Magnystic Mite
- Armor Class
- 4 [15]
- Hit Dice
- 1 hp
- Attacks
- Bite (1d6)
- Special
- spells, immunity
- Move
- 40
- HDE/XP
- 2/30
Description
Magnystic Mites are artificial creatures the size of a fruit fly made by Magic-users. They are usually released as part of a trap and swarm those nearby, biting and latching onto them. Once latched on, they attract the magical effects that originate from magic wands and other devices. Additionally, attacks made against the mites that miss will do damage to the victim as long as the attack would hit the victim's AC. The mites themselves are immune to all magic, as the energy simply passes through them and into their victim (or into the ether, if they are not attached to a target). Weapons with magical bonuses will still be granted their bonus to hit.
As long as it is attached to a creature, even if it's only hanging onto fur or clothing, a mite imposes a cumulative -1 penalty on the victim's saving throws against magic from magical devices. Any single mite can only apply the penalty once, and the penalty persists until the mite is removed. Sometimes, a particularly-skilled wizard will tune the mites to a specific device, doubling that penalty against the effects of the device.
Source note: This creature is converted from The Basic Fantasy Field Guide of Creatures Malevolent and Benign – Omnibus Edition, 1st Edition Release 4, © 2010–2025 Chris Gonnerman, R. Kevin Smoot, James Lemon, Matt Sluis, and Contributors. The Basic Fantasy Field Guide textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.