Queen's Rage. The Ankheg queen has advantage on any creature that destroyed her eggs. Also, she will direct all Ankhegs towards killing creatures that destroyed her eggs.
Heavyweight. The Ankheg Queen has advantage on Skill Checks and saving throws made to avoid getting moved or knocked prone.
Multiattack. The Ankheg queen uses her bonus action to attempt to shove a creature, makes a Slice attack and then a bite attack.
Slice. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 10ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d6+6) slashing damage.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 23 (5d6 + 6) slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) acid damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 17). Until this grapple ends, the ankheg queen can bite only the grappled creature and has advantage on attack rolls to do so.
Acid Cascade (Recharge 6). The ankheg queen spits acid in a 60 feet cone, provided that it has no creature grappled. Each creature in that cone must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw, taking 24 (7d6) acid damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Shove. The Ankheg Queen attemps to shove a creature within 10ft of it.
Defensive Chirp. when another creature hits the Ankheg queen with an attack she can use her reaction to make a friendly Ankheg within 25ft of it to jump in front of the attack and absorb the damage, making it relocate to the closest unoccupied space.
Description
With a swollen abdomen, degenerated wings, scythe-like extra front legs, and her monstrous size, the Ankheg queen is a fearsome sight to behold. Whenever all lines of defense have failed and something has broken into the royal chamber of the hive, the queen confronts every threat with bestial cunning, motherly fury and a swarm behind her.
Hive Commander. Possessing notable intelligence, she directs the workers of her hive at all points in their lives. Every Ankheg of the hive follows the commands of their queen without fail and to the best of their ability, at all costs.
Lair and Lair Actions
When fighting inside of her lair, the Ankheg queen can use her influence over her colony to take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the Ankheg queen takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects.
Emergency Hatch. the Ankheg queen forces the premature birth of 1d4+2 of her eggs, spawning Ankheg Larvae to protect her. this action can not be taken again until the Ankheg queen is below half health at which point she will summon 2d6+4 larvae.
For the Hive. The Ankheg Queen makes an encouraging chirp, motivating her children to fight harder. all Ankhegs within 30ft are under the effects of a bless spell for the next round.
Acidic Vapors. The Ankheg Queen enhances the acid on the ground with magic, all creatures within 5ft of acid previously sprayed on the ground, by her or other Ankhegs, must make a constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 round.
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