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Broodmother of Leng

Size
Huge
Type
Aberration
Challenge Rating
11
Source
Tome of Beasts 2
Alignment
Chaotic-Evil
Armor Class
17
Speeds
40, climb 30
Walking Speed
40
Climbing Speed
30
Strength Score
18
Dexterity Score
14
Constitution Score
16
Intelligence Score
17
Wisdom Score
10
Charisma Score
10
Saving Throws
Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence
Skill Proficiencies
Intimidation, Perception, Stealth
Vision
Darkvision (240ft)
Languages Ref
Common, Void Speech
Hit Points
161
Condition Immunities
Charmed, Poisoned, Unconscious
Resistances
Resistant to Non-Magical Damage, Immune to Poison Damage
Languages
Aethyrian Common

Huge aberration, chaotic evil


Armor Class 17 (natural armor)

Hit Points 161 (17d12+51)

Speed 40 ft., climb 30 ft.


STR
18 (+4)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
16 (+3)
INT
17 (+3)
WIS
10 (+0)
CHA
10 (+0)

Saving Throws Dex +6, Con +9, Int +7

Skills Intimidation +4, Perception +4, Stealth +6

Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks

Damage Immunities poison

Condition Immunities charmed, poisoned, unconscious

Senses darkvision 240 ft., passive Perception 14

Languages Common, Void Speech

Challenge 11 (7,200 XP)

Brood Leader. Spiders of Leng and swarms of spiderlings have advantage on attack rolls against creatures within 30 feet of the broodmother who have attacked or damaged the broodmother within the last minute.

Eldritch Understanding. A broodmother of Leng can read and use any scroll.

Poisonous Blood. A creature that hits the broodmother with a melee attack while within 5 feet of her takes 7 (2d6) poison damage. The creature must succeed a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or also be poisoned until the end of its next turn.

Innate Spellcasting. The broodmother of Leng's innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 15, +7 to hit with spell attacks). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components.
At will: charm person, chill touch, comprehend languages, detect magic
3/day each: hold person, suggestion, thunderwave
1/day each: dream, legend lore, mislead, scrying

Actions

Multiattack. The broodmother of Leng makes two claw attacks.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d10 + 4) slashing damage plus 9 (2d8) poison damage.

Spit Venom. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (4d8 + 2) poison damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned and blinded until the end of its next turn.

Call Brood (1/Day). The broodmother spawns 2d4 swarms of spiderlings (treat as spiders of Leng (treat as giant wolf spider) instead. The creatures arrive in 1d4 rounds, acting as allies of the broodmother and obeying her spoken commands. The creatures remain for 1 hour, until the broodmother dies, or until the broodmother dismisses them as a bonus action.

Reactions

Protect the Future. When a creature the broodmother can see attacks her, she can call on a spider of Leng within 5 feet of her to protect her. The spider of Leng becomes the target of the attack instead.

Description

A bloated purple spider the size of a castle gate, covered in gold, jewels, and its chittering young, lumbers forward._
Deep in the bowels of the cursed land of Leng, the Open Game License

Stat block from Tome of Beasts 2 (Kobold Press), Open Game Content used under the Open Game License 1.0a. Tome of Beasts 2. Copyright 2020 Open Design LLC; Authors Wolfgang Baur, Celeste Conowitch, Darrin Drader, James Introcaso, Philip Larwood, Jeff Lee, Kelly Pawlik, Brian Suskind, Mike Welham. It is not Geminaea material. See Legal.