. The jack can't make the target cast spells. While controlled, the target moves awkwardly and has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks. If the target receives a suicidal command from the jack of strings, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on a success.\n\nThe jack of strings can have only one target linked at a time. If it links another, the effect on the previous target ends. If a creature dies while linked to the jack's marionette, the creature's body becomes a wooden puppet that resembles the creature." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Magic Resistance", "desc": "The jack of strings has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 218, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob2", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob2_jack-of-strings/" }, { "slug": "fear-smith", "desc": "_Apart from their taloned hands and blank face, fear smiths appear elven. While its mouth is closed, a fear smith’s face is featureless save for rows of deep wrinkles. Opening the large mouth in the center of its face reveals long needlelike teeth surrounding a single massive eye._ \nKnown as a fiarsídhe among themselves, fear smiths are servants of the Court of the Shadow Fey and similar dark fey courts of such as those of Queen Mab and the Snow Queen. \n_**Icy-Cold Eyes.**_ Fear smiths often serve as torturers or are dispatched to demoralize the court’s enemies. Their stare stops enemies cold, making it easy for heavily-armed warriors to trap and finish a foe. \n_**Devour Fear.**_ As their nickname suggests, fear smiths feed off strong emotions, and their favorite meal is terror. The fey prefer prolonging the death of victims, and, when free to indulge, a fear smith stalks its victim for days before attacking, hinting at its presence to build dread. \n_**Hoods and Masks.**_ Fear smiths favor fine clothing and high fashion, donning hooded cloaks or masks when discretion is required. Eerily well-mannered and respectful, fear smiths enjoy feigning civility and playing the part of nobility, speaking genteelly but with a thick, unidentifiable accent from within a cowl.", "name": "Fear Smith", "size": "Medium", "type": "Fey", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic neutral", "armor_class": 17, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 123, "hit_dice": "19d8+38", "speed": { "walk": 40, "climb": 15 }, "strength": 11, "dexterity": 17, "constitution": 14, "intelligence": 11, "wisdom": 15, "charisma": 18, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": 6, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": { "stealth": 7 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from weapons that aren't made of cold iron", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened", "senses": "blindsight 30 ft., passive Perception 12", "languages": "Common, Elvish, Sylvan", "challenge_rating": "10", "cr": 10.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The fear smith makes three claw attacks." }, { "name": "Claw", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 16 (2d12 + 3) slashing damage. If the target is disoriented by Distortion Gaze, this attack does an additional 13 (3d8) psychic damage and heals the fear smith by an equal amount.", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "2d12+3" }, { "name": "Heartstopping Stare", "desc": "The fear smith terrifies a creature within 30 feet with a look. The target must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or be stunned for 1 round and take 13 (3d8) psychic damage and heal the fear smith by an equal amount." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Distortion Gaze", "desc": "Those who meet the gaze of the fear smith experience the world seeming to twist at unnatural angles beneath their feet. When a creature that can see the fear smith's eye starts its turn within 30 feet of the fear smith, the creature must make a successful DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or become disoriented. While disoriented, the creature falls prone each time it tries to move or take the Dash or Disengage action. To recover from disorientation, a creature must start its turn outside the fear smith's gaze and make a successful DC 16 Wisdom saving throw. To use this ability, the fear smith can't be incapacitated and must see the affected creature. A creature that isn't surprised can avert its eyes at the start of its turn to avoid the effect. In that case, no saving throw is necessary but the creature treats the fear smith as invisible until the start of the creature's next turn. If during its turn the creature chooses to look at the fear smith, it must immediately make the saving throw." }, { "name": "Hidden Eye", "desc": "The fear smith has advantage on saving throws against the blinded condition." }, { "name": "Innate Spellcasting", "desc": "the fear smith's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 16). The fear smith can innately cast the following spells, requiring no verbal or material components:at will: detect thoughts, fear2/day each: charm person, command, confusion" }, { "name": "Magic Resistance", "desc": "The fear smith has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 181, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_fear-smith/" }, { "slug": "meerkats-swarm", "desc": "", "name": "Meerkats, Swarm", "size": "Medium", "type": "Beast", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 12, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 22, "hit_dice": "5d8", "speed": { "walk": 20, "burrow": 10 }, "strength": 9, "dexterity": 14, "constitution": 10, "intelligence": 2, "wisdom": 10, "charisma": 4, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 0, "skills": { "perception": 0 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, poison, slashing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "passive Perception 10", "languages": "—", "challenge_rating": "1/2", "cr": 0.5, "actions": [ { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, 0 ft., one creature, in the swarm's space. 10 (4d4) piercing damage or 5 (2d4) piercing damage if swarm has half of its hp or fewer." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Corral", "desc": "A creature in the swarm's space must make DC 12 Dex save to leave its space. The creature has advantage on its save if the swarm has half of its hp or fewer." }, { "name": "Keen Sight", "desc": "Advantage: sight Wis (Percept) checks." }, { "name": "Snake Hunter", "desc": "Has advantage on saves vs. being poisoned." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "Can occupy another creature's space and vice versa and swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny meerkat. Swarm can't regain hp or gain temp hp." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 268, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob3", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 3", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-3-for-5th-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob3_meerkats-swarm/" }, { "slug": "bonecollective-tob1-2023", "desc": "False", "name": "Bone Collective", "size": "Small", "type": "Swarm", "subtype": "", "group": "null", "alignment": "Chaotic Evil", "armor_class": 17, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 120, "hit_dice": "16d6 + 64", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 10, "dexterity": 20, "constitution": 18, "intelligence": 14, "wisdom": 10, "charisma": 16, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": 8, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 13, "skills": { "Arcana": 5, "Deception": 6, "Perception": 3, "Stealth": 11 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "False", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "necrotic, poison", "condition_immunities": "charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 13", "languages": "Common, Darakhul (can’t speak in shapeless form)", "challenge_rating": "8", "cr": 8.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The bone collective makes two Claw attacks, or one Claw attack and one Bite attack." }, { "name": "Bite (Humanoid Form Only)", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 31 (4d12 + 5) piercing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success." }, { "name": "Claw (Humanoid Form Only)", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 25 (3d12 + 5) slashing damage." }, { "name": "Piercing Bones (Shapeless Form Only)", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the collective's space. Hit: 52 (8d12) piercing damage, or 26 (4d12) piercing damage if the collective has half its hp or fewer." }, { "name": "Spellcasting", "desc": "(3/Day; Humanoid Form Only)The bone collective casts the animate dead spell as an action, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14)." } ], "bonus_actions": [ { "name": "Shape Swarm", "desc": "The bone collective can shape itself into a Small Humanoid or back into a shapeless form of Tiny bones. Its statistics are the same in each form, and it can't regain hp or gain temporary hp. It can't take on a Humanoid form if it is occupying the space of another creature." } ], "reactions": [], "legendary_desc": null, "legendary_actions": [], "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Collective Mind", "desc": "The collective's individual bones are connected via a hive mind. It can telepathically communicate with any of its individual bones within 50 miles of it, and it can't be surprised. If the collective is reduced to half its hp or fewer, its Intelligence score is reduced to 1, it can't cast spells, it immediately changes to its shapeless form, and it can't take on a Humanoid form." }, { "name": "Grasping Limbs (Humanoid Form Only)", "desc": "The bone collective can wield weapons and hold, grasp, push, pull, or interact with objects that might otherwise require a Humanoid form to accomplish." }, { "name": "Swarm (Shapeless Form Only)", "desc": "The bone collective can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny bone." }, { "name": "Undead Nature", "desc": "The bone collective doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep." }, { "name": "Wyrmblood Venom", "desc": "When the bone collective hits a poisoned creature with a Bite or Piercing Bones attack, the target's Charisma score is reduced by 1d4. The target is incapacitated if this reduces its Charisma to 0. The reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 39, "environments": [], "img_main": "http://api-beta.open5e.com/", "document__slug": "tob-2023", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2023", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-1-2023-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob-2023_bone-collective/" }, { "slug": "clockworkbeetleswarm-tob1-2023", "desc": "False", "name": "Clockwork Beetle Swarm", "size": "Large", "type": "Swarm", "subtype": "", "group": "null", "alignment": "Unaligned", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 52, "hit_dice": "8d10 + 8", "speed": { "walk": 50, "fly": 30 }, "strength": 8, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 12, "intelligence": 1, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 7, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 11, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "False", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "poison, psychic", "condition_immunities": "charmed, exhaustion, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "—", "challenge_rating": "3", "cr": 3.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Bites", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm's space. Hit: 18 (4d8) piercing damage, or 9 (2d8) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hp or fewer, plus 3 (1d6) poison damage." } ], "bonus_actions": [], "reactions": [], "legendary_desc": null, "legendary_actions": [], "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Construct Nature", "desc": "The swarm doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep." }, { "name": "Magic Resistance", "desc": "The swarm has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and it can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny Construct. The swarm can't regain hp or gain temporary hp." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 60, "environments": [], "img_main": "http://api-beta.open5e.com/", "document__slug": "tob-2023", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2023", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-1-2023-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob-2023_clockwork-beetle-swarm/" }, { "slug": "cobbleswarm-tob1-2023", "desc": "False", "name": "Cobbleswarm", "size": "Medium", "type": "Swarm", "subtype": "", "group": "null", "alignment": "Unaligned", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 36, "hit_dice": "8d8", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 12, "dexterity": 11, "constitution": 11, "intelligence": 5, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 5, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 11, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "False", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "False", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "passive Perception 11", "languages": "—", "challenge_rating": "2", "cr": 2.