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Swarm of Zombie Limbs

Swarm of Zombie Limbs
Swarm of Zombie Limbs
CR 1
Medium Swarm of Tiny Undead, Unaligned
Reveal Stat Block
Armor Class
10
Hit Points
22 (5d8)
Speed
30 ft., climb 30 ft.
str
14
+2
dex
10
+0
con
10
+0
int
3
-4
wis
8
-1
cha
5
-3

Traits

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 limb. The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit points.
Unusual Nature.The swarm doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.

Actions

Multiattack.The swarm makes one Undead Mass attack and one Grasping Limbs attack.
Undead Mass.mw 4 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm's space. ({@damage 1d6 + 2) bludgeoning damage, or 4 (1d4 + 2) bludgeoning damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer.
Grasping Limbs.mw 4 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. ({@damage 2d6) necrotic damage, and the creature must succeed on a 12 Strength saving throw or be restrained. The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, taking 7 (2d6) necrotic damage on a failed save. The creature is freed if it succeeds on this saving throw, the swarm moves out of the creature's space, or the swarm dies.

Swarm of Zombie Limbs

Among the undead, a lone zombie ranks far from the most menacing. The horror of the shambling dead lies not in their individual menace, though, but their numbers, their persistence, and their disregard for their own well-being. A throng of zombies will douse a forest fire with their own ashes or march into a dragon's maw until the monster chokes. In the course of their relentless marches, zombies might suffer all manner of trauma, potentially reducing them to masses of crawling limbs, infecting them with terrible diseases (see zombie plague spreader), or crushing an entire horde into a single, rotting titan (see zombie clot).

Zombie Apocalypses

Among the types of horror adventures detailed in chapter 2|VRGR|2, tales of uncontrolled zombie outbreaks orbit the dark fantasy|VRGR|2|Dark Fantasy and disaster horror|VRGR|2|Disaster Horror genres. The horror of these adventures focuses not on the terror of a single zombie, but of countless individual threats overwhelming society. When creating your own undead calamities, consider the plots presented on the Zombie Apocalypses table.