Brood Horror (5e Creature)
Brood Horror
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Large monstrosity (skaven), unaligned Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
Saving Throws Dex +6, Con +9 Charge. If the brood horror moves at least 20 feet in a straight line towards a target, add 10 (3d6) damage to the first melee weapon attack that hits the target this turn. Foul Ichor. When the brood horror dies, all creatures on the ground within 10 feet of the brood horror must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 10 (3d6) acid damage as the brood horror collapses in a foul puddle of toxic filth and half-digested remains. Keen Nose. The brood horror has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell. ACTIONSMultiattack. The brood horror makes three attacks: one with its bite, one with its claw and one with its tail. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6+7) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for one minute. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d10 + 4) slashing damage. Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) bludgeoning damage.
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Brood horrors are the greatest and most bloated of the giant rat species bred by Clan Moulder, created and formed when one of the litter begins to mutate extraordinarily fast and begins to feast and devour the rest of its litter, growing at an alarming rate whilst increasing in both strength and savagery. Their mangy fur falls off, leaving behind rippling pale flesh that bulges with muscle. A brood horror's filth-encrusted mouth is filled with needle-sharp teeth, sabre-like incisors, and yet-to-be-discovered diseases. Cursed is the foe who survives a brood horror attack, for they will likely die in slow agony as contagion courses through their body. Overgrown Battle Vermin. Brood horrors are abhorrent, bloated and hideously overgrown vermin that are bred as a form of combat-mount for skaven warlords. To engorge a giant rat to even further mass and obesity requires a Master Moulder of extraordinary talents, and the right blend of growth agents and hide-grafts. When the Mutators of Clan Moulder spawn a pack of giant rats, there is occasionally one among them who will brutally devour the rest of the brood, growing fat and bloated in both strength and savagery, the twisted forms of its kin visible as they writhe and claw in their fleshy prison. These so-called brood horrors are highly prized by the Master Moulders and traded with wealthier skaven clans for many thousands of warp tokens for use as a war mount by especially powerful or ostentatious skaven warlords, or goaded into battle by a packmaster's whip to flail and crush the foe beneath its clawed limbs, biting and savaging anything that gets within the reach of its fangs. |
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