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Stings", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm's space. Hit: 15 (6d4) piercing damage, or 7 (3d4) piercing damage if the swarm has half its hp or fewer." } ], "bonus_actions": [ { "name": "Shift and Tumble", "desc": "The cobbleswarm pushes a prone creature in its space up to 5 feet away from it." } ], "reactions": [], "legendary_desc": null, "legendary_actions": [], "special_abilities": [ { "name": "False Appearance", "desc": "While the cobbleswarm remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from normal stones." }, { "name": "Shifting Floor", "desc": "Whenever the cobbleswarm moves into a creature's space or starts its turn in another creature's space, the creature must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or fall prone. A prone creature must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check to stand up in a space occupied by the swarm." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The cobbleswarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny stone. The swarm can't regain hp or gain temporary hp." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 67, "environments": [], "img_main": "http://api-beta.open5e.com/", "document__slug": "tob-2023", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2023", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-1-2023-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob-2023_cobbleswarm/" }, { "slug": "deathbutterflyswarm-tob1-2023", "desc": "False", "name": "Death Butterfly Swarm", "size": "Large", "type": "Swarm", "subtype": "", "group": "null", "alignment": "Unaligned", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 60, "hit_dice": "11d10", "speed": { "walk": 40, "fly": 5 }, "strength": 1, "dexterity": 14, "constitution": 10, "intelligence": 1, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 12, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 11, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "cold, fire", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "False", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "—", "challenge_rating": "4", "cr": 4.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Bites", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 21 (6d6) piercing damage, or 10 (3d6) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hp or fewer. The target must make a DC 12 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, it takes 10 (3d6) poison damage and is poisoned until the end of its next turn. On a success, it takes half the damage and isn't poisoned." } ], "bonus_actions": [], "reactions": [], "legendary_desc": null, "legendary_actions": [], "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Potent Poison", "desc": "Undead with resistance or immunity to poison damage or the poisoned condition can be affected by the swarm's poison." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny insect. The swarm can't regain hp or gain temporary hp." }, { "name": "Weight of Wings", "desc": "A creature that starts its turn in the swarm's space has its speed halved and must succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw or become blinded. Both effects end when the creature ends its turn outside the swarm's space. On a successful saving throw, the creature is immune to the blinding effect of Weight of Wings for the next 24 hours." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 70, "environments": [], "img_main": "http://api-beta.open5e.com/", "document__slug": "tob-2023", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2023", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-1-2023-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob-2023_death-butterfly-swarm/" }, { "slug": "elementallocus-tob1-2023", "desc": "False", "name": "Elemental Locus", "size": "Gargantuan", "type": "Elemental", "subtype": "", "group": "null", "alignment": "Neutral", "armor_class": 16, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 290, "hit_dice": "20d20 + 80", "speed": { "walk": 25 }, "strength": 28, "dexterity": 1, "constitution": 18, "intelligence": 10, "wisdom": 11, "charisma": 11, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": 6, "wisdom_save": 6, "charisma_save": 6, "perception": 16, "skills": { "Nature": 6, "Perception": 6 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "False", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks", "condition_immunities": "charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, unconscious", "senses": "darkvision 120 ft., tremorsense 120 ft., passive Perception 16", "languages": "Primordial", "challenge_rating": "17", "cr": 17.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The elemental locus makes three Slam attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Spawn Elemental." }, { "name": "Slam", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +15 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 31 (5d8 + 9) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 18 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone." }, { "name": "Spawn Elemental", "desc": "The elemental locus magically creates up to 2d6 mephits or 1 Elemental with a challenge rating of 5 or lower. The Elementals arrive at the start of the locus's next turn, acting as allies of the locus and obeying its spoken commands. The locus can create only Elementals that share an element with a terrain feature comprising at least 100,000 square feet of the locus's bound land. For example, a desert-bound locus can't create a water-based Elemental, unless its bound desert contains an oasis or other source of water around the size of a small pond." } ], "bonus_actions": [], "reactions": [], "legendary_desc": null, "legendary_actions": [], "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Elemental Nature", "desc": "The elemental locus doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep." }, { "name": "Immortal", "desc": "If the elemental locus dies, it returns to life in 1d12 months, regaining all its hp and becoming active again. The new body appears in a space of the locus's choice within its bound land. Only a wish spell can prevent this trait from functioning." }, { "name": "Land Bound", "desc": "The elemental locus is bound to an area of land or ocean no larger than 100 square miles. If it leaves this region, it loses its Spawn Elemental action. If it remains outside the region, it automatically teleports back to the center of this area after 24 hours, regardless of distance." }, { "name": "Magic Resistance", "desc": "The elemental locus has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects." }, { "name": "Siege Monster", "desc": "The elemental locus deals double damage to objects and structures." }, { "name": "Unstoppable", "desc": "Moving through difficult terrain doesn't cost the elemental locus extra movement, and its speed can't be reduced." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 157, "environments": [], "img_main": "http://api-beta.open5e.com/", "document__slug": "tob-2023", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2023", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-1-2023-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob-2023_elemental-locus/" }, { "slug": "greaterdeathbutterflyswarm-tob1-2023", "desc": "False", "name": "Greater Death Butterfly Swarm", "size": "Huge", "type": "Swarm", "subtype": "", "group": "null", "alignment": "Unaligned", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 84, "hit_dice": "13d12", "speed": { "walk": 40, "fly": 5 }, "strength": 1, "dexterity": 18, "constitution": 10, "intelligence": 1, "wisdom": 15, "charisma": 12, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 12, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "cold, fire", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "False", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12", "languages": "—", "challenge_rating": "6", "cr": 6.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The swarm makes two Bites attacks." }, { "name": "Bites", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 21 (6d6) piercing damage, or 10 (3d6) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hp or fewer. The target must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, it takes 10 (3d6) poison damage and is poisoned for 1 minute. On a success, it takes half the damage and isn't poisoned. A poisoned creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success." } ], "bonus_actions": [], "reactions": [], "legendary_desc": null, "legendary_actions": [], "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Potent Poison", "desc": "Undead with resistance or immunity to poison damage or the poisoned condition can be affected by the swarm's poison." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny insect. The swarm can't regain hp or gain temporary hp." }, { "name": "Weight of Wings", "desc": "A creature that starts its turn in the swarm's space has its speed halved and must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or become blinded. Both effects end when the creature ends its turn outside the swarm's space. On a successful saving throw, the creature is immune to the blinding effect of Weight of Wings for the next 24 hours." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 70, "environments": [], "img_main": "http://api-beta.open5e.com/", "document__slug": "tob-2023", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2023", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-1-2023-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob-2023_greater-death-butterfly-swarm/" }, { "slug": "oculoswarm-tob1-2023", "desc": "False", "name": "Oculo Swarm", "size": "Large", "type": "Swarm", "subtype": "", "group": "null", "alignment": "Neutral Evil", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 82, "hit_dice": "11d10 + 22", "speed": { "walk": 40, "fly": 5 }, "strength": 10, "dexterity": 20, "constitution": 14, "intelligence": 8, "wisdom": 15, "charisma": 17, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 16, "skills": { "Insight": 6, "Perception": 6, "Stealth": 7 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "False", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "False", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 16", "languages": "understands Common but can’t speak", "challenge_rating": "4", "cr": 4.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The oculo swarm makes two Extract Eye attacks. If both attacks hit one creature, the target must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or the swarm removes one of its eyes. While missing half or fewer of its total number of eyes, the target has disadvantage on attack rolls and Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. While missing more than half its total number of eyes, the target is blinded until its sight is restored. If the target's eye is recovered from the defeated swarm, it can be reattached with a successful DC 12 Wisdom (Medicine) check, provided the eye is reattached within 1 hour of the target losing the eye." }, { "name": "Extract Eye", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 18 (4d8) piercing damage, or 9 (2d8) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hp or fewer." }, { "name": "Disorienting Gaze (Recharge 5-6)", "desc": "The swarm's many eyes suddenly turn in different directions. Each creature within 10 feet of the oculo swarm must make a DC 13 Charisma saving throw. On a failure, a creature takes 21 (6d6) psychic damage and is disoriented until the end of its next turn. On a success, a creature takes half the damage and isn't disoriented. A disoriented creature is incapacitated and moves in a random direction when it moves." } ], "bonus_actions": [], "reactions": [], "legendary_desc": null, "legendary_actions": [], "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Hundreds of Eyes", "desc": "The oculo swarm has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight and on saving throws against being blinded. In addition, if the swarm isn't blinded, creatures attacking it can't benefit from traits and features that rely on a creature's allies distracting or surrounding the swarm, such as the Pack Tactics trait or Sneak Attack class feature." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny eyeball. The swarm can't regain hp or gain temporary hp." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 288, "environments": [], "img_main": "http://api-beta.open5e.com/", "document__slug": "tob-2023", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2023", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-1-2023-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob-2023_oculo-swarm/" }, { "slug": "starspawnofcthulhu-tob1-2023", "desc": "False", "name": "Star Spawn of Cthulhu", "size": "Large", "type": "Fiend", "subtype": "", "group": "null", "alignment": "Chaotic Evil", "armor_class": 17, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 212, "hit_dice": "17d10 + 119", "speed": { "walk": 50, "fly": 30 }, "strength": 25, "dexterity": 15, "constitution": 24, "intelligence": 30, "wisdom": 18, "charisma": 23, "strength_save": 12, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": 12, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": 9, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 24, "skills": { "Arcana": 15, "Perception": 14 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "False", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "cold, fire, lightning, poison, psychic", "condition_immunities": "exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned", "senses": "darkvision 300 ft., passive Perception 24", "languages": "Abyssal, Common, Void Speech", "challenge_rating": "15", "cr": 15.