# Bat, Swarm of Bats

*medium* *Swarm*

- **Armor Class:** 12
- **Hit Points:** 14 
- **Speed:** walk 0 ft. fly 30 ft.- **Perception**: 11
- **Stealth**: 14
- **Challenge Rating:** 1/4 (50 XP)
- **Source:** [Black Flag](https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tovrpg-pg-mv/)

| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| -3 | +2 | +0 | -4 | +1 | -3 |

- **Damage Vulnerabilities:** deafened
- **Damage Immunities:** Swarm Resilience
- **Damage Resistances:** blinded,Swarm Resilience
- **Senses:** keensense 60 ft.
- **Languages:** -

### Special Abilities

- **Cacophonous Swarm:** A creature in the swarm's space that casts a spell with a verbal component must succeed on a DC 12 CON save or the spell fails to cast, expending the action required to cast it but not the spell slot or daily use.
- **Echolocation:** The swarm can't use its keensense while deafened.
- **Heightened Hearing:** The swarm's Perception is 16 when perceiving by hearing.
- **Swarm:** The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny bat. The swarm can't regain HP or gain temporary HP.
- **Swarm Resilience:** The swarm is resistant to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage, and it is immune to the charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, and stunned conditions.

### Actions

- **Bites:** _Melee Weapon Attack:_ +4 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. _Hit:_ 7 (2d6) piercing damage, or 3 (1d6) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its HP or fewer.


### License

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