Core spawn

Core spawn
Depiction of a core spawn emissary, by Stephen Oakley from Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 285.
Biological Information
Type	Aberration
Subraces	Core spawn crawler Core spawn emissary Core spawn seer Core spawn worm
Alignment	Neutral evil (Emissary) Chaotic evil (Crawler, Seer, Worm)
Vision	Blindsight, Tremorsense
Abilities	All immune to psychic damage
Sociocultural Information
Planes	Material Plane (Exandria)
Locations	Blightshore, Wildemount
Language	All understand Deep Speech Emissaries and Seers have telepathy Seers can speak Deep Speech, Common, and Undercommon

Core spawn are horrific, insect-like aberrations that reside in the Miskath Pit of Blightshore.

Fan art of core spawn, by Cecil Krchman.

History

Core spawn are a subterranean breed of servants and soldiers of the Elder Evils, awakened during the Calamity by the Betrayer Gods. These creatures often appear on the surface of Exandria following seismic events; one known instance is in the formation of the Miskath Pit sinkhole.

Varieties

• Crawler: Small creatures with four, taloned arms and a hooked, prehensile tail. Crawlers frequently travel in packs known as 'veins'.
• Emissary: Medium creatures with six taloned limbs, wings, and a tail. Emissaries can expel clouds of toxic, crystalline spores from tubes in their heads.
• Seer: Humanoid arcanists corrupted by the Elder Evils. Unlike the rest of the core spawn, Seers can speak, and know Common and Undercommon in addition to Deep Speech.
• Worm: Gargantuan creature with a lava-like glow beneath its hide, and barbed tentacles around its toothy maw.

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