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The star spawn of Cthulhu makes two Crushing Claws attacks and one Dimensional Stomp attack, or it makes three Void Bolt attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Disintegrating Gaze, if available." }, { "name": "Crushing Claws", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (2d12 + 7) bludgeoning damage plus 13 (3d8) necrotic damage." }, { "name": "Dimensional Stomp", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (2d20 + 7) bludgeoning damage plus 13 (3d8) necrotic damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 19 Charisma saving throw or be teleported to an unoccupied space the star spawn can see within 30 feet of it." }, { "name": "Void Bolt", "desc": "Ranged Spell Attack: +15 to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 32 (5d8 + 10) necrotic damage." }, { "name": "Disintegrating Gaze (Recharge 5-6)", "desc": "One creature the star spawn can see within 60 feet of it must succeed on a DC 19 Constitution saving throw or take 27 (6d8) necrotic damage and be transformed into a misty cloud for 1 minute. The transformed creature's only method of movement is a flying speed of 10 feet, and it can enter and occupy the space of another creature. In addition, the transformed target can't talk, attack, cast spells, or manipulate objects, and any objects it was carrying or holding can't be dropped, used, or otherwise interacted with. The transformed target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, taking 13 (3d8) necrotic damage on a failed save, or ending the effect on itself on a successful one. A creature killed by this effect can be restored to life only by means of a true resurrection or a wish spell." } ], "bonus_actions": [ { "name": "Interdimensional Step", "desc": "The star spawn of Cthulhu teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. Small tears in reality appear at the origin and destination when it uses this bonus action." } ], "reactions": [], "legendary_desc": null, "legendary_actions": [], "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Psychic Absorption", "desc": "Whenever the star spawn is subjected to psychic damage, it takes no damage and instead regains a number of hp equal to the psychic damage dealt." }, { "name": "Void Traveler", "desc": "The star spawn of Cthulhu doesn't require air, food, drink, sleep, or ambient pressure." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 348, "environments": [], "img_main": "http://api-beta.open5e.com/", "document__slug": "tob-2023", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2023", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-1-2023-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob-2023_star-spawn-of-cthulhu/" }, { "slug": "swarmoffiredancers-tob1-2023", "desc": "False", "name": "Swarm of Fire Dancers", "size": "Medium", "type": "Swarm", "subtype": "", "group": "null", "alignment": "Neutral Evil", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 90, "hit_dice": "12d8 + 36", "speed": { "walk": 30, "fly": 30 }, "strength": 10, "dexterity": 20, "constitution": 16, "intelligence": 6, "wisdom": 10, "charisma": 7, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 10, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "False", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "fire, poison", "condition_immunities": "charmed, exhaustion, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, stunned, unconscious", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10", "languages": "Ignan", "challenge_rating": "7", "cr": 7.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The swarm of fire dancers can use its Frightening Visage, if available. It then makes two Singe attacks." }, { "name": "Singe", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm's space. Hit: 22 (4d10) fire damage, or 11 (2d10) fire damage if the swarm has half its hp or fewer." }, { "name": "Frightening Visage (Recharge 5-6)", "desc": "The swarm rearranges itself into the shape of a giant, blue, flaming Humanoid skull. Each Humanoid within 30 feet of the swarm that can see it must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened for 1 minute. A frightened creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success." } ], "bonus_actions": [], "reactions": [], "legendary_desc": null, "legendary_actions": [], "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Elemental Nature", "desc": "The swarm of fire dancers doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep." }, { "name": "Fire Form", "desc": "A creature that touches the swarm or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 5 (1d10) fire damage. In addition, the first time the swarm enters a creature's space on a turn, that creature takes 5 (1d10) fire damage and catches fire. Until a creature, which can include the target, uses an action to douse the fire, the creature takes 5 (1d10) fire damage at the start of each of its turns." }, { "name": "Illumination", "desc": "The swarm sheds bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light to an additional 30 feet." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny Elemental. The swarm can't regain hp or gain temporary hp." }, { "name": "Water Susceptibility", "desc": "For every 5 feet the swarm moves in water, or for every gallon of water splashed on it, it takes 1 cold damage." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 354, "environments": [], "img_main": "http://api-beta.open5e.com/", "document__slug": "tob-2023", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2023", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-1-2023-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob-2023_swarm-of-fire-dancers/" }, { "slug": "swarmofmanabanescarabs-tob1-2023", "desc": "False", "name": "Swarm of Manabane Scarabs", "size": "Medium", "type": "Swarm", "subtype": "", "group": "null", "alignment": "Unaligned", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 82, "hit_dice": "11d8 + 33", "speed": { "walk": 10, "fly": 20, "burrow": 20 }, "strength": 3, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 16, "intelligence": 1, "wisdom": 13, "charisma": 2, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 13, "skills": { "Perception": 3, "Stealth": 5 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "False", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "False", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "blindsight 10 ft., darkvision 30 ft., tremorsense 30 ft., passive Perception 13", "languages": "—", "challenge_rating": "4", "cr": 4.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Bites", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 28 (8d6) piercing damage, or 14 (4d6) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer, and the swarm can attempt to end one random magical effect of 2nd level or lower on the target. This effect works like the dispel magic spell, except the swarm must always make an ability check. Its ability check for this is +5." } ], "bonus_actions": [ { "name": "Drain Magic Item", "desc": "The swarm drains the magic from one magic item in its space that isn't being worn or carried. A magic item with charges loses 1d4 charges, an item with limited uses per day loses one daily use, and a single-use item, such as a potion or spell scroll is destroyed. All other magic items have their effects suppressed for 1 minute. A drained item regains its magic after 1 hour." } ], "reactions": [], "legendary_desc": null, "legendary_actions": [], "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Limited Magic Immunity", "desc": "The swarm of manabane scarabs can't be affected or detected by spells of 2nd level or lower unless it wishes to be. It has advantage on saving throws against all other spells and magical effects." }, { "name": "Sense Magic", "desc": "The swarm of manabane scarabs senses magic within 120 feet of it at will. This trait otherwise works like the detect magic spell but isn't itself magical." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny insect. The swarm can't regain hp or gain temporary hp." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 355, "environments": [], "img_main": "http://api-beta.open5e.com/", "document__slug": "tob-2023", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2023", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-1-2023-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob-2023_swarm-of-manabane-scarabs/" }, { "slug": "swarmofprismaticbeetles-tob1-2023", "desc": "False", "name": "Swarm of Prismatic Beetles", "size": "Medium", "type": "Swarm", "subtype": "", "group": "null", "alignment": "Unaligned", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 60, "hit_dice": "11d8 + 11", "speed": { "walk": 30, "fly": 5, "burrow": 20 }, "strength": 3, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 12, "intelligence": 1, "wisdom": 13, "charisma": 2, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 13, "skills": { "Perception": 3, "Stealth": 5 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "False", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "False", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "blindsight 10 ft., darkvision 30 ft., passive Perception 13", "languages": "—", "challenge_rating": "3", "cr": 3.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Bites", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 14 (4d6) piercing damage, or 7 (2d6) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hp or fewer. The target must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, a creature takes 10 (4d4) poison damage and is euphoric for 1 minute. On a success, a creature takes half the damage and isn't euphoric. A euphoric creature has disadvantage on saving throws. The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success." } ], "bonus_actions": [], "reactions": [], "legendary_desc": null, "legendary_actions": [], "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Glittering Carapace", "desc": "When a creature that can see the swarm starts its turn within 30 feet of the swarm and the swarm is in bright or dim light, the swarm can force the creature to make a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw if the swarm isn't incapacitated and can see the creature. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the creature falls unconscious. Otherwise, a creature that fails the save is incapacitated and its speed is reduced to 0 until the start of its next turn, as it remains transfixed in place by the glitter of the swarm. A creature has advantage on the saving throw if the swarm is in dim light." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny insect. The swarm can't regain hp or gain temporary hp." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 356, "environments": [], "img_main": "http://api-beta.open5e.com/", "document__slug": "tob-2023", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2023", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-1-2023-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob-2023_swarm-of-prismatic-beetles/" }, { "slug": "swarmofwharflings-tob1-2023", "desc": "False", "name": "Swarm of Wharflings", "size": "Large", "type": "Swarm", "subtype": "", "group": "null", "alignment": "Unaligned", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 66, "hit_dice": "12d10", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 10, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 10, "intelligence": 2, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 8, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 13, "skills": { "Perception": 3, "Sleight of Hand": 5 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "False", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "False", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13", "languages": "—", "challenge_rating": "3", "cr": 3.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Pilfering Bites", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 28 (8d6) piercing damage, or 14 (4d6) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hp or fewer, and the target must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or lose one item it is wearing or carrying to the swarm, provided the item weighs no more than 10 pounds, isn't a weapon, and isn't wrapped around or firmly attached to the target, such as a shirt or armor." } ], "bonus_actions": [], "reactions": [], "legendary_desc": null, "legendary_actions": [], "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Amphibious", "desc": "The swarm of wharflings can breathe air and water." }, { "name": "Snapping Jaws", "desc": "A creature that attempts to move out of or through the swarm of wharflings must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or take 7 (2d6) piercing damage." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny wharfling. The swarm can't regain hp or gain temporary hp." