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5E: Monstrous Arthropods for Fifth Edition
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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 9263854" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 26px">Swarm of Giant Damselflies</span></strong></p><p><span style="color: magenta"><em>Medium swarm of Tiny beasts, unaligned</em></span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"><strong>Armor Class</strong> 13</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"><strong>Hit Points</strong> 24 (7d8 – 7)</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"><strong>Speed</strong> 10 ft., fly 30 ft. (hover)</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"></span></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th><p style="text-align: center">STR</p> </th><th><p style="text-align: center">DEX</p> </th><th><p style="text-align: center">CON</p> </th><th><p style="text-align: center">INT</p> </th><th><p style="text-align: center">WIS</p> </th><th><p style="text-align: center">CHA</p> </th></tr><tr><td><span style="color: magenta"><p style="text-align: center">7 (–2)</p> </span></td><td><span style="color: magenta"><p style="text-align: center">16 (+3)</p> </span></td><td><span style="color: magenta"><p style="text-align: center">8 (–1)</p> </span></td><td><span style="color: magenta"><p style="text-align: center">1 (–5)</p> </span></td><td><span style="color: magenta"><p style="text-align: center">12 (+1)</p> </span></td><td><span style="color: magenta"><p style="text-align: center">5 (–2)</p> </span></td></tr></table><p><span style="color: magenta"></span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"><strong>Saving Throws</strong> DEX +6</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"><strong>Skills</strong> Perception +3</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"><strong>Damage Resistances</strong> bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"><strong>Condition Immunities</strong> charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, stunned </span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"><strong>Senses</strong> passive Perception 13</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"><strong>Languages</strong> —</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"><strong>Challenge</strong> 1 (200 XP) <strong>Proficiency Bonus</strong> +2</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"></span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"><em><strong>Evasive Flight.</strong></em> A giant odonatid swarm gains advantage on Dexterity saving throws when flying and attackers have disadvantage on attack rolls against it.</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"> If the giant odonatid is mounted or grappling an opponent, it must make a DC 12 STR check to use <em>Evasive Flight</em> each time it is attacked.</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"></span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"><em><strong>Expert Aerialist.</strong></em> The giant odonatid swarm has advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks when flying.</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"></span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"><em><strong>Keen Sight.</strong></em> The giant odonatid swarm has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"></span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"><em><strong>Swarm.</strong></em> 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.</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Actions</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"></span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"><em><strong>Bite.</strong> Melee Weapon Attack:</em> +5 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm's space. <em>Hit:</em> 10 (4d4) slashing damage, or 5 (2d4) slashing damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer.</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Bonus Actions</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"></span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"><em><strong>Dashing Flight.</strong></em> The giant odonatid swarm flies up to 20 feet.</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"></span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Description</span></strong></p><p><span style="color: magenta"></span></p><p><span style="color: magenta">There are great lakes, vast swamps, and broad rivers in the tropics that are ideal habitats for dainty giant damselfly naiads. During the breeding season, these places buzz with hordes of cubit-long damselflies (see <a href="https://www.enworld.org/posts/9257235" target="_blank">Dainty Giant Damselfly</a> for the individual entry). Most are males vying for the attention of females who've come to mate or lay their eggs. The females usually fly elsewhere when they don't want to breed, to avoid being constantly hassled by eager suitors. The giant damselflies can become so numerous and densely packed they become a swarm with the statistics presented above. The best breeding sites can have many such flying swarms.</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"> Swarms of giant damselflies only attack Small or larger creatures if some outside agency, such as a hostile druid, compels them to fight. The damselflies have other things on their minds than fighting, and if the swarm senses a threat its instinctive response is to flee or scatter.</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"></span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">V</span>ARIANT<span style="font-size: 18px">: S</span>WARM OF<span style="font-size: 18px"> G</span>IANT<span style="font-size: 18px"> D</span>RAGONFLIES</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: magenta">While they're a lot rarer than giant damselfly swarms, giant dragonflies might congregate into swarms if the conditions are just right for dainty giant dragonfly reproduction (see <a href="https://www.enworld.org/posts/9257235" target="_blank">Dainty Giant Damselfly</a> for individual dainty giant dragonflies). A swarm of giant dragonflies has the same statistics as a swarm of giant damselflies, except it is faster (fly 40 ft., <em>Dashing Flight</em> 40 ft., <em>Dodging Flight</em> 20 ft.).