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title: Dread Wurm
description: The dread wurm creature for OSR gaming.
date_pub: 2024-03-18T14:59:03.000-04:00
section: bestiary
content_type: feature
short_code: bdw
---

Huge, green, scaly, worm-like creature with several stalk-like appendages, and which that bores through the ground, surfacing only to eat.

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|                   |                       |
| ----------------- | --------------------- |
| **Hit Dice**      | 8 (36hp)              |
| **Armor Class**   | 15 (natural)          |
| **Movement**      | 20'                   |
| **Attacks**       | 1 (+7) @ 2d8 (bite)   |
| **Alignment**     | Neutral               |
| **Saving Throws** | D8 W9 P10 B10 S12 (8) |
| **Morale**        | 9                     |
| **XP**            | 650                   |

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-   Typically 50' long and 5' in diameter.
-   Lift top half out of the ground when searching for nearby prey.
-   Drawn to loud, thumping noises.