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 395, "environments": [], "img_main": "http://api-beta.open5e.com/", "document__slug": "tob-2023", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2023", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-1-2023-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob-2023_swarm-of-wharflings/" }, { "slug": "cobbleswarm", "desc": "_The paving stones underfoot suddenly lurch and tumble over one another. Thousands of tiny limbs, pincers, and stingers break from the stony surface and frantically scuttle forward._ \nA cobbleswarm is made up of tiny, crablike creatures with smooth, stony shells. Individually they are referred to as cobbles. The creatures vary in size, shape, and color, but all have six segmented legs, a whiplike stinger, and a single eye. \n**Paving Stone Mimics.** When the eye is closed and the limbs are pulled under the shell, cobbles are nearly indistinguishable from lifeless paving stones. Victims of cobbleswarms are caught unaware when the floor beneath them suddenly writhes and shifts, and dozens of eyes appear where there should be none. \n**Trap Affinity.** Cobbleswarms have a rudimentary understanding of traps. They often hide in places where their shift and tumble ability can slide intruders into pits or across trapped areas, and kobold tribes prize them highly for this reason.", "name": "Cobbleswarm", "size": "Medium", "type": "Monstrosity", "subtype": "Swarm", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 36, "hit_dice": "8d8", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 12, "dexterity": 11, "constitution": 11, "intelligence": 5, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 5, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, prone, stunned", "senses": "passive Perception 11", "languages": "-", "challenge_rating": "2", "cr": 2.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Stings", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm's space. Hit: 10 (4d4) piercing damage, or 5 (2d4) piercing damage if the swarm has half its hit points or fewer.", "attack_bonus": 3, "damage_dice": "4d4" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "False Appearance", "desc": "While the swarm remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from normal stones." }, { "name": "Shift and Tumble", "desc": "As a bonus action, the swarm can push a prone creature whose space it occupies 5 feet." }, { "name": "Shifting Floor", "desc": "Whenever the swarm moves into a creature's space or starts its turn in another creature's space, that other creature must make a successful DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or fall prone. A prone creature must make a successful DC 13 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check to stand up in a space occupied by the swarm." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny stone. The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit points." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 68, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_cobbleswarm/" }, { "slug": "death-butterfly-swarm", "desc": "_These enormous clouds of orange and green butterflies add a reek of putrefaction to the air, stirred by the flapping of their delicate wings._ \n**Demon-Haunted.** A death butterfly swarm results when a rare breed of carrion-eating butterflies, drawn to the stench of great decay, feeds on the corpse of a fiend, demon, or similar creature. \n**Dizzying and Poisonous.** The colorful and chaotic flapping of the insects’ wings blinds and staggers those in its path, allowing the swarm to necrotize more flesh from those it overruns. Attracted to rotting material, the swarm spreads a fast-acting, poison on its victims, creating carrion it can feed on immediately. \n**Devour the Undead.** Undead creatures are not immune to a death butterfly swarm’s poison, and a swarm can rot an undead creature’s animating energies as easily as those of the living. Given the choice between an undead and living creature, a death butterfly swarm always attacks the undead. Such swarms find ghouls and vampires particularly appealing. Some good-aligned forces regard summoning these swarms as a necessary evil.", "name": "Death Butterfly Swarm", "size": "Large", "type": "Beast", "subtype": "Swarm", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic evil", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 60, "hit_dice": "11d10", "speed": { "hover": true, "walk": 5, "fly": 40 }, "strength": 1, "dexterity": 13, "constitution": 10, "intelligence": 1, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 15, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "cold, fire", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, petrified", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "", "challenge_rating": "4", "cr": 4.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The swarm makes a Bite attack against every target in its spaces." }, { "name": "Bites", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 0 ft., every target in the swarm's space. Hit: 22 (6d6 + 1) piercing damage, or 11 (3d6 + 1) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer. The target also takes 10 (3d6) poison damage and becomes poisoned for 1d4 rounds; a successful DC 13 Constitution saving throw reduces poison damage by half and prevents the poisoned condition.", "attack_bonus": 3, "damage_dice": "6d6" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Potent Poison", "desc": "The death butterfly swarm's poison affects corporeal undead who are otherwise immune to poison." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny insect. The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit points." }, { "name": "Weight of Wings", "desc": "A creature in a space occupied by the death butterfly swarm has its speed reduced by half, and must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or become blinded. Both effects end when the creature doesn't share a space with the swarm at the end of the creature's turn. If a creature succeeds on the saving throw, it is immune to the swarm's blindness (but not the speed reduction) for 24 hours." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 71, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_death-butterfly-swarm/" }, { "slug": "manabane-scarab-swarm", "desc": "_These clicking, turquoise-colored beetles have faintly luminescent golden glyphs on their backs, which grow brighter as they draw near._ \nManabane scarabs are vermin infused with the ancient magic of fallen desert empires. \n_**Devour Magic.**_ Whether from gnawing on the flesh of the undead or nesting in areas rife with lingering enchantment, these beetles have developed a taste for the power of magic even as its power has marked them. The graven glyphs on their carapaces resemble the priestly cuneiform of long-dead kingdoms, and the more magical energy they consume, the brighter they glow, up to the equivalent of a torch. \nManabane scarabs pursue magic without hesitation or fear, tirelessly seeking to drain it for sustenance.", "name": "Manabane Scarab Swarm", "size": "Medium", "type": "Beast", "subtype": "Swarm", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 75, "hit_dice": "10d8+30", "speed": { "walk": 20, "burrow": 5, "climb": 20 }, "strength": 3, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 16, "intelligence": 1, "wisdom": 13, "charisma": 2, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 3, "skills": { "perception": 3, "stealth": 5 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "blindsight 10 ft., darkvision 30 ft., tremorsense 30 ft., passive Perception 13", "languages": "-", "challenge_rating": "4", "cr": 4.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Bites", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 14 (4d6) piercing damage, or 7 (2d6) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer. The target must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or one randomly determined magic item in its possession is immediately affected by the Mana Erosion trait. A spellcaster hit by this attack must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma saving throw or one of its lowest-level, unused spell slots is expended.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "4d6" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny insect. The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit points." }, { "name": "Magic Immunity", "desc": "The manabane scarab swarm is immune to spells and other magical effects." }, { "name": "Scent Magic", "desc": "The manabane scarab swarm can detect the presence of magical creatures, active spells or spell effects, and magical items within 120 feet." }, { "name": "Mana Erosion", "desc": "The manabane scarab swarm consumes magic. Unattended magic items in the swarm's space at the end of the swarm's turn have their effects suppressed for 1 minute. Additionally, charged items in the swarm's space lose 1d6 charges at the start of each of the swarm's turns; items with limited uses per day lose one daily use instead, and single-use items such as potions or scrolls are destroyed. Magical effects in the swarm's space are dispelled (as if affected by dispel magic cast with +5 spellcasting ability)." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 374, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_manabane-scarab-swarm/" }, { "slug": "oculo-swarm", "desc": "_This collection of hundreds of eyes floats along, trailing ganglia and dripping caustic fluid that sizzles when it hits the ground._ \n**Failed Experiment.** An oculo swarm results from an experiment to create a live scrying sensor that went poorly. Once set loose, these horrors attain a form of distributed self‑awareness. Exactly what motivates them is unknown, except that they are driven to survive. \n**Flesh Stealers.** A weakened oculo swarm can reinvigorate itself by tearing fresh eyes from almost any type of living creature. If a badly depleted oculus swarm escapes from battle— and they seldom fight to the death unless cornered—it attacks lone creatures or weak groups until the mass of gore-spattered eyeballs is replenished. The more dismembered eyeballs the swarm contains, the more powerful its paralyzing resonance field becomes. \n**Single Eye Scouts.** The entire swarm sees what any single member sees. Before attacking or even entering a potentially dangerous area, individual eyes scout ahead for prospective victims or dangerous foes. A lone eye has no offensive capability and only 1 hp. It can travel only 100 feet away from the main swarm, and it must return to the swarm within an hour or it dies.", "name": "Oculo Swarm", "size": "Large", "type": "Aberration", "subtype": "Swarm", "group": null, "alignment": "neutral evil", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 110, "hit_dice": "13d10+39", "speed": { "hover": true, "walk": 5, "fly": 40 }, "strength": 10, "dexterity": 20, "constitution": 16, "intelligence": 8, "wisdom": 15, "charisma": 17, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 6, "skills": { "insight": 6, "perception": 6, "stealth": 7 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 16", "languages": "understands Common but can't speak", "challenge_rating": "4", "cr": 4.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Eye Extraction", "desc": "Every creature that occupies the same space as the swarm must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or become temporarily blinded as their eyes strain from their sockets. This blindness lasts for as long as the affected creature remains in the same space as the oculus; it ends at the end of the blinded creature's turn if the creature is out of the oculus's space. Also, any cure spell cast on the blinded creature ends the temporary blindness, but not restoration spells. If a creature that's already temporarily blinded is targeted again by eye extraction and fails the saving throw, that creature becomes permanently blind as its eyes are pulled from their sockets to join the swarm (causing 1d8 piercing damage). Success on either saving throw renders that creature immune to eye extraction for 24 hours (but it still doesn't recover its sight until it gets out of the swarm). An oculo swarm with 50 or fewer hit points can't use this ability." }, { "name": "Gaze (recharge 5-6)", "desc": "The swarm targets every creature in its space with a gaze attack. The swarm can choose one of two effects for the attack: confusion or hold person. Every target in the swarm's space is affected unless it makes a successful DC 14 Charisma saving throw. Even creatures that avert their eyes or are blind can be affected by an oculus swarm's gaze. The confusion or hold person effect lasts 1d4 rounds." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening at least 2 inches square. The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit points." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 209, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_oculo-swarm/" }, { "slug": "prismatic-beetle-swarm", "desc": "_A dazzling explosion of multicolored lights erupts from this cloud of flying beetles, flashing every color of the rainbow._ \n_**Flesh-Eating Beauties.**_ The depths of the jungle are filled with lethal wildlife, and prismatic beetles are superlative examples of this. These flesh-eating, venomous insects distract and subdue their prey with sparkling beauty even as they devour it alive. Individual prismatic beetles sparkle like precious gems in the light; tosculi traders, gnolls, and humans often incorporate their carapaces into decorative jewelry or utilize them as special components in enchantment and illusion (pattern) spells and items. \n_**Hypno-Paralytic.