Hive Mother (5e Creature)
Hive Mother[edit]
Huge aberration, lawful evil Armor Class 20 (natural armor)
Saving Throws Int +11, Wis +9, Cha +11 Antimagic Cone. The hive mother's central eye creates an area of antimagic, as in the antimagic field spell, in a 150-foot cone. At the start of each of her turns, the hive mother decides which way the cone faces and whether the cone is active. Magic Resistance. The hive mother has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. ACTIONSMultiattack. The hive mother makes three attacks with her bite. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 28 (7d6 + 4) piercing damage and the target is grappled (escape DC 14). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the hive mother can't bite another target. Swallow. The hive mother makes one bite attack against a Large or smaller target she is grappling. If the attack hits, the target is swallowed, and the grapple ends. While swallowed, the target is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the hive mother, and it takes 42 (12d6) acid damage at the start of each of the hive mother's turns. The hive mother can have up to one Large, two Medium, or four Small or smaller creatures swallowed at a time.
LEGENDARY ACTIONSThe hive mother can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The hive mother regains spent legendary actions at the start of her turn. Move. The hive mother moves up to its speed without provoking opportunity attacks. |
A hive mother, also known as the ultimate tyrant or simply "The Ultimate," a title befitting of their pride, is a queen among beholders. They are twice the size of a normal beholder and always command a brood of these to do her will, using her innate telepathy to keep tabs on each of her subjects. These commanded beholders are always exactly identical to each other, as beholders do not tolerate differences in their species as a matter of principle, and all nearly identical to the hive mother, who is both larger and lacks the common beholder's eye stalks, with her eyes instead arrayed around the body itself. |
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