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Bone Swarm

Large Swarm of Tiny Undead, Chaotic Evil

Armor Class: 17 (natural armor)

Hit Points: 198 (36d10)

Speed: 20 ft., fly 60 ft.

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
22 (+6)	18 (+4)	10 (+0)	9 (-1)	15 (+2)	20 (+5)

Saving Throws: Dex +8, Wis +6, Cha +9

Skills: Acrobatics +8, Perception +6, Stealth +8

Damage Vulnerability: bludgeoning

Damage Resistances: piercing and slashing from nonmagical weapons.

Damage Immunity: poison

Condition Immune: charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned, prone, restrained, stunned

Senses: darkvision 60 ft., passive perception 16

Languages: Common, Void Speech

Challenge: 10 (5,900 xp)Proficiency Bonus (PB): +4

Features

Strength of Bone. A bone swarm can choose to deal bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage, and adds 1.5× its Strength bonus on swarm damage rolls as bits and pieces of broken skeletons claw, bite, stab, and slam at the victim.

Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a human skull. The swarm can’t regain hit points or gain temporary hit points.

Actions

Multiattack. The bone swarm can attack every hostile creature in its space with swirling bones.

Swirling Bones.

Death's Embrace (Recharge 5-6).

End of the source material

Unofficial Description: Animated pile of undead bones.^[1]

Sources and Notes

Wolfgang, Baur (2016). ''Tome of Beasts''. Kobold Press. pp.23.

unofficial description by user:Rlyehable. Not part of the published material. ↑

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Bone Swarm (Sort Text: Bone Swarm 5e, Size: Large, Type: Swarm, Subtypes: Undead, Alignment: Chaotic Evil, HP: 198, CR: 10, Features: Strength of Bone • Swarm • Multiattack • Swirling Bones • Death's Embrace, Has Lair: No, NPC: No, Canon: No, Pointer: No, UA: No, User: No, Sources: Tome of Beasts)

[1] unofficial description by user:Rlyehable. Not part of the published material. ↑

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