Swamp striders were a species of swarming, predatory insects that could walk across bodies of water thanks to their physiology.[1]
Description[]
These insects were about the size of mundane beetles, measuring 7 inches (0.18 meters) in length and weighing 0.5 pounds (0.23 kilograms). They had dangerously long, spiked suckers.[1]
Abilities[]
Swamp striders could see in areas of total darkness, as well as sense creatures within 30 feet (9.1 meters) of them walking in the same body of water. [1]
These insects were capable of walking across water as if effected by water walk and would even float to the surface if submerged.[1]
Combat[]
When in a swarm, swamp striders would surround and attack living warm-blooded prey larger than them. They pierced them with their suckers to cause bleeding.[1]
Sub-Species[]
- Underdark strider
- Swamp striders that inhabited the lakes and seas of the Underdark, such as the Lightless Sea, differed from their surface brethren in that they had a white coloration and were blind.[1]
Ecology[]
Diet[]
These creatures subsisted upon blood.[1]
Habitats[]
Swamp striders were found within warm marshes of the Realms. They were particularly known to inhabit the Adder Swamp of Chessenta and the Vast Swamp of Cormyr, often terrorizing the inhabitants of the latter.[1]
Usages[]
Some humanoid races hunted swamp strider swarms on occasion, considering them to be a fine delicacy when roasted.[1]
History[]
Around 1372 DR, swamp striders were counted among the many creatures that one could only rarely encounter while traversing the sewers of Waterdeep.[2]
Appendix[]
External Links[]
Swamp strider article at the Eberron Wiki, a wiki for the Eberron 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 1.11 Andrew Finch, Gwendolyn Kestrel, Chris Perkins (August 2004). Monster Manual III. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 171. ISBN 0-7869-3430-1.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd (June 2005). City of Splendors: Waterdeep. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 126. ISBN 0-7869-3693-2.