# Swarm of Insects

> From the Curse of Strahd game wiki (it covers the whole game, spoilers included): https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/swarm-of-insects.html. Unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy, not approved or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

> [!infobox]
> ![swarm of insects](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/portraits/swarm-of-insects.webp)
> **Type:** Medium beast
> **Alignment:** unaligned
> **Challenge:** 1/2 (100 XP)
> **Armor Class:** 11
> **Hit Points:** 19 (3d8+6)
> **Speed:** 20 ft, fly 20 ft

## Stat block

A crawling, biting cloud of insects that pours over a victim; resists weapon damage.

| AC | HP | Speed | CR | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 19 (3d8+6) | 20 ft, fly 20 ft | 1/2 | 100 |

| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 (-4) | 13 (+1) | 14 (+2) | 1 (-5) | 7 (-2) | 1 (-5) |

- **Resistant:** bludgeoning, piercing, slashing
- **Condition immunities:** charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned
- **Senses:** blindsight 10 ft; passive Perception 8

### Traits

- **Swarm.** Shares spaces with other creatures and fits through insect-sized gaps; can't heal or gain Temporary Hit Points.

### Actions

- **Bites.** Many small bites; the damage drops once the swarm is Bloodied.

## Where you meet it

- [The Ruins of Berez](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-ruins-of-berez.md): *The scarecrows in the reeds turn their sacking heads all at once, and climb down off their poles.*
- [The Ruins of Berez](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-ruins-of-berez.md): *Lights bob up out of the flooded houses, pale and friendly, and drift toward you at the speed of a walk. They…*
- [The Ruins of Berez](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-ruins-of-berez.md): *A bowl of yellow bone comes skimming over the reeds, low and fast, with a tiny furious woman standing in it.…*
- [The Ruins of Berez](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-ruins-of-berez.md): [The One-Horned Billy](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-one-horned-billy.md) · *The Rag Queen steps down off her post, twice the height of a man, all rotten silk and lace and faces in the…*
- [Baba Lysaga's Hut](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/baba-lysagas-hut.md): *The door of the hut slams itself. The fire in the hearth stands up tall and green, and the jars on the shelf…*
- [Death House, Dungeon (Upper Level)](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/death-house-dungeon-upper-level.md): *The crypt was full of something, and now the passage is.*
- [The Webbed Gully](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-webbed-gully.md): [The Spiders' Gully](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-spiders-gully.md) · *Things come out of the cracks in the gully walls on long legs, very quickly, down their own threads.*

On the road: [Berez Marsh](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/world/random-encounters.md)