Spaw

Sovereign Spaw
Level 5
Information
Title	Myconid Monarch
Race	Myconid
Hometown	Ebonlake Grotto
Stats
Size	Medium
Type	Plant
Armour Class	13
Hit points	112 (Balanced) 145 (Tactician)
Movement speed	7.5 m (25 ft)
Weight	130 kg (260 lb)
Initiative	0
Ability scores
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 18 (+4) 10 (0) 14 (+2) 13 (+1) 15 (+2) 10 (0)
Proficiency bonus	+3
Saving throws	Str +4 Dex 0 Con +2 Int +1 Wis +2 Cha 0
Resistances
Vulnerable	Fire
Features
Opportunity Attack	Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.
Darkvision	Can see in the dark up to 12m.
Sun Sickness	While in sunlight, Disadvantage on Ability Checks, Attack Rolls, and Saving Throws.
Muscular	Advantage on Ability Checks and Saving Throws using Athletics.
Multiattack: Spores	Can Multiattack a target that is effected by Befuddled, Noxious Fumes or Haste Spores.

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

Overview

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.

Quests

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

Involvement

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.

External links

• Spaw on the Forgotten Realms Wiki