Swarms

S
warms are a very rare race within the Forgotten Subraces Swarms are made out of different types of
Realms, and it is likely that not even 100 of them insects. Choose from one of the following subrace options
exist throughout the planes. They are made out of detailed below.
non-magical insects or creatures similar to Made
insects, but through the same magic that created Bees
them, they appear to be normal humans. You are made of bees. Your character may always have a
Swarms are created by powerful magic, likely slight buzzing sound coming from them, or maybe their irises
akin to the Awaken spell, is cast upon a large group of are striped black and yellow, or they may have small antennae
insects, like a beehive or a different collection of insects or hidden on their head.
insectoids. When created, a Swarm will be about as Ability Score Increase Your Dexterity score increases by
intelligent as a 20 year old human. They can speak, although 1.
the language differs. If they were created by a powerful mage, Bee Properties You can make martial weapons with your
they know all the languages their creator could speak. If they Swarm Creation trait, with which you are always fully
were created by unshackled magic, they will usually know proficent with. You gain a flying speed of 25 feet.
Terran, or depending on the magic, a language like Deep
Speech or Undercommon. Since Kobolds sometimes keep Beetles
pots full of centipedes, it's not unlikely that a swarm made You are made out of beetles. Your character may always have
from a centipede pot could know Draconic. a small chittering sound following them, or maybe they seem
Swarms appear human on the outside, other than a few to shine just a little no matter what.
minor quirks that could be used to identify them. Although a Ability Score Increase Your Wisdom score increases by 1.
few swarms dedicate themselves to being hermits, or even Beetle Properties Your unarmed strikes have a 1d4
attempting to remove the magic that created them, most of damage die, and you have a +1 to AC. You gain a burrowing
them quickly find themselves as adventures. speed of 20 feet.
Swarm Traits Centipedes
All Swarms have the following characteristics: You are made out of centipedes. Your character may seem
Age When swarms are created, they appear to be humans eerie in social situations, always holding eye contact for just
too long, or they might always seem to be wriggling in their
anywhere from 20 - 49 years old, but do not ever grow to look "skin."
older than this. If they are eating enough and aren't killed, Ability Score Increase Your Constitution score increases
they are biologically immortal. by 1.
Alignment Due to their nature as many creatures instead Centipede Properties Your base movement speed is 35
of just one, Swarms tend to drift towards chaotic or neutral feet. You have advantage on Charisma(Intimidation) checks.
alignments, although anything is possible for them. You deal an additional 1 poison damage when attacking with
Size Swarms are the same size as humans, ranging from a weapon created by your Swarm Creation trait.
barely 5 feet to over 6 feet tall.
Speed Your base walking speed is 30 feet, in addition to a Spiders
speed granted by your subrace. You are made out of spiders. Your character could be
Insectoid Vulnerability You are vulnerable to fire damage, manipulative even when it isn't helpful, or they could seem to
and always have an aversion to it. Underwater, you lose have a spider on their side that goes away whenever someone
breath twice faster than normal. tries to look at it.
Swarm Form You can cast the Alter Self spell at will, but Ability Score Increase Your Charisma score increases by
only to use the Change Appearance option. 1.
Dissasemble As an action, you can transform into a Spider Climb You can climb difficult surfaces, including
Swarm of Insects (Stat Block in the Monster Manual) of the upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability
same type as your subrace. During this transformation, you check.
keep your Hit Point Maximum and total, your Intelligence and Spider Relations You know Undercommon, and have
Wisdom scores, but all of your other scores and your advantage on Charisma(Persuasion) checks made to interact
languages become that of the swarm. with Drow.
Swarm Creation As an action, you can assemble some of Spider Web As an action, you can create a 30 ft. long silk
the insects you are made out of to create a simple weapon. If rope that can hold up to 300 pounds on it at once. If the
you are not already proficient with the weapon you create, weight exceeds this, or the rope takes 10 damage (AC 10,
you can add half of your proficiency modifier to attack rolls immune to psychic and poison damage), it breaks.
with the weapon that you created. Spider Bite Your unarmed strikes have a 1d4 damage die.
Languages Swarms always know common but can choose
one of the following languages, as decided by how you were
created: Deep Speech, Undercommon, Terran, or Draconic.