Spaw

Myconid Monarch
Sovereign Spaw
Stats
Level 5
STR 18 (+4) DEX 10 CON 14 (+2) INT 13 (+1) WIS 15 (+2) CHA 10
Race	[[Myconid|Myconid]]
Type	Plant
HP	112; 145TTactician
AC	13
Movement Speed	7.5m / 25ft
Size	Medium
Weight	130kg / 260lbs
Proficiency Bonus	+3
Initiative	0
Passive features
Opportunity Attack  Darkvision  Sun Sickness  Muscular  Multiattack: Spores
Resistances
Character information
Location	Ebonlake Grotto
Enemies	Nere
3D Model

Sovereign Spaw is a Myconid NPC in Baldur's Gate 3. It is the Sovereign of the Myconid colony in Ebonlake Grotto.

Background

Sovereign Spaw's colony was attacked by Duergar slavers who were trying to recapture Thulla, a runaway Deep Gnome slave the Myconids were giving safe harbour to. They were able to repel the deep dwarves, but sought help to finish off the invaders.

Interactions

Spaw will telepathically engage the party from afar when they pass through rapport spores for the first time. When they come face-to-fungi in the Ebonlake Grotto, Spaw asks the party to slay the Duergar that threaten its colony.

If the party slays the dwarves, Spaw will go further and request Nere's head, ending the Absolute's push through the Underdark. If the party completes this quest, Spaw will transform the dead Drow's head into a fungal trophy and celebrate with a little dance.

Glut

The party can turn on Spaw as part of the quest Avenge Glut's Circle. Attempting to coup Spaw will turn the entire colony hostile against Glut and the party, but this battle can be ended prematurely by focusing on Spaw alone. Once Spaw is dead, the rest of the colony turns neutral as they immediately accept Glut as a new sovereign.

Attacks and abilities

 Fist ()

3d8 (3~24) Bludgeoning

+

3d4 (3~12) Poison

Lash out with a fungal hand.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Animating Spores ()

Release spores at a corpse to animate it as a spore servant under your command.

 Range: 3 m / 10 ft

Recharge: Per turn

The tooltip of Spaw's animating spores mentions that it can only be used on one target at a time; however, this is untrue for this variation of the ability, which Spaw can use each turn as long as there are valid targets.

Related quests

• Defeat the Duergar Intruders
• Deliver Nere's Head
• Avenge Glut's Circle

External links

• Spaw on the Forgotten Realms Wiki