Keen Smell. The Corpse Worm has advantage on Wisdom(Perception) checks that rely on smell.
Bite: Melee weapon attack, +5 to hit, reach 5ft, one target. Hit 10(2d6+3) piercing damage and the target is grappled(escape DC 13). Until this grapple ends, the target is Restrained, and the worm can't bite another target or use its Regurgitate reaction. The target must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw against disease or become Poisoned until the disease is cured. Every 24 hours that elapse, the creature must repeat the saving throw, reducing its hit point maximum by 5(1d10) on a failure. The reduction lasts until the disease is cured, the creature dies, or the disease reduces its hit point maximum to 0.
Swallow: The Corpse Worm makes a Bite attack against a medium or smaller creature it is grappling. If the attack hits, the target is swallowed by the Corpse Worm, and the grapple ends. A swallowed creature is Blinded and Restrained, has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the Corpse Worm, and takes 10(3d6) acid damage at the start of each of the Corpse Worm's turns. The Corpse Worm can have only one creature swallowed at a time.
If the Corpse Worm takes 20 damage or more on a single turn from a swallowed creature, the worm must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw at the end of that turn or regurgitate the swallowed creature, which falls Prone in an unoccupied space within 5ft of the Corpse Worm.
Regurgitate: The Corpse Worm regurgitates a swallowed creature, which falls Prone in an unoccupied space within 5ft of the Corpse Worm.
Description
Corpse Worms are carrion feeders that are primarily found in the deep caverns of Rhymorra, but they won't say no to free food above the surface. They will compete with Bone Raptors and Skull Drakes for the spoils but will swallow anything they can fit in their mouths whole.
Ignore the Unliving. While both the living and the dead are food for the Corpse Worm, it will not actively feed on the undead. Unless attacked, the Corpse Worm will ignore undead near it. Some intelligent undead will tame and train Corpse Worms, using them as pets, guards, or shock troops.
Slimy Eggs. A female Corpse Worm lays up to two dozen eggs on crevasses, cul-de-sacs, or other remote areas. Corpse Worm eggs are about the size of a human head and are sheathed in a rubbery, translucent gray membrane. The eggs are deposited with a sticky, mustard-colored excretion, allowing them to be placed on walls or even ceilings. This excretion exudes a powerful smell that many subterranean predators find unpleasant, and it allows the mother to relocate the eggs as she watches over them until they hatch.
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