**_ When swarming in the thousands, these beautiful bugs create a hypnotic cascade of glimmering hues capable of enthralling creatures. As they descend on their dazed prey, the beetles’ bites slowly paralyze their victims while their toxins distract the mind with feelings of euphoria and delight. \n_**Predator Partners.**_ Although carnivorous, prismatic beetles are not overly aggressive; they attack other creatures only when hungry or threatened. Even when they’re not attacking, however, they can be a threat; more than one unwary traveler has stopped to admire what they thought was a docile swarm of prismatic beetles, and became captivated. The unfortunates are often killed and eaten by lurking jungle predator, as such animals know the beetles stun and confuse prey.", "name": "Prismatic Beetle Swarm", "size": "Medium", "type": "Beast", "subtype": "Swarm", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 38, "hit_dice": "7d8+7", "speed": { "walk": 20, "burrow": 5, "fly": 30 }, "strength": 3, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 12, "intelligence": 1, "wisdom": 13, "charisma": 2, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 3, "skills": { "perception": 3, "stealth": 5 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "blindsight 10 ft., darkvision 30 ft., passive Perception 13", "languages": "-", "challenge_rating": "3", "cr": 3.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Bites", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 10 (4d4) piercing damage, or 5 (2d4) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer. The target also takes 10 (4d4) poison damage and becomes euphoric for 1d4 rounds, or takes half as much poison damage and is not euphoric if it makes a successful DC 11 Constitution saving throw. A euphoric creature has disadvantage on saving throws.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "4d4" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny insect. The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit points." }, { "name": "Glittering Carapace", "desc": "The glossy, iridescent carapaces of the beetles in the swarm scatter and tint light in a dazzling exhibition of colors. In bright light, a creature within 30 feet that looks at the prismatic beetle swarm must make a successful DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or be blinded until the end of its next turn. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the target is also knocked unconscious. Unless it's surprised, a creature can avoid the saving throw by choosing to avert its eyes at the start of its turn. A creature that averts its eyes can't see the swarm until the start of its next turn, when it can choose to avert its eyes again. If the creature looks at the swarm in the meantime, it must immediately make the saving throw. The saving throw is made with advantage if the swarm of prismatic beetles is in dim light, and this ability has no effect if the swarm is in darkness." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 375, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_prismatic-beetle-swarm/" }, { "slug": "rat-king", "desc": "_A great knot of scabrous rats scrabbles together as a mass, with skulls, bones, and flesh entangled in the whole. Teeth, eyes, and fur all flow as a single disturbing rat swarm walking on two legs._ \n**Fused at the Tail.** A rat king forms when dozens of rats twist their tails together in a thick knot of bone and lumpy cartilage. Its numbers and powers grow quickly. \n**Rule Sewers and Slums.** The rat king is a cunning creature that stalks city sewers, boneyards, and slums. Some even command entire thieves’ guilds or hordes of beggars that give it obeisance. They grow larger and more powerful over time until discovered. \n**Plague and Dark Magic.** The rat king is the result of plague infused with twisted magic, and a malignant ceremony that creates one is called “Enthroning the Rat King.” Rats afflicted with virulent leavings of dark magic rites or twisted experiments become bound to one another. As more rats add to the mass, the creature’s intelligence and force of will grow, and it invariably goes quite mad.", "name": "Rat King", "size": "Medium", "type": "Monstrosity", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic evil", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 76, "hit_dice": "9d8+36", "speed": { "walk": 30, "burrow": 20 }, "strength": 6, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 18, "intelligence": 11, "wisdom": 15, "charisma": 16, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": { "stealth": 6 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "poison", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12", "languages": "Common, Thieves' Cant", "challenge_rating": "5", "cr": 5.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The rat king makes four bite attacks." }, { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) piercing damage, and a bitten creature must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be infected with a disease. A diseased creature gains one level of exhaustion immediately. When the creature finishes a long rest, it must repeat the saving throw. On a failure, the creature gains another level of exhaustion. On a success, the disease does not progress. The creature recovers from the disease if its saving throw succeeds after two consecutive long rests or if it receives a lesser restoration spell or comparable magic. The creature then recovers from one level of exhaustion after each long rest.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "2d6" }, { "name": "Summon Swarm (1/Day)", "desc": "The rat king summons three swarms of rats. The swarms appear immediately within 60 feet of the rat king. They can appear in spaces occupied by other creatures. The swarms act as allies of the rat king. They remain for 1 hour or until the rat king dies." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": [ { "name": "Absorption", "desc": "When the rat king does damage to a rat or rat swarm, it can absorb the rat, or part of the swarm, into its own mass. The rat king regains hit points equal to the damage it did to the rat or swarm." } ], "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Keen Smell", "desc": "The rat king has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell." }, { "name": "Plague of Ill Omen", "desc": "The rat king radiates a magical aura of misfortune in a 30-foot radius. A foe of the rat king that starts its turn in the aura must make a successful DC 14 Charisma saving throw or be cursed with bad luck until the start of its next turn. When a cursed character makes an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, it must subtract 1d4 from the result." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 318, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_rat-king/" }, { "slug": "star-spawn-of-cthulhu", "desc": "The star-dwelling, octopoid servants and children of Cthulhu are enormous and strange, with clawed hands, powerful but distended brains, and winglike spines on their backs, with which they propel themselves through the frozen emptiness between stars. \nThese masters of psychic communication and dimensional manipulation can transport themselves and others across enormous distances. \n_**Mastery of Life and Destruction.**_ They’ve harnessed mysterious energies of life and destruction as well, to grow new life with remarkable speed (and some degree of wastage and cancerous tumors) and to turn living flesh into miasmic vapor through nothing more than focused attention. \n_**Rituals to Cthulhu.**_ Their goals are simple: oppose the mi-go and aid dread Cthulhu. The star-spawn destroy creatures that will not yield and serve as slaves and sacrifices, rather than allowing them to serve another master. Above all, they insist that all creatures venerate great Cthulhu and sacrifice life and treasure in his name. Their ultimate aim is to bend the heavens themselves and ensure that the stars are rightly positioned in their orbits to herald Cthulhu’s inevitable return.", "name": "Star Spawn Of Cthulhu", "size": "Large", "type": "Fiend", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic evil", "armor_class": 17, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 187, "hit_dice": "15d10+105", "speed": { "walk": 30, "swim": 30, "fly": 50 }, "strength": 25, "dexterity": 15, "constitution": 24, "intelligence": 30, "wisdom": 18, "charisma": 23, "strength_save": 12, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": 12, "intelligence_save": 15, "wisdom_save": 9, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 14, "skills": { "arcana": 15, "perception": 14 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "cold, fire, lightning, poison, psychic", "condition_immunities": "exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned", "senses": "darkvision 300 ft., passive Perception 24", "languages": "Common, Infernal, Void Speech", "challenge_rating": "15", "cr": 15.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The star spawn can use disintegrating gaze if it's available, and also make one claws attack and one dimensional stomp attack." }, { "name": "Crushing Claws", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack. +12 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (2d12 + 7) bludgeoning damage plus 13 (3d8) necrotic damage." }, { "name": "Disintegrating Gaze (Recharge 5-6)", "desc": "Ranged Spell Attack: +15 to hit, range 60 ft., one target in line of sight. Hit: 32 (5d12) necrotic damage, and the target must make a successful DC 20 Constitution saving throw or dissipate into vapor as if affected by a gaseous form spell. An affected creature repeats the saving throw at the end of each of its turns; on a success, the effect ends on that creature, but on a failure, the creature takes another 32 (5d12) necrotic damage and remains gaseous. A creature reduced to 0 hit points by this necrotic damage is permanently disintegrated and can be restored only by a wish or comparable magic that doesn't require some portion of a corpse to work.", "attack_bonus": 15, "damage_dice": "5d12" }, { "name": "Dimensional Stomp", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (2d20 + 7) bludgeoning damage, and the target must make a successful DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or be teleported to a new location as if affected by the dimension door spell. The destination is chosen by the star spawn, but it cannot be in the same space as another object or creature.", "attack_bonus": 12, "damage_dice": "2d20" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Interdimensional Movement", "desc": "A star spawn of Cthulhu can use misty step as a bonus action once per round." }, { "name": "Psychic Tower", "desc": "When an attack that causes psychic damage is directed against the spawn, the attack rebounds against the attacker. Resolve the attack as if the attacker were the original target and using the star spawn's ability modifiers and proficiency bonus rather than the original attacker's." }, { "name": "Void Traveler", "desc": "The star spawn of Cthulhu requires no air, warmth, ambient pressure, food, or water, enabling it to travel safely through interstellar space and similar voids." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 368, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_star-spawn-of-cthulhu/" }, { "slug": "wharfling-swarm", "desc": "_An undulating mass of flesh and teeth, a wharfling swarm is a horrific sight by moonlight._ \n**Bloodthisty Mobs.** These masses of hairless bodies writhe along the coast in the moonlight, and often are mistaken for shoggoths or other much larger creatures. Squeals mingle with the screams of unfortunate fishermen caught in its path. \n**Beach Swarms.** Periodically, wharflings congregate in huge numbers and tear along the shoreline for miles before finally returning to their dens. Why they gather this way is unknown, but most locals know to avoid the shore on these nights.", "name": "Wharfling Swarm", "size": "Large", "type": "Beast", "subtype": "Swarm", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 63, "hit_dice": "14d10 - 14", "speed": { "walk": 30, "climb": 30, "swim": 20 }, "strength": 10, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 8, "intelligence": 2, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 7, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 3, "skills": { "perception": 3 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13", "languages": "-", "challenge_rating": "4", "cr": 4.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Bites", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 21 (6d6) piercing damage, or 10 (3d6) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "6d6" }, { "name": "Locking Bite", "desc": "When a creature leaves a wharfling swarm's space, 1d3 wharflings remain grappled to them (escape DC 10). Each wharfling inflicts 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage at the start of the creature's turns until it escapes from the grapples." }, { "name": "Pilfer", "desc": "A wharfling swarm makes 1d6 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) checks each round against every creature in the swarm's space. The DC for each check equals 10 plus the target creature's Dexterity modifier. For each successful check, the wharflings steal some small metallic object from the target, and the theft is unnoticed if the same result equals or exceeds the target's passive Perception." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a tiny wharfling. 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Hit: 7 (2d6) piercing damage or 3 (1d6) piercing damage if the swarm is bloodied." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Echolocation", "desc": "The swarm can't use blindsight while deafened." }, { "name": "Keen Hearing", "desc": "The swarm has advantage on Perception checks that rely on hearing." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creatures space and move through any opening large enough for a Tiny creature. It can't gain hit points or temporary hit points." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 460, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "menagerie", "document__title": "Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://www.levelup5e.com", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/a5e-mm_swarm-of-bats/" }, { "slug": "swarm-of-insects-a5e", "desc": "", "name": "Swarm of Insects", "size": "Medium", "type": "Beast", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "", "armor_class": 12, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 22, "hit_dice": "5d8", "speed": { "walk": 20, "climb": 20 }, "strength": 2, "dexterity": 14, "constitution": 10, "intelligence": 1, "wisdom": 6, "charisma": 4, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned, unconscious", "senses": "blindsight 10 ft., passive Perception 8", "languages": "", "challenge_rating": "1/2", "cr": 0.5, "actions": [ { "name": "Bites", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d10) piercing damage or 5 (1d10) piercing damage if the swarm is bloodied." }, { "name": "Venom", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (2d4) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage or 2 (1d4) piercing damage plus 3 (1d6) poison damage if the swarm is bloodied." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creatures space and move through any opening large enough for a Tiny creature. 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Hit: 7 (2d6) piercing damage plus 14 (4d6) poison damage or 3 (1d6) poison damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage if the swarm is bloodied." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creatures space and move through any opening large enough for a Tiny creature. It can't gain hit points or temporary hit points." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 461, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "menagerie", "document__title": "Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://www.levelup5e.com", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/a5e-mm_swarm-of-poisonous-snakes/" }, { "slug": "swarm-of-quippers-a5e", "desc": "", "name": "Swarm of Quippers", "size": "Medium", "type": "Beast", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 28, "hit_dice": "8d8-8", "speed": { "walk": 0, "swim": 40 }, "strength": 12, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 8, "intelligence": 2, "wisdom": 6, "charisma": 4, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned, unconscious", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 8", "languages": "", "challenge_rating": "1", "cr": 1.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Bites", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target. 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Hit: 7 (2d6) piercing damage or 3 (1d6) piercing damage if the swarm is bloodied." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Keen Smell", "desc": "The swarm has advantage on Perception checks that rely on smell." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creatures space and move through any opening large enough for a Tiny creature. It can't gain hit points or temporary hit points." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 461, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "menagerie", "document__title": "Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://www.levelup5e.com", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/a5e-mm_swarm-of-rats/" }, { "slug": "swarm-of-ravens-a5e", "desc": "", "name": "Swarm of Ravens", "size": "Medium", "type": "Beast", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "", "armor_class": 12, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 17, "hit_dice": "5d8-5", "speed": { "walk": 10, "fly": 50 }, "strength": 6, "dexterity": 14, "constitution": 8, "intelligence": 2, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 4, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": { "perception": 3 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned, unconscious", "senses": "passive Perception 13", "languages": "", "challenge_rating": "1/4", "cr": 0.25, "actions": [ { "name": "Beaks", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (2d6) piercing damage or 3 (1d6) piercing damage if the swarm is bloodied." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creatures space and move through any opening large enough for a Tiny creature. It can't gain hit points or temporary hit points." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 461, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "menagerie", "document__title": "Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://www.levelup5e.com", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/a5e-mm_swarm-of-ravens/" }, { "slug": "astral-devourer", "desc": "A swarm of strange, faceless gray snakes flies through the air—wingless, as if through water. Their mouths are rasping irises of gnashing fangs, and the sides of each snake are lined with milky, unblinking eyes._ \nWhen enough serpents on the Astral Plane gather, they form a collective creature called an astral devourer. The astral devourer has a hive mind made up of all the minds of its component creatures and possesses a great cunning that makes it more adept at hunting. \n**All for the Whole.** The individual astral serpents that make up the astral devourer have no thoughts or wills of their own, and the collective freely uses the individuals as weapons. The astral devourer often flings serpents at hard-to-reach prey to consume it. The flung serpents return to the astral devourer, bringing the consumed life force back to the collective. When food is particularly scarce or the devourer is in danger, it can split into subgroups of the main collective, feeding the individuals while keeping the whole safely dispersed. \n**Planar Hunters.** Hunger constantly drives astral devourers. They love the taste of sentient planar travelers, and they roam the multiverse, favoring desolate landscapes. Reports indicate they’re adept at finding portals between worlds and relentlessly hunt prey through these portals.", "name": "Astral Devourer", "size": "Medium", "type": "Aberration", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic evil", "armor_class": 16, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 90, "hit_dice": "12d8+36", "speed": { "fly": 30, "hover": true, "walk": 30 }, "strength": 13, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 17, "intelligence": 14, "wisdom": 16, "charisma": 12, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": 6, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": 5, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 6, "skills": { "perception": 6, "stealth": 6 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "poison, psychic", "condition_immunities": "grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 16", "languages": "Deep Speech, Void Speech", "challenge_rating": "8", "cr": 8.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The astral devourer makes two melee attacks." }, { "name": "Hungering Serpents", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm's space. Hit: 8 (2d8) piercing damage, or 4 (1d8) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer, plus 14 (4d6) poison damage.", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "2d8" }, { "name": "Serpent Spray (Recharge 6)", "desc": "The astral devourer flings biting astral serpents outward. Each creature within 20 feet of the astral devourer must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw, taking 14 (4d6) piercing damage and 14 (4d6) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The astral devourer regains hp equal to the single highest amount of piercing damage dealt by this spray." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": [ { "name": "Divide", "desc": "When an astral devourer that is Small or larger takes bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage, it can split into two new astral devourers if it has at least 10 hp. Each new devourer has hp equal to half the original creature, rounded down. New astral devourers are one size smaller than the original. While within 1 mile of each other, the new astral devourers share one collective mind." }, { "name": "Recombine", "desc": "When one or more astral devourers that are Small or smaller and share a collective mind are within 5 feet of each other, they can combine into a new astral devourer. The new astral devourer is one size larger than the largest original creature, and it has hp equal to the combined total of the original creatures. The new astral devourer's hp can't exceed the normal hp maximum of a Medium astral devourer." } ], "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Collective Mind", "desc": "The astral devourer's individual serpents are connected via a hive mind. It can telepathically communicate with any of its individual serpents within 1 mile of it, and it can't be surprised." }, { "name": "Magic Resistance", "desc": "The astral devourer has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The astral devourer can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the devourer can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny serpent. Except via Serpent Spray and Recombine, the astral devourer can't regain hp or gain temporary hp." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 30, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob2", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob2_astral-devourer/" }, { "slug": "greed-swarm", "desc": "The sound of metal clinking against metal becomes a deafening cacophony as a swirling cloud of coins mindlessly hunts for more valuables to absorb into its ever-expanding mass._ \nLocated in densely-populated areas, the greed swarm is solely focused on increasing the size of its hovering collection of valuables. Able to differentiate between objects of value and worthless junk, the swarm stalks streets and sewers alike. Its movements are erratic; the cloud swells and contracts in quick succession, repositioning itself in jerky, stilted bursts of motion.// \n**Bad Penny.** The swarm consists of normal, mundane valuables animated by a magical master coin. Often mistaken as a standard regional coin, this master coin is created in a dark ritual to serve as a vessel for pure, ceaseless avarice. If the master coin is destroyed or separated from the swarm, the remaining coins return to their normal inert state and fall to the ground. \n**All that Glitters.** The master coin cannot exert its power without a large enough supply of valuables to control in close proximity. Bank and vault owners who fail to screen incoming coinage for latent magical properties may find themselves in need of adventurers to discreetly quell a storm of their accumulated wealth. Wishing wells and public fountains are also common homes for greed swarms. \n**Construct Nature.** The greed swarm doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.", "name": "Greed Swarm", "size": "Medium", "type": "Construct", "subtype": "Swarm", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 22, "hit_dice": "4d8+4", "speed": { "fly": 40, "walk": 0, "hover": true }, "strength": 6, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 12, "intelligence": 1, "wisdom": 9, "charisma": 1, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "force", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "poison", "condition_immunities": "charmed, exhaustion, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 9", "languages": "—", "challenge_rating": "1/2", "cr": 0.5, "actions": [ { "name": "Coin Slam", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the greed swarm's space. Hit: 10 (4d4) bludgeoning damage, or 5 (2d4) bludgeoning damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "4d4" }, { "name": "Coin Barrage", "desc": "Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage, or 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "2d6" }, { "name": "Gather (1/Day)", "desc": "The swarm magically gathers up to 100 gp worth of coins, gems, and other small, valuable objects within 60 feet of it, adding them to its mass. It regains 7 (2d6) hit points and has advantage on its next attack roll. A creature wearing or carrying such valuables must succeed on a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw or its valuables fly toward the swarm, joining the mass." