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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nephtys" data-source="post: 2489327" data-attributes="member: 31780">Alessa smiles "You keep tickling it and maybe it will laugh itself to death. I'll give it something more to play with..."  She raises her voice in a beautiful incantation and brings a swarm of spiders into being, crawling all over the hysterical Hydra (occupying the same area). (ooc: Summon Swarm: Spiders) [sblock]SPIDER SWARMDiminutive Vermin (Swarm)Hit Dice:2d8 (9 hp)Initiative:+3Speed:20 ft. (4 squares), climb 20 ft.Armor Class:17 (+4 size, +3 Dex), touch 17, flat-footed 14Base Attack/Grapple:+1/—Attack:Swarm (1d6 plus poison)Full Attack:Swarm (1d6 plus poison)Space/Reach:10 ft./0 ft.Special Attacks:Distraction, poisonSpecial Qualities:Darkvision 60 ft., swarm traits, tremorsense 30 ft., vermin traitsSaves:Fort +3, Ref +3, Will +0Abilities:Str 1, Dex 17, Con 10, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 2Skills:Climb +11, Listen +4, Spot +4Environment:Warm forestsOrganization:Solitary, tangle (2–4 swarms), or colony (7–12 swarms)Challenge Rating:1Treasure:NoneAlignment:Always neutralAdvancement:NoneLevel Adjustment:—CombatA spider swarm seeks to surround and attack any living prey it encounters. A swarm deals 1d6 points of damage to any creature whose space it occupies at the end of its move.Distraction (Ex): Any living creature that begins its turn with a spider swarm in its space must succeed on a DC 11 Fortitude save or be nauseated for 1 round. The save DC is Constitution-based.Poison (Ex): Injury, Fortitude DC 11, initial and secondary damage 1d3 Str. The save DC is Constitution-based.COMBATIn order to attack, a single swarm moves into opponents’ spaces, which provokes an attack of opportunity. It can occupy the same space as a creature of any size, since it crawls all over its prey, but remains a creature with a 10-foot space. Swarms never make attacks of opportunity, but they can provoke attacks of opportunity.Unlike other creatures with a 10-foot space, a swarm is shapeable. It can occupy any four contiguous squares, and it can squeeze through any space large enough to contain one of its component creatures.Vulnerabilities of SwarmsSwarms are extremely difficult to fight with physical attacks. However, they have a few special vulnerabilities,as follows:A lit torch swung as an improvised weapon deals 1d3 points of fire damage per hit.A weapon with a special ability such as flaming or frost deals its full energy damage with each hit, even if the weapon’s normal damage can’t affect the swarm.A lit lantern can be used as a thrown weapon, dealing 1d4 points of fire damage to all creatures in squares adjacent to where it breaks.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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