Stop the Brood Before It Spreads
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Break the EggsDo Not Step HereStop the Crystals
Combat EncounterDND5E 2024Party L3 · 3 PCs
Stop the Brood Before It Spreads
Read Aloud
The egg sacs sway as the stone floor shudders. An ankheg queen drags herself between the acid pools, sealing the path to three pulsing crystals. One sac splits open above you, and pale centipedes spill onto the rock.
Forces
1xAnkheg QueenBRUISER
Bite · Acid Spray · Burrow · Tremorsense
CR2
AC14
HP39
6xGiant Centipede LarvaeMINION
Bite · Poison · Spider Climb
CR1/4
AC13
HP4
Battlefield Zones
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Break the Eggs
Hanging egg sacs fill the air above a 25-foot-wide stone shelf. The queen guards this ground.
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Do Not Step Here
Three shallow acid pools divide the chamber floor. Stone pillars provide half cover.
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Stop the Crystals
Three chest-high crystal growths pulse against the far wall beneath loose ceiling plates.
Terrain Levers
- Cut a hanging egg sac to drop it on a creature below.
- Shatter a crystal growth to stop its feeding pulse and splash nearby creatures with acidic dust.
- Kick loose a ceiling plate onto a marked 10-foot square.
- Push a creature into an acid pool for 2d6 acid damage, then pull it free with an action.
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