Sportlebore Swarm
Level 7Abilities
Saving Throw DC 22 fortitude Stage 1 carrier with no ill effect (1 day) Stage 2 Enfeebled 1 (1 hour) Stage 3 Enfeebled 2 (1 hour) Stage 4 4d6 bludgeoning damage (DC 25 fortitude save) as the host painfully vomits out a sportlebore swarm and returns to stage 1
This monster doesn't have a single mind (typically because it's a swarm of smaller creatures), and is immune to mental effects that target only a specific number of creatures. It is still subject to mental effects that affect all creatures in an area.
Trigger A creature in the sportlebore swarm's area speaks, Casts a Spell, or opens its mouth Effect A portion of the sportlebore swarm attempts to surge down the throat of the triggering creature, who must attempt a DC 25 fortitude save. Critical Success The creature is unaffected. Success The creature gets a mouthful of sportlebores. They spit the insects out and avoid further damage, but they can't speak for 1 round, and if they were performing a spellcasting action, the spell fails and the caster wastes the action. Failure The creature takes 4d6 piercing damage from sportlebore bites, can't speak for 1 round, and loses a spell as noted under success. Critical Failure As failure, but the creature is also exposed to sportlebore infestation.
Each creature in the sportlebore swarm's area takes 3d6 piercing damage (DC 25 reflex save).
Description
A swarm of sportlebores is a much more dangerous foe than a single insect.
The bane of hungry adventurers the world over, sportlebores are nefarious vermin that resemble delicious snacks. When positioned near trail rations, such as fruit or jerky, a sportlebore can flawlessly imitate these foodstuffs by flexing, contorting, and color-shifting its abdomen, then folding its thorax, head, and legs within its delicious-looking body. Once consumed, the sportlebore reproduces into a hungry swarm that's regurgitated by the now ailing eater, ravenously attacking any creatures it thinks it can consume.