In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, wormspawn are a broad category of monsters created by Kyuss. Wormspawn figured prominently in the Age of Worms adventure path in Dungeon magazine. Physical description Most wormspawn have a wormlike appearance or are crawling with green worms. Types of Wormspawn Avolakia: Aberrations who dine on undead flesh. Broodfiend: An almost headless, grotesque mix of worm, lizard, bat, and ape. Earthcancer Centipede: Kyuss's attempt to generate undead useful in sieges. Eviscerator Beetle: One variety of undead vermin known as the Hounds of Kyuss. Kyuss Knight: The former generals of Kyuss' armies. Kyuss Spawnling: Designed to infiltrate lizardfolk society. Mastiff of Kyuss: Plague-spreading hunters and harbingers of the demigod of worms. Mindkiller Scorpion: Has a knack for seeking out and focusing its attacks on the most intelligent living foe in the area. Overworm: Gargantuan Kyuss worms. Spawn of Kyuss: The footsoldiers of the Wormgod's legions. Sword of Kyuss: The elite shock troops of the Wormgod's legions. Ulgurstasta: A massive, pale yellow maggot. Worm Naga: Kyuss's most promising spellcasters fused with worms. Worm that Walks: Evil arcane spellcasters whose will and personality live on in the worms that devoured the corpse. Wormcaller: The lesser priests who helped Kyuss ascend, rewarded with undeath. Wormdrake: A fusion of dragon and overworm, combining the worst and most ferocious features of both. Wormswarm: Thousands of Kyuss worms banded together.
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