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Antimagic Susceptibility", "desc": "The swarm is incapacitated while in the area of an antimagic field. If targeted by dispel magic, the swarm must succeed on a Constitution saving throw against the caster's spell save DC or fall unconscious for 1 minute." }, { "name": "Deafening Clatter", "desc": "A creature in the swarm's space is deafened." }, { "name": "False Appearance", "desc": "While the greed swarm remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a normal pile of coins and valuables." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny object. Except for Gather, the swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit points." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 184, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob2", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob2_greed-swarm/" }, { "slug": "grimmlet-swarm", "desc": "Flowing over the landscape like a glass carpet, this mass of smoky crystalline shards moves in a manner most unnatural. Occasionally, a bolt of black or purple energy arcs between two or more of the shards in the swarm._", "name": "Grimmlet Swarm", "size": "Large", "type": "Monstrosity", "subtype": "Swarm", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 152, "hit_dice": "16d10+64", "speed": { "fly": 30, "hover": true, "walk": 0 }, "strength": 17, "dexterity": 12, "constitution": 19, "intelligence": 3, "wisdom": 10, "charisma": 18, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "psychic", "condition_immunities": "blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "blindsight 120 ft., passive Perception 10", "languages": "understands Void Speech but can’t speak", "challenge_rating": "14", "cr": 14.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The grimmlet swarm makes two attacks with its crystal edges." }, { "name": "Crystal Edges", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 18 (4d8) slashing damage, or 9 (2d8) slashing damage if the swarm has half of its hp or fewer. The target must make a DC 17 Intelligence saving throw, taking 21 (6d6) psychic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.", "attack_bonus": 8, "damage_dice": "4d8" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Enervating Maelstrom", "desc": "When the grimmlet swarm dies, it explodes in a plume of ennui. Each creature within 20 feet of the grimmlet swarm must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, a creature takes 21 (6d6) psychic damage and suffers one level of exhaustion. On a success, a creature takes half the damage and doesn't suffer exhaustion. Grimmlets damaged by this trait don't Reproduce." }, { "name": "Maze of Edges", "desc": "A creature that attempts to move out of or through the grimmlet swarm must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 9 (2d8) slashing damage." }, { "name": "Reproduce", "desc": "When a grimmlet swarm takes damage from a spell and isn't reduced to 0 hp, a number of new grimmlets equal to the spell's level appear in unoccupied spaces within 10 feet of the grimmlet swarm. If the spell is a cantrip, only one grimmlet is created. New grimmlets aren't subsumed into the swarm. Sixteen or more new grimmlets within 30 feet of each other can use their reactions to come together and form a new grimmlet swarm in a space within 5 feet of one grimmlet." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The grimmlet swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny grimmlet. The swarm can't regain hp or gain temporary hp." }, { "name": "Innate Spellcasting (Psionics)", "desc": "The grimmlet swarm's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 17, +9 to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components:\nAt will: maddening whispers, crushing curse, minor illusion\n3/day each: hypnotic pattern, void strike, major image\n1/day each: hallucinatory terrain" } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 187, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob2", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob2_grimmlet-swarm/" }, { "slug": "lymarien-swarm", "desc": "A tiny bird swoops through the air and alights on a nearby branch. It has the body of a tiny hawk, the colorful wings of a butterfly, and the head of an elf with large, luminous eyes._ \n**Miniscule Fey.** Dwelling in pastoral woods and rich farmland, the lymarien is one of the smallest fey in existence. Barely larger than a wasp, a lymarien is frequently mistaken for a butterfly and often ignored by larger creatures. They are sometimes preyed upon by birds like owls and crows, or attacked by evil fey like Open Game License", "name": "Lymarien Swarm", "size": "Large", "type": "Fey", "subtype": "Swarm", "group": null, "alignment": "neutral good", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": null, "hit_points": 90, "hit_dice": "12d10+24", "speed": { "walk": 5, "fly": 50 }, "strength": 8, "dexterity": 19, "constitution": 14, "intelligence": 7, "wisdom": 13, "charisma": 15, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 4, "skills": { "perception": 4, "stealth": 7 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14", "languages": "Sylvan", "challenge_rating": "5", "cr": 5.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Claws", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 21 (6d6) slashing damage, or 10 (3d6) slashing damage if the swarm has half its hp or fewer.", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "6d6" }, { "name": "Flight of the Fey (Recharge 4-6)", "desc": "The lymarien swarm lifts a Large or smaller creature in its space. The target must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or be lifted directly upward to a height up to the swarm's flying speed. When the swarm moves, the lifted creature moves with it. At the end of the swarm's turn, the swarm drops the creature, which takes falling damage as normal." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Distracting Beauty", "desc": "A creature that starts its turn in the lymarien swarm's space must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be distracted by the swarm's luminous eyes and fluttering wings until the end of its next turn. A distracted creature has disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks and on attack rolls against the lymarien swarm." }, { "name": "Speak with Beasts", "desc": "The lymarien swarm can communicate with beasts as if they shared a language." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny lymarien. The swarm can't regain hp or gain temporary hp." }, { "name": "Innate Spellcasting", "desc": "The lymarien swarm's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\nAt will: dancing lights, minor illusion\n3/day each: hypnotic pattern, sleep (affects 9d8 hp)" } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 248, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob2", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob2_lymarien-swarm/" }, { "slug": "nyctli-swarm", "desc": "A diminutive ball of sickly-looking flesh with an elven face clings to the underside of a rotting log, its body covered in barbed stingers._ \n**Lurking Terrors.** Nyctli dwell in moist, dark places, where their coloration and size enable them to easily hide. They delight in torturing other creatures, and nothing makes a nyctli giggle more than seeing its victim flounder about under the effects of its venom. \n**Hag-Born Horrors.** The first nyctli were born from the boils of Open Game License", "name": "Nyctli Swarm", "size": "Large", "type": "Fey", "subtype": "Swarm", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic evil", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": null, "hit_points": 110, "hit_dice": "20d10", "speed": { "fly": 40, "hover": true, "walk": 10 }, "strength": 10, "dexterity": 18, "constitution": 10, "intelligence": 6, "wisdom": 14, "charisma": 16, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 6, "skills": { "perception": 6 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 16", "languages": "Sylvan", "challenge_rating": "10", "cr": 10.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Stingers", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm's space. Hit: 21 (6d6) piercing damage, or 10 (3d6) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hp or fewer. The target must make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, a creature takes 42 (12d6) necrotic damage and is blinded for 1 minute. On a success, a creature takes half the damage and isn't blinded. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.", "attack_bonus": 8, "damage_dice": "6d6" }, { "name": "Douse Light", "desc": "As the nyctli, except the swarm can't dispel light created by a spell of 6th level or higher." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny nyctli. The swarm can't regain hp or gain temporary hp." }, { "name": "Innate Spellcasting (1/Day)", "desc": "The nyctli swarm can innately cast fear, requiring no material components. Its innate spellcasting ability is Charisma." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 271, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob2", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob2_nyctli-swarm/" }, { "slug": "pestilence-swarm", "desc": "These flying insects are coated in a thick layer of dust and cover the walls, ceiling and floor of a room, completely motionless in the dark. The stray light from a lantern falls one of them, awakening the swarm, which takes to the air in an angry fury._ \n**Awakened by Light.** The pestilence swarm is a massive group of tiny flying insects resembling enormous, fat houseflies. The smell of carrion often lures them underground or into shallow caves, though they also dig burrows. As long as they are in darkness, they are immobile, appearing almost dead. When hit by light, however, they awake and swarm any creatures in the area. \n**Destroyer of Crops.** Although fortunately rare, when a cloud of these insects descends on a field, it takes mere hours for them to completely devour everything that might have been worth harvesting. They eat fruits, grains, and even the livestock, leaving a decimated field in their wake. \n**Bringer of Plagues.** Pestilence swarms often carry and transmit disease as they move from area to area. They descend on populated areas, eat any food that is left out, bite the people who live there, and eventually move to the next area. Diseases from one area spread to another, festering in the bite wounds left by the swarm. The suffering they bring to small villages and towns is legendary.", "name": "Pestilence Swarm", "size": "Medium", "type": "Beast", "subtype": "Swarm", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 22, "hit_dice": "4d8+4", "speed": { "fly": 30, "walk": 10, "hover": true }, "strength": 7, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 13, "intelligence": 1, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 7, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "—", "challenge_rating": "1", "cr": 1.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Diseased Bites", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 10 (4d4) piercing damage, or 5 (2d4) piercing damage if the swarm has half its hp or fewer. The creature must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or contract sewer plague. It takes 1d4 days for sewer plague's symptoms to manifest in an infected creature. Symptoms include fatigue and cramps. The infected creature suffers one level of exhaustion, and it regains only half the normal number of hp from spending Hit Dice and no hp from finishing a long rest. At the end of each long rest, an infected creature must make a DC 11 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature gains one level of exhaustion. On a successful save, the creature's exhaustion level decreases by one level. If a successful saving throw reduces the infected creature's level of exhaustion below 1, the creature recovers from the disease.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "4d4" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Dormant in Darkness", "desc": "The pestilence swarm appears dead in darkness and remains in a passive state until touched by light. When at least one insect in the swarm sees light, the entire swarm becomes active and attacks anything that moves. Once active, a swarm in complete darkness that isn't taking damage returns to its dormant state after 1 minute. The swarm poses no threat to creatures passing near it in complete darkness." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny beast. The swarm can't regain hp or gain temporary hp." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 294, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob2", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob2_pestilence-swarm/" }, { "slug": "radiant-spark-swarm", "desc": "A large cloud composed of tiny glowing sparks of fire floats silently through the air._ \n**Origin of Planar Instability.** Radiant spark swarms form when the border lands between the Plane of Fire and the Upper Planes experience some sort of instability. This instability might be caused by a regional anomaly, war between the gods themselves, magical upheaval, or some other calamity. Thousands of radiant sparks are created at once in massive conflagrations of radiant energy. They are then left to wander the planes alone. These creatures are most often found in the border lands between planes, but they have been known to appear in the Material Plane after accessing it through magical portals. They seldom wander back to their planes of origin and are almost always destroyed at some point during their eternal wanderings. \n**Hunger for Magic.