Swamp striders are a species of swarming, predatory insects whose physiology grants them the ability to walk across bodies of water, as if effected by the water walk spell. [1]
Description
These insects are comparative in size to a mundane beetle, measuring 7 inches (0.18 meters) in length and weighing 0.5 pounds (0.23 kilograms). They have dangerously long, spiked suckers. [1]
Abilities
Swamp striders can see in areas of total darkness and sense creatures walking in the same body of water as them, out to a distance of 30 feet (9.1 meters). [1]
Like anyone affected by water walk , a swamp strider swarm floats to the surface if submerged. [1]
Combat
Swamp striders fight by surrounding living, warm-blooded prey larger than them, piercing their bodies with their suckers to cause bleeding. [1]
Ecology
Diet
Swamp striders are a sanguivorous species, subsisting upon the blood they spill from their enemies. [1]
Habitats
Swamp striders inhabit warm marshes. They are particularly known to inhabit the Crawling Swamp of the Shadow Marches and the Vile Marsh of western Droaam . In the Vile Marsh, they regularly surround the ruined keep atop Karthoon Tor , because of a vermin lord lairing within it. [1]
Usages
Humanoids occasionally hunt swamp strider swarms, considering them to be a fine delicacy when roasted. [1]
Appendix
External Links
- Swamp strider article at the Forgotten Realms Wiki , a wiki for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Andrew Finch , Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel , Chris Perkins (August 2004). Monster Manual III . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 171. ISBN 0-7869-3430-1 .