</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"></span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">V</span>ARIANT<span style="font-size: 18px">: S</span>WARMS OF<span style="font-size: 18px"> G</span>IANT<span style="font-size: 18px"> T</span>ENEBROUS OR<span style="font-size: 18px"> U</span>NDERDARK<span style="font-size: 18px"> D</span>AMSELFLIES</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: magenta">Swarms of monstrous helicopter damselflies that can see in the dark are almost unheard of on or near the surface, but aren't unusual in the most fertile sunless seas and mushroom forests of the Underdark (see <a href="https://www.enworld.org/posts/9249563" target="_blank">Mammoth Helicopter Damselfly</a> for details, under Tenebrous Helicopter Damselflies and Underdark Helicopter Damselflies). A swarm of these variants has the same statistics as a swarm of giant damselflies, except for having better senses—the tenebrous variety has blindsight 10 ft., darkvision 30 ft.; the underdark variety, popularly called a <em>swarm of lesser ghostwings</em>, has blindsight 20 ft., darkvision 40 ft.</span></p><p><span style="color: magenta"></span></p><p>(Monster designed by Casimir Liber and Cleon on Enworld.org's <em>General Monster Talk</em> Creature Catalog Forum; inspired by the giant dragonfly that debuted in <em>EX2 The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror</em> (1983) by Gary Gygax.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 9263854, member: 57383"] [B][SIZE=7]Swarm of Giant Damselflies[/SIZE][/B] [COLOR=magenta][I]Medium swarm of Tiny beasts, unaligned[/I] [B]Armor Class[/B] 13 [B]Hit Points[/B] 24 (7d8 – 7) [B]Speed[/B] 10 ft., fly 30 ft. (hover) [/COLOR] [TABLE] [TR] [TH][CENTER]STR[/CENTER][/TH] [TH][CENTER]DEX[/CENTER][/TH] [TH][CENTER]CON[/CENTER][/TH] [TH][CENTER]INT[/CENTER][/TH] [TH][CENTER]WIS[/CENTER][/TH] [TH][CENTER]CHA[/CENTER][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=magenta][CENTER]7 (–2)[/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=magenta][CENTER]16 (+3)[/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=magenta][CENTER]8 (–1)[/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=magenta][CENTER]1 (–5)[/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=magenta][CENTER]12 (+1)[/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=magenta][CENTER]5 (–2)[/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [COLOR=magenta] [B]Saving Throws[/B] DEX +6 [B]Skills[/B] Perception +3 [B]Damage Resistances[/B] bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing [B]Condition Immunities[/B] charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, stunned [B]Senses[/B] passive Perception 13 [B]Languages[/B] — [B]Challenge[/B] 1 (200 XP) [B]Proficiency Bonus[/B] +2 [I][B]Evasive Flight.[/B][/I] A giant odonatid swarm gains advantage on Dexterity saving throws when flying and attackers have disadvantage on attack rolls against it. If the giant odonatid is mounted or grappling an opponent, it must make a DC 12 STR check to use [I]Evasive Flight[/I] each time it is attacked. [I][B]Expert Aerialist.[/B][/I] The giant odonatid swarm has advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks when flying. [I][B]Keen Sight.[/B][/I] The giant odonatid swarm has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. [I][B]Swarm.[/B][/I] 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. [/COLOR] [SIZE=6]Actions[/SIZE] [COLOR=magenta] [I][B]Bite.[/B] Melee Weapon Attack:[/I] +5 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm's space. [I]Hit:[/I] 10 (4d4) slashing damage, or 5 (2d4) slashing damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer. [/COLOR] [SIZE=6]Bonus Actions[/SIZE] [COLOR=magenta] [I][B]Dashing Flight.[/B][/I] The giant odonatid swarm flies up to 20 feet. [/COLOR] [B][SIZE=6]Description[/SIZE][/B] [COLOR=magenta] There are great lakes, vast swamps, and broad rivers in the tropics that are ideal habitats for dainty giant damselfly naiads. During the breeding season, these places buzz with hordes of cubit-long damselflies (see [URL='https://www.enworld.org/posts/9257235']Dainty Giant Damselfly[/URL] for the individual entry). Most are males vying for the attention of females who've come to mate or lay their eggs. The females usually fly elsewhere when they don't want to breed, to avoid being constantly hassled by eager suitors. The giant damselflies can become so numerous and densely packed they become a swarm with the statistics presented above. The best breeding sites can have many such flying swarms. Swarms of giant damselflies only attack Small or larger creatures if some outside agency, such as a hostile druid, compels them to fight. The damselflies have other things on their minds than fighting, and if the swarm senses a threat its instinctive response is to flee or scatter. [B][SIZE=5]V[/SIZE]ARIANT[SIZE=5]: S[/SIZE]WARM[SIZE=5] [/SIZE]OF[SIZE=5] G[/SIZE]IANT[SIZE=5] D[/SIZE]RAGONFLIES[/B] While they're a lot rarer than giant damselfly swarms, giant dragonflies might congregate into swarms if the conditions are just right for dainty giant dragonfly reproduction (see [URL='https://www.enworld.org/posts/9257235']Dainty Giant Damselfly[/URL] for individual dainty giant dragonflies). A swarm of giant dragonflies has the same statistics as a swarm of giant damselflies, except it is faster (fly 40 ft., [I]Dashing Flight[/I] 40 ft., [I]Dodging Flight[/I] 20 ft.). [B][SIZE=5]V[/SIZE]ARIANT[SIZE=5]: S[/SIZE]WARMS[SIZE=5] [/SIZE]OF[SIZE=5] G[/SIZE]IANT[SIZE=5] T[/SIZE]ENEBROUS[SIZE=5] [/SIZE]OR[SIZE=5] U[/SIZE]NDERDARK[SIZE=5] D[/SIZE]AMSELFLIES[/B] Swarms of monstrous helicopter damselflies that can see in the dark are almost unheard of on or near the surface, but aren't unusual in the most fertile sunless seas and mushroom forests of the Underdark (see [URL='https://www.enworld.org/posts/9249563']Mammoth Helicopter Damselfly[/URL] for details, under Tenebrous Helicopter Damselflies and Underdark Helicopter Damselflies). A swarm of these variants has the same statistics as a swarm of giant damselflies, except for having better senses—the tenebrous variety has blindsight 10 ft., darkvision 30 ft.; the underdark variety, popularly called a [I]swarm of lesser ghostwings[/I], has blindsight 20 ft., darkvision 40 ft. [/COLOR] (Monster designed by Casimir Liber and Cleon on Enworld.org's [I]General Monster Talk[/I] Creature Catalog Forum; inspired by the giant dragonfly that debuted in [I]EX2 The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror[/I] (1983) by Gary Gygax.) [/QUOTE]
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