5e conjure animals jeremy crawford8/17/2023 ![]() ![]() Likewise, hitting a swarm with a spell, like Burning Hands, would hit them as a group, not allowing stragglers. As such, they have a single HP to calculate, and not a collective of them, so they would work as if they are in a symbiotic relationship where they cannot exist seperate. In this case, we must look at them, according to a tweet by Jeremy Crawford,(1) as many animals bound together. However, in your case, you are asking about saving throws and such, which falls into the category of how the swarm interacts with the world and how they are formed. I have noticed many people debate and ask if a swarm is considered a single creature for purposes such as a Druid's wildshape(1), or Conjure Animals, which Jeremy Crawford (1), Mike Mearls (2), and Christopher Perkins(3) has spoken out on this(2) matter adamantly(3) stating that they are a swarm and not applicable as an individual creature. While swarms, in your case, would be considered a singular creature, they are also majorly considered a group of creatures. There is a wrinkle to answering your question that I think should be addressed as well. In your specific scenario, we go with option 1:Ĭonsidered as a single creature In short: While Swarms clearly are groups of creatures, they are listed as stat blocks in the Monster Manual, et al., so treat them the same as any other singular creature with a stat block. We could say that the HP represents how many creatures are in a swarm, but that would only be an interpretation, not a rule, and shouldn't change how we handle rolls. Importantly, note that the stat block doesn't detail how many creatures are in a given swarm, only that the attacks can differ when the swarm drops below half its starting HP (as detailed in the attacks for a given swarm). A swarm's stat block represents multiple creatures but is treated as a single creature. in a similar fashion to obviously singular entities. However, given that swarms are listed as their own stat blocks in the Monster Manual, we must consider that those stat blocks are treated the same as any other, and would therefore make saves, attacks, etc. Next, we can look in the Sage Advice Compendium on page 16 for a confirmation that swarms are indeed groups (in an answer about the conjure animals spell): Stat blocks will also explicitly provide special saving throw information when it is present. Swarms are (implicitly) treated as singular creaturesĪll of the information we need to mechanically handle a given monster is provided in its stat block:Ī monster's statistics, sometimes referred to as its stat block, provide the essential information that you need to run the monster. ![]()
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