Ice Worm Swarm

Ice Worm Swarm
Level	5
Size	Large

Description

A single finger-length bore worm is unpleasant but mostly innocuous. Ten thousand bore worms, on the other hand, pose a formidable threat to even seasoned adventurers. The countless worms form a roiling, rancid mass of acid and pain, capable of delivering a hideous death to any person or beast unable to escape them. Unfortunately for any creature other than a bore worm, most encounters involve swarms.

These Darklands vermin produce corrosive, noxious slime and deliver agonizing bites, whether as a revolting, wriggling swarm of finger-length worms or a single massive, lurching beast. Among Darklands communities, most inhabitants regard bore worms much in the same way surface cultures speak of maggots or cockroaches-with general disdain and revulsion. Children consider catching a single bore worm and using it to torment others a rite of passage, albeit a dangerous one.

Found tunneling through the glaciers beneath the Crown of the World, these pale-blue worms behave similarly to their soil-bred cousins, but their frigid acid inflicts marks similar to frostbite on anything they touch.

Defense & Saves

HP: 60
AC: 20
Perception: +0
Speed: 15 ft., 30 ft. Burrow
Fortitude: +15
Reflex: +12
Will: +8
Immunities: Cold, Precision, Swarm Mind
Weaknesses: Area Damage 4, Splash Damage 4, Water 8
Resistances: Bludgeoning 4, Piercing 8, Slashing 8

Ability Scores

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
-1	+3	+4	-5	+1	-4

Skills

Skill	Modifier
Acrobatics	+0
Stealth	+0

Actions & Abilities

Abilities

Tremorsense (Imprecise) 60 feet: @Localize[PF2E.NPC.Abilities.Glossary.Tremorsense]
Swarming Bites: Each enemy in the swarm's space takes @Damage[3d6[cold]|options:area-damage] damage (@Check[reflex|dc:22|basic|options:area-effect,inflicts:sickened] save).

Creatures that fail this save become Sickened 1 from the swarm's painful bites.

Swarm Mind: @Localize[PF2E.NPC.Abilities.Glossary.SwarmMind]

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