OGC:Maw Swarm (5e Creature)

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Maw Swarm

Medium swarm of Tiny aberrations, unaligned Armor Class 13 Hit Points 104 (16d8 + 32) Speed 0 ft., fly 40 ft. (hover), swim 40 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 10 (+0) 17 (+3) 14 (+2) 3 (-4) 10 (+0) 6 (-2) Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned Senses , darkvision 60 ft.,passive Perception 10 Languages Deep Speech Challenge 3 (700 XP) Whispers of the Weird. The maw swarm murmurs and whispers constantly, speaking secrets in languages beyond mortal comprehension. A creature that starts its turn in the maw swarm’s space or enters it for the first time on its turn must make a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw, suffering 10 (3d6) psychic damage on a failed save. Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny maw. The swarm can’t regain hit points or gain temporary hit points. Aberrant Physiology. The maw swarm does not need to breathe or sleep. ACTIONS Bites. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm’s space. Hit: 17 (4d6 + 3) piercing damage, or 10 (2d6 + 3) piercing damage if the maw swarm has half its hit points or fewer.

{{{description}}} In the lightless depths of the sea and the unthinkable realms far beyond our reality, there exist living humanoid mouths, trailing exposed muscles and bloody viscera. They cluster by inexplicable instinct into swarms of hundreds, and scour the deeps as a wandering, allconsuming hunger. Torn from the Drowned. When drowned humanoids sink to the depths of the sea, aboleths and other horrors find them. The transformations that are worked upon these bodies are too numerous to list and too awful to contemplate, but one form of them separates the maw and gullet from the corpse without ending its drive to consume. The aboleths lure maw swarms into areas they want to purge of all living matter, so that they can inhabit the area themselves.

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Races	Faun (5e Race) • Gremlin (5e Race) • Spriggan (5e Race)
Classes	Alchemist (5e Class) • Cardcaster (5e Class) • Diabolist (5e Class) • Feywalker (5e Class) • Noble (5e Class) • Occultist (5e Class)
Character Options	Alchemist's Apprentice (5e Background) • Bloodkeeper's Barricade (5e Background) • Epitheos Monastery (5e Background)
Feats	Abyssal Hide (5e Feat) • Alchemical Artillerist (5e Feat) • Astrologer (5e Feat) • Balor Wings (5e Feat) • Bloodkeeper Arts (5e Feat) • Cardshark (5e Feat) • Cartomancy (5e Feat) • Chosen of Fortune (5e Feat) • Cosmic Ritualist (5e Feat) • Couatl Crest (5e Feat) • Deva Wings (5e Feat) • Devil’s Arm (5e Feat) • Dretch Belch (5e Feat) • Expeditious Alchemy (5e Feat) • Greased Lightning (5e Feat) • Holy Drive (5e Feat) • Imp’s Eye (5e Feat) • Infernal Horns (5e Feat) • Infernal Mask (5e Feat) • Intuitive Diviner (5e Feat) • Metaknowledge (5e Feat) • Mounted Musketeer (5e Feat) • Pernicious Poisoner (5e Feat) • Planetar Visage (5e Feat) • Solar Gaze (5e Feat) • Soul of Light (5e Feat) • Swordsaint (5e Feat) • Unicorn Horn (5e Feat) • Vrock Feathers (5e Feat)
Equipment	Alchemical Torch (5e Equipment) • Ammunition, Bullet (50) (5e Equipment) • Ammunition, Fire Arrow/Bolt (20) (5e Equipment) • Ammunition, Rounds (20) (5e Equipment) • Ammunition, Shot (20) (5e Equipment) • Barrel Chain Rifle (5e Equipment) • Blunderbuss (5e Equipment) • Carbine (5e Equipment) • Elephant Gun (5e Equipment) • Elephant Pistol (5e Equipment) • Facemold Paste (5e Equipment) • Fire Lance (5e Equipment) • Flintlock Revolver (5e Equipment) • Glacial Effector (5e Equipment) • Gun Cane (5e Equipment) • Gun Kit (5e Equipment) • Gun Shield (5e Equipment) • Hand Blunderbuss (5e Equipment) • Hand Cannon (5e Equipment) • Harmonica Pistol (5e Equipment) • Harmonica Rifle (5e Equipment) • Harquebus (5e Equipment) • Harquebus Hybrid (5e Equipment) • Hexagonal Rifle (5e Equipment) • Hybrid Pistol (5e Equipment) • King's Walking Staff (5e Equipment) • Lead Ingot (5e Equipment) • Lever Action Carbine (5e Equipment) • Lever Action Pistol (5e Equipment) • Matchlock Musket (5e Equipment) • Matchlock Pistol (5e Equipment) • Midnight Dust (5e Equipment) • Musket (5e Equipment) • Needle Rifle (5e Equipment) • Pepperbox Pistol (5e Equipment) • Pepperbox Rifle (5e Equipment) • Pistol (5e Equipment) • Pocket Pistol (5e Equipment) • Powder Flask (5e Equipment) • Repeating Flintlock Pistol (5e Equipment) • Rest (5e Equipment) • Revolver (5e Equipment) • Revolving Blunderbuss (5e Equipment) • Revolving Carbine (5e Equipment) • Revolving Rifle (5e Equipment) • Rifle (5e Equipment) • Rotating Revolver (5e Equipment) • Saber (5e Equipment) • Smoke Bomb (5e Equipment) • Sparksprig (5e Equipment) • Triangular Bayonet (5e Equipment) • Turret Pistol (5e Equipment) • Turret Rifle (5e Equipment) • Volley Musket (5e Equipment) • Volley Pistol (5e Equipment)
Magic Items	Adamantine Bullet (5e Equipment) • Bloodkeeper Crystal (5e Equipment) • Calamity Blade (5e Equipment) • Dire Bear Mask (5e Equipment) • Dragon's Breath Shot (5e Equipment) • Figurine of Wondrous Power: Agate Cat (5e Equipment) • Goblin Mask (5e Equipment) • Hag Mask (5e Equipment) • Hill Giant Mask (5e Equipment) • Jawbreakers' War Mask (5e Equipment) • Mask of Humanity (5e Equipment) • Mask of the Dragon (5e Equipment) • Mask of the Feychild (5e Equipment) • Mask of the Infernal Offspring (5e Equipment) • Mask of the Shamed Royal (5e Equipment) • Moon Powder (5e Equipment) • No-Headed Coin (5e Equipment) • Octopoid Mask (5e Equipment) • Rain Match (5e Equipment) • Spark Staff (5e Equipment) • Stoneborn Death Mask (5e Equipment) • The Ghost Hood (5e Equipment) • The Proclaimer (5e Equipment) • The Slashed Faces (5e Equipment) • Visage of the Vampire (5e Equipment)
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Variant Rules	Capacity (5e Variant Rule) • Chain Fire (5e Variant Rule) • Double-Action (5e Variant Rule) • Experimenting and Grafting (5e Variant Rule) • Firearm Customization (5e Variant Rule) • Loud (5e Variant Rule) • Match Loading (5e Variant Rule) • Misalignment (5e Variant Rule) • Misfire (5e Variant Rule) • Rest (5e Variant Rule) • Shot (5e Variant Rule) • Turret Chain Fire (5e Variant Rule) • Unwieldy (5e Variant Rule) • Volley (5e Variant Rule)
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