Bloodworm infestation, how to clear one?

[Lurker]

Cross-posted from the C&C Rings of Brass forum : viewtopic.php?f=21&t=11441

I was reading through some of the modules I have on PDF (snip) and I ran across a village that was infested with blood worms. That started me thinking about how a party would clear out the infestation.

I figured that it would be best if the party had a druid and they were able to use the reverse of summon swarm to disperse the worms. However where would the worms then go, would they then infest some new area?

After that I figured something like a cleric using various “bless” spells to drive out the little buggers. Then we are back to the question of where do they then go.

My next fix would be some good old bonfires and area effect fire spells to heat up the land enough to kill the worms. This of course will damage the area and require years of work to get it back to the pre infestation/burning condition.

Are there any other things I’ve missed, or are there spells etc that I haven’t thought of that would be useful?

[Rikitiki]

(cross posted from my answer on that other forum )

Hmm...not 'up' on Bloodworms, but from the name I'm thinking they attach leech-like and suck up blood.
If so, just slaughter a few animals, poison the blood and leave them as a Bloodworm snack. Collect the dead Bloodworms, burn the bodies, and no residual damage to the crop-bearing soil, no?

[kreider204]

... just slaughter a few animals ...

Blatant cruelty to animals!!! Use orcs instead ...

[Lurker]

... (cross posted from my answer on that other forum ...

Riki, rgr (and thanks for the post by the way). I wasn't sure about cross posting someone else's post ...

That might work, but with the blood worm being qusi magical (associated with evil fey) I'm not sure.

I wish I could remember the module it was in to refer everyone back to it. From the module it made it sound like a whole village (and some of the surrounding area) was heavily infested and the blood worms looked to be a nasty pain.

[serleran]

Invite over some vampires.

[Lurker]

Invite over some vampires.

That would be a huge case of the cure being worse than the sickness ...

[Rikitiki]

Well, blood is 99% water, so cast the reverse of 'Create Water' on
the Bloodworms. Not only do you get dead Bloodworms, but they'll
be nice and dry and crispy, ready for the fireball follow-up. Or,
after that, lightly roast 'em and salt 'em for party snacks?