** Radiant spark swarms are drawn to magic for reasons that aren’t fully understood, for they can neither use it, nor do they truly devour it. Instead, when they sense powerful magic nearby, they instinctually move toward it, as though its very presence is comforting to them. As creatures that are neither particularly intelligent nor evil, their interest in the living usually has to do with the magic spellcasters carry, which draws the sparks close. Unfortunately, the owner of the magic that drew them is often caught in the midst of the swarm, which is inherently harmful. \n**Elemental Nature.** A radiant spark swarm doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.", "name": "Radiant Spark Swarm", "size": "Medium", "type": "Elemental", "subtype": "Swarm", "group": null, "alignment": "neutral", "armor_class": 16, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 38, "hit_dice": "7d8+7", "speed": { "hover": true, "walk": 0, "fly": 60 }, "strength": 8, "dexterity": 17, "constitution": 12, "intelligence": 2, "wisdom": 13, "charisma": 15, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "fire, poison, radiant", "condition_immunities": "charmed, exhaustion, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, stunned, unconscious", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "—", "challenge_rating": "3", "cr": 3.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Radiant Sparks", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm's space. Hit: 9 (2d8) radiant damage plus 9 (2d8) fire damage, or 4 (1d8) radiant damage plus 4 (1d8) fire damage if the swarm has half of its hp or fewer.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "2d8" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Drawn to Magic", "desc": "The radiant spark swarm can pinpoint the location of magical items within 60 feet of it. If the swarm starts its turn within 60 feet of a magic item, it moves to that magic item and hovers around it. If the item is being worn or carried by a creature, the swarm attacks that creature. If multiple magic items are within 60 feet of the swarm, it moves to the item that is most rare. If more than one item is most rare, choose randomly among them." }, { "name": "Burning Radiance", "desc": "A creature that touches the radiant spark swarm, starts its turn in the swarm's space, or hits the swarm with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 2 (1d4) radiant damage and 2 (1d4) fire damage." }, { "name": "Illumination", "desc": "The radiant spark swarm sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny elemental. 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Unfortunately, the rotsam can affect living tissue just as well and makes no distinction between the two. \n**Leechlike Underwater Dwellers.** Rotsams attach to their prey like leeches, but they are considerably more difficult to remove than ordinary leeches. \n**Favored of Rot Cults.** Cultists devoted to deities of disease, death, and decay “raise” rotsams for use in their sacrificial rituals. \n**Ooze Nature.** A rotsam doesn’t require sleep.", "name": "Rotsam Swarm", "size": "Large", "type": "Ooze", "subtype": "Swarm", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 9, "armor_desc": null, "hit_points": 142, "hit_dice": "15d10+60", "speed": { "walk": 10, "swim": 30 }, "strength": 19, "dexterity": 8, "constitution": 18, "intelligence": 1, "wisdom": 9, "charisma": 6, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "necrotic", "condition_immunities": "blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 9", "languages": "—", "challenge_rating": "6", "cr": 6.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Diseased Bites", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 10 (4d4) piercing damage plus 21 (6d6) necrotic damage, or 5 (2d4) piercing damage and 10 (3d6) necrotic damage if the swarm has half of its hp or fewer. The target must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or contract a disease (see the Bog Rot trait).", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "4d4" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Bog Rot", "desc": "A creature that fails its saving throw against the rotsam's diseased bite attack becomes infected with the bog rot disease. Until the disease is cured, the infected creature's skin breaks out in a rot-like rash that slowly spreads across its body, and its hp maximum decreases by 7 (2d6) for every 24 hours that elapse. After the first 24 hours, the creature's skin starts to smell like rot, and creatures have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) and Wisdom (Survival) checks to find the infected creature. The reduction and rot smell last until the disease is cured. The creature dies if the disease reduces its hp maximum to 0." }, { "name": "Spider Climb", "desc": "The rotsam can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny rotsam. The swarm can't regain hp or gain temporary hp." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 309, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob2", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob2_rotsam-swarm/" }, { "slug": "runeswarm", "desc": "A cloud of inky runes churns as some of the markings illuminate briefly._ \n**Untended Runes.** Runes that have gone unused for years or those created on ley lines sometimes gain a modicum of sentience and coalesce into a gestalt known as a runeswarm. The mix of runes flits about in random directions and remains inert except when it encounters living beings. \n**Early Warning.** Runeswarms trigger their rune randomly, but the runes creating an effect light up moments before the swarms invoke the runes, giving canny observers the chance to prepare for the runeswarms’ effects.", "name": "Runeswarm", "size": "Large", "type": "Construct", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": null, "hit_points": 150, "hit_dice": "20d10+40", "speed": { "walk": 0, "fly": 60 }, "strength": 3, "dexterity": 20, "constitution": 15, "intelligence": 2, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 18, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 11", "languages": "—", "challenge_rating": "10", "cr": 10.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The runeswarm can use Runecast. It then makes two cutting runes attacks." }, { "name": "Cutting Runes", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 15 (6d4) slashing damage, or 7 (3d4) slashing damage if the swarm has half of its hp or fewer.", "attack_bonus": 11, "damage_dice": "6d4" }, { "name": "Runecast", "desc": "The runes swirling within the swarm form into the shape of a random rune, causing one of the following magical effects. Roll a d6 to determine the effect.\n1. Algiz. The runeswarm magically calls 2d4 elk or 1 megaloceros. The called creatures arrive on initiative count 20 of the next round and defend the runeswarm. The beasts remain for 1 minute or until the runeswarm dies.\n2. Dagaz. The runeswarm emits a burst of blinding light. Each creature within 20-feet of the swarm must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be blinded until the end of its next turn.\n3. Ehwaz, Raido. A random willing target within 20 feet of the runeswarm gains the benefits of the expeditious retreat and freedom of movement spells for 1 minute.\n4. Ingwaz. A random willing target within 20 feet of the runeswarm receives a brief glimpse of the immediate future and has advantage on its next ability check, attack roll, or saving throw.\n5. Isaz, Kaunen, Sowilo, Turisaz. Fire, lightning, radiance, or cold winds swirl around the runeswarm. Each creature within 20 feet of the swarm must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw, taking 14 (4d6) cold (isaz), fire (kaunen), radiant (sowilo) or lightning (turisaz) damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Roll a d4 to determine the rune: isaz (1), kaunen (2), sowilo (3), turisaz (4).\n6. Tewaz. The runeswarm glows with a baleful light. Each creature within 20 feet of the swarm must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened until the end of its next turn." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Magic Resistance", "desc": "The runeswarm has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The runeswarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny creature. The swarm can't regain hp or gain temporary hp." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 310, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob2", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob2_runeswarm/" }, { "slug": "swarm-of-compsognathus", "desc": "The curious bipedal lizard lets out a musical chirp. More chirps respond from within the nearby grass, becoming a sinister chorus._ \nOpen Game License", "name": "Swarm of Compsognathus", "size": "Medium", "type": "Beast", "subtype": "Swarm", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 12, "armor_desc": null, "hit_points": 44, "hit_dice": "8d8+8", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 6, "dexterity": 14, "constitution": 12, "intelligence": 4, "wisdom": 10, "charisma": 5, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 2, "skills": { "perception": 2, "stealth": 6 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, grappled, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "passive Perception 12", "languages": "—", "challenge_rating": "1", "cr": 1.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 14 (4d6) piercing damage, or 7 (2d6) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hp or fewer.", "attack_bonus": 4, "damage_dice": "4d6" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Grasslands Camouflage", "desc": "The compsognathus has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide in tall grass." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny compsognathus. The swarm can't regain hp or gain temporary hp." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 108, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob2", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob2_swarm-of-compsognathus/" }, { "slug": "swarm-of-esteron", "desc": "Esteron are small, winged salamanders that live in large groups. They cluster around subterranean bodies of water and aggressively protect such places. Some underground creatures see the esteron as a delicacy, but those who hunt esteron know the beasts are quick to form swarms that can easily overwhelm an unprepared hunter. \nEsteron are highly sociable, communal creatures, and their communities are not lorded over by a dominant member. Instead, they cooperate with one another peacefully. When two groups of esteron encounter one another, they behave peacefully if the nearby water and food is abundant, sometimes even exchanging members. If resources are scarce, however, the group that inhabits the source of water drives away the outsider group with as little violence as possible.", "name": "Swarm of Esteron", "size": "Medium", "type": "Beast", "subtype": "Swarm", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": null, "hit_points": 54, "hit_dice": "12d8", "speed": { "swim": 30, "fly": 30, "walk": 10 }, "strength": 10, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 10, "intelligence": 2, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 4, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "—", "challenge_rating": "2", "cr": 2.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Bites", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 14 (4d6) piercing damage, or 7 (2d6) piercing damage if the swarm has half its hp or fewer.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "4d6" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Amphibious", "desc": "The swarm can breathe air and water." }, { "name": "Keen Smell", "desc": "The swarm has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny esteron. The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit points." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 400, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob2", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts 2", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob2_swarm-of-esteron/" }, { "slug": "swarm-of-bats", "desc": "", "name": "Swarm of Bats", "size": "Medium", "type": "Beast", "subtype": "Swarm", "group": "Miscellaneous Creatures", "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 12, "armor_desc": null, "hit_points": 22, "hit_dice": "5d8", "speed": { "walk": 0, "fly": 30 }, "strength": 5, "dexterity": 15, "constitution": 10, "intelligence": 2, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 4, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "", "challenge_rating": "1/4", "cr": 0.25, "actions": [ { "name": "Bites", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 5 (2d4) piercing damage, or 2 (1d4) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer.", "attack_bonus": 4, "damage_dice": "2d4" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Echolocation", "desc": "The swarm can't use its blindsight while deafened." }, { "name": "Keen Hearing", "desc": "The swarm has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny bat. 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