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1.5 KiB

Swarm, Ice Borers

Medium Elemental unaligned

  • Armor Class: 12
  • Hit Points: 40 (9d8)
  • Speed: walk 10 ft. climb 10 ft. fly 30 ft.
  • Challenge Rating: 2 (450 XP)
  • Source: Tome of Beasts 3, page 362
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
7 (-2) 15 (+2) 10 (+0) 3 (-4) 10 (+0) 3 (-4)
  • Skills: perception +0
  • Damage Immunities: cold
  • Damage Resistances: bludgeoning, piercing, slashing
  • Condition Immunities: charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned
  • Senses: passive Perception 10
  • Languages:

Special Abilities

  • False Appearance: While motionless indistinguishable from cluster of icicles. This trait doesn't function if swarm has damaged a creature with blood within the past 2 hrs.
  • Frigid Mass: A creature that starts its turn in the swarm's space takes 4 (1d8) cold.
  • Heatsense: The swarm can pinpoint the location of creatures emitting heat such as warm-blooded Beasts and Humanoids within 30' of it.
  • Spider Climb: Difficult surfaces even ceilings no ability check.
  • Swarm: Can occupy another creature's space and vice versa and swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny elemental. Can't regain hp or gain temp hp.

Actions

  • Impale: Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, 0 ft., one creature, in the swarm's space. 7 (2d6) piercing damage + 9 (2d8) cold or 3 (1d6) piercing damage + 4 (1d8) cold if the swarm has half its hp or fewer.