Weekly Drop 005 - Insectoids / Hive (Patreon)

The patrons decided it is time for insectoids and hives! So, here we go! We start with the psithalide hive and it lower caste. These curious insectoids aren't evil, but they also don't quite understand what is so bad about collect specimen and studying them...

• Monsters (with variants): Psithalide Bombard (CR 2), Psithalide Bombard (CR 4), Psithalide Abductor (CR 5)

• Item: Reservoir Ring - an evolving ring in which compartment you can store poisons and other liquids (Common → Rare)

• Spell: Swarm Surge - a level 2 conjuration spell to direct a swarm of hungry locust

• NPC: Lord Vaerion Silkmarrow - a changed noble after something seems to have affected him

• Encounter: Hive Versus Hive (APL 4) - a village is caught in the middle of two warring insectoid hives

All of this week's monsters, honestly. I originally started with the psithalides (feel free to check out the website!) a long time ago, but when I posted them on social media, the engagement wasn’t quite what I’d hoped for. So instead, I’m taking the time to post the full collection here and properly finish the hive. These psionic insectoids are designed to offer a serious challenge for tier 3 and tier 4 player characters — especially once the entire hive is complete and fully operational.

More content is added every week - and past drops continue to expand with VTT support.

🧟 Monsters

• Psithalide Bombard (CR 2)

• Psithalide Carapax (CR 4)

• Psithalide Abductor (CR 5)

🗡️ Item

• Reservoir Ring

⚡ Spell

• Swarm Surge

🧝 NPC

• Lord Vaerion Silkmarrow

⚔️ Encounter

• Hive Versus Hive