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
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 fa
Each creature in the sportlebore swarm's area takes 3d6 piercing damage (DC 25 reflex save).
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.