Maybe he's got a +2, or is even proficient, but unless he's pretty high level, that's not going to make a big difference. or we can burn a spell on this." Not really a difficult choice in most cases. "Okay, we can let the fighter try Investigate with his +1 mod.
#PRAGMATIC MONSTERS THAT PETRIFY 5E MOD#
Especially in 5e, where luck of the dice easily and vastly overrides the mod to a roll, thanks to the small numbers. On a successful saving throw, a creature takes half as much damage and is deafened until the end of its next turn.ĭMDave is on Patreon! For as little as $3 per month, you can get exclusive content that only Patrons get, as well as PDFs, vote in polls, and even requests.This feels rather close to the "No True Scotsman" fallacy, as it is saying that no proper DM will ever design scenarios that a clever player can solve with magic more reliably/faster than a fighter's paltry skills can. On a failed saving throw, a creature takes 22 (4d10) thunder damage and is permanently deafened. Each creature within 60 feet of the worm must make a DC 20 Constitution saving throw. If the disease is cured before the century worm larva kills its host, the unborn century worm is disintegrated. The worm then latches onto the corpse’s spine and begins to grow into a new century worm. On a failed saving throw, the worm reaches the target’s heart and the target dies. On a successful saving throw, nothing happens. While diseased, the victim must make another DC 20 Constitution saving throw at the end of each of its turns.
#PRAGMATIC MONSTERS THAT PETRIFY 5E SKIN#
On a failed saving throw, one of the larvae burrows through the creature’s skin and makes its way towards the victim’s heart the target contracts century worm disease. Hit: 36 (8d8) piercing damage and the target must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target in the worm’s stomach. If the worm dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse by using 20 feet of movement, exiting prone. If the worm takes 40 damage or more on a single turn from a creature inside it, the worm must succeed on a DC 22 Constitution saving throw at the end of that turn or regurgitate all swallowed creatures, which fall prone in a space within 10 feet of the worm. A swallowed creature is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the worm, and it takes 28 (8d6) acid damage at the start of each of the worm’s turns. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it must succeed on a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw or be swallowed by the worm.
Melee Weapon Attack: +16 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. It then makes one larva bite attack against each creature it has swallowed.īite. Senses blindsight 30 ft., tremorsense 120 ft. Once the little one has sapped the life out of a victim, one larva takes up residence in the victim’s body, where it gestates for a period of 100 years.
These little creatures sometimes spill out of the worm’s mouth, though they die within an hour for want of their parent’s life-giving nutrient bile.Ĭentury worm larvae are far from harmless to creatures that find themselves trapped within the parent. Hundreds of squirming larvae about the size of a human’s arm line the worm’s stomach, which doubles as a womb. Its round, tooth-lined mouth easily accommodates an ogre. Such devotees of wild destruction and entropy often point to the dreaded century worm as evidence of their philosophy and single out the repulsive, voracious creature as the living embodiment of the uncaring wrath of the natural world.Ī century worm is composed of seven translucent segments of pulpy flesh topped by a menacing head partially covered by a hood of rough, dark brown skin. Some believe that nature is a chaotic, destructive force that cares little for the concepts of morality or fair play. DM Dave Leave a Comment on Century Worm | New Monster for Fifth Edition Posted in Conversions
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