Rot grubs, or tenebrio puterus,[5] were a species of parasitic grubs.[2]
Abilities[]
If their victims were quick, they could be treated with fire or by cutting them out with a blade. If not, a remove disease spell would be needed to eliminate them before they reached a victim's heart.[6]
History[]
In 1357 DR, rot grubs could occasionally be found in the sewers of Waterdeep.[7]
Ecology[]
A single swarm of rot grubs was capable of laying over ten thousand eggs on a decaying body before they perished. If these bodies were not burned, then their eggs would hatch after a period of one month.[2]
Diet[]
Rot grubs were known to feed upon both dead and living flesh.[2]
Habitats[]
In the forest of Cormanthor, rot grubs were often found in the bark of treants, where they helped combat tube wilt by eating the rotten wood and the fungal infection that caused it.[8]
Outside of Cormanthor, they were most often found in piles of offal or dung, attracted by movement, they would burrow into the nearest moving object and eat whatever they could.[6]
Usages[]
Some gnolls were known to capture rot grubs and use them to torture their captives in rites to Yeenoghu. Some kobolds would capture them and place them in small, ceramic containers to be thrown at their enemies. And some bugbears were known to use them as additions to their traps or pits to dispose of bodies in.[2]
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Appearances[]
- Adventures
- Halls of the High King • Dungeon #29: "Nymph's Reward" • Dungeon #71: "Dreadful Vestiges" • Dragon+ #12, "The Barber of Silverymoon"
- Video Games
- Referenced only
- Neverwinter Nights: Darkness over Daggerford
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mike Mearls, et al. (November 2016). Volo's Guide to Monsters. Edited by Jeremy Crawford, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 208. ISBN 978-0786966011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Mike Mearls, Greg Bilsland, Robert J. Schwalb (June 2010). Monster Manual 3 4th edition. Edited by Greg Bilsland, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 166. ISBN 978-0-7869-5490-2.
- ↑ Doug Stewart (June 1993). Monstrous Manual. (TSR, Inc), p. 364. ISBN 1-5607-6619-0.
- ↑ Gary Gygax (December 1977). Monster Manual, 1st edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 83. ISBN 0-935696-00-8.
- ↑ Jon Mattson (May 1981). “Monster Mixing”. In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #49 (TSR, Inc.), p. 40.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ed Greenwood (June 1987). “The Ecology of the Rot Grub”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Dragon #122 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 16–17.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (1987). Waterdeep and the North. (TSR, Inc), p. 27. ISBN 0-88038-490-5.
- ↑ James Butler, Elizabeth T. Danforth, Jean Rabe (September 1994). “Cormanthor”. In Karen S. Boomgarden ed. Elminster's Ecologies (TSR, Inc), p. 27. ISBN 1-5607-6917-3.