b'Auto-Minima \n'b'  Large   swarm of Tiny constructs  (robot, nanite),  unaligned  \n'b'  Armor Class  15  Hit Points  162 (17d10 + 68)  Speed  10 ft., fly 20 ft. (hover)\n'b' STATS STR: 1 (-5) DEX:  18 (+4)  CON:  19 (+4)  INT:  14 (+2)  WIS:  17 (+3)  CHA:  3 (-4)  \n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'  Skills   Perception  +8  Damage Resistances  bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing  Damage Immunities  necrotic, poison, psychic  Condition Immunities   charmed ,  frightened ,  grappled ,  paralyzed ,  petrified ,  prone ,  restrained ,  stunned   Senses  blindsight 60 ft., passive  Perception  18  Languages  Common but can only communicate directly with other machines, including androids without special equipment  Challenge  7 (2,900 XP) \n'b' SPECIAL TRAITS \n'b'\n'b'  Blessing of the Iron Gale . The malfunctioning nanite swarm performs one of the following changes to a target before moving on to another target. You can roll randomly or pick an appropriate effect. The swarm does not attempt to kill its target; however, its modifications may cause the target to die anyway. This smaller manifestation of the storm only affects living creatures \xe2\x80\x93 constructs, such as robots and androids are immune to this secondary effect. A creature can resist the effects on a successful DC 15  Constitution  saving throw. On a roll of a natural 1 the shock to the system is so great that the creature dies minutes after the effect takes place. \n'b'  Baleful Transformation . The storm changes the subject into a beast with a Challenge of no greater than one-third the target\xe2\x80\x99s actual level and/or Challenge (such as a dog, lizard, monkey, spider, toad etc.). The subject takes on all the statistics and special abilities of an average member of the new form in place of its own. The transformation is imperfect \xe2\x80\x93 the creature is always a  chimera  of some kind mixing multiple creature traits though these are usually superficial. \n'b'  Cloud . The storm can occupy another creature\xe2\x80\x99s space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny construct. The swarm can\xe2\x80\x99t regain  hit points  or gain  temporary hit points . A swarm takes half damage from attacks that use an  attack  roll and double damage from effects that require it to make a saving throw. Creatures that are not swarms are distracted by the surging wave of constructs while they remain in the swarm\xe2\x80\x99s space or within 5 feet of it and have disadvantage on  attack  rolls and  Constitution  saving throws to maintain concentration. The area of the swarm is considered  difficult terrain . \n'b'  Mutation . The creature is mutated somehow. The GM must decide exactly how and if it is beneficial or not, superficial or not etc. \n'b'  Weakness . When the storm damages a living creature, it disrupts the transmission of nerve impulses to the creature\xe2\x80\x99s muscles, causing weakness. Mechanically this is represented by a permanent  poisoned  condition. \n'b'\n'b' ACTIONS \n'b'\n'b'  Nanite Storm . All creatures sharing a space with the swarm or within 5 feet of it automatically take 25 (5d10) piercing and necrotic damage (evenly split between the two), or 15 (3d10) piercing and necrotic damage if the swarm has half of its  hit points  or fewer. The target must also make a DC 15  Constitution  saving throw or be exposed to the Blessing of the Iron Gale trait. \n'b'\n'b' REACTIONS \n'b'\n'b'  Reconstructive Healing . As a  reaction , a nanite storm can heal a single living target it shares a space with, healing 6 (2d6) points of damage. The cloud often triggers this ability when it reduces a creature to  0 hit points , so as to stabilize the target. The cloud can administer this healing in an instant before resolving any actual damage dealt to prevent a creature\xe2\x80\x99s death from its attacks. \n'b'\n'b' ABOUT \n'b' Appearing as a shimmering and sometimes colorful curtain of light an auto-minima storm is more a natural disaster in numbers than a monster to be defeated. Better to be avoided than confronted.'