# Swarm, Ephemeral >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] > >[!debug]+ > >Melee/Ranged: +11/+15 > >Secondary: +6/+10 > >Multiattack: +9/+13 > >M/R_PA: +11/+15 > >2nd/PA: +6/+10 > >MA_PA: +9/+13 > >Itterative: 2 > > xDmg:: Str: +0; Str2: +0; StrOH: +0; StrPA: +0; StrPA2H: +0; StrPAOH: +0 > > xDCs:: Str: 16; Dex: 20; Con: 16; Int: 12; Wis: 16; Cha: 20 > > xFeat:: 2/6 (4) > > > > > > xLang:: 0/0 (0) <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Ephemeral Swarm</div> <div class="CR">CR 5 (1,600 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Monster Manual 3</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> CE Tiny Undead (incorporeal, swarm) **Init** +4 **Senses** darkvision 60 ft.; **Perception** +4 #### defense **AC** 20, 20 touch, 16 flat-footed (+4 deflection, +4 Dex, +2 size) **hp** 96 (12d8+48) **Fort** +8, **Refl** +8, **Will** +8 **Feint** —, **Demoralize** — **Defensive Abilities** swarm traits #### offense **Speed** fly 30 ft. (good) **Melee** swarm (1d6 strength plus distraction) **Space** 10 ft., **Reach** 0 ft. **Special Attacks** distracrion (DC 14) #### statistics **Str** —, **Dex** 18, **Con** —, **Int** 2, **Wis** 11, **Cha** 18 **BAB** +9, **CMB** —, **CMD** —, **TA** +11, **RTA** +15 **Feats** [[Alertness]], [[Toughness]] (4) **Languages** #### special abilities ### Strength Damage (Su) The swarm attack of an ephemeral swarm deals 1 point of Strength damage to any living creature whose space it occupies at the end of its move. A creature reduced to Strength 0 by an ephemeral swarm dies. This is a negative energy effect. Almost all ephemeral swarms return from the dead seeking to inflict pain and suffering similar to that which they experienced upon their deaths. If the agent of their destruction is visible and recognizable by the creatures, a swarm will direct its efforts toward killing him. Otherwise, a swarm surrounds and attacks any living prey it encounters. Ephemeral swarms are the ghostly collections of many little creatures that suffered a common death. Just as when a spirit of a particular creature lingers on as a ghost, when many small creatures die a violent death, they may linger on as a vengeful ephemeral swarm. The undead swarm is composed of the psychic agony and anguish of the newly departed. The physical appearance of the creatures in the swarm corresponds to what was killed. Thus, in an area where a plague killed all the cats, the ephemeral swarm will look like a pack of cats and kittens. If a fireball spell took out a rats' nest, the ephemeral swarm would seem to be a ghostly rat swarm.