Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the Broodfiend darkvision.
Magic Resistance. The Broodfiend has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Breath weapon (50 ft. cone, 20d10 acid damage, DC 33), channel negative energy (10/day, 10d6 negative energy, DC 27), create spawn
Breath of Kyuss A Broodfiend emits a 20 foot radius of toxic mist that obscures vision, limiting vision to 15'. Any living creature in the cloud must succeed a DC 20 CON save each round or be nauseated for 1 round and take 1d4 points of Necrotic damage. Any dead body left in this cloud will animate as undead 1 day after exposure unless a proper burial is performed with a spell such as Ceremony.
Channel Divinity A Broodfiend can channel necrotic energy. A Broodfiend can channel the negative energy created by Kyuss to do an additional 3d6 Necrotic damage to their Claw Attack..
Create Spawn Any humanoid corpse exposed to the breath of Kyuss for 24 hours rises as a spawn of Kyuss. Any corpse of a creature with 15 or more HD rises as a scion of Kyuss instead. These undead are not under the control of the Broodfiend that spawned them. A creature that is reduced to 0 Intelligence by a Broodfiend’s INT drain immediately rises as a scion of Kyuss under that Broodfiend’s control, regardless of HD.
Multiattack. The Broodfiend makes two Fiendish Claw attacks and a Bite Attack, or it makes two Fiendish Claw attacks and uses Spellcasting.
Fiendish Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d8 + 3) force damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or take 16 (3d10) poison damage and become poisoned for 1 minute. The poisoned target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 14 (2d6 + 7) Piercing damage. Hit: The target must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 32 (6d8 + 7) Necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Spellcasting. The Broodfiend casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At will: alter self, major image
3/day each: charm person, detect thoughts, feeblemind
1/day each: confusion, dominate person, mass suggestion
Description
Broodfiend
This grotesque giant appears as a cross between ape, toad and bat, its head missing except for a gaping hole surrounded by lashing green worms. Foul mist pours from this orifice. Its arms are tentacles, each ending in a fanged worm’s maw.
The creation and spread of broodfiends is in many ways the goal of the cult of Kyuss. Those unfortunate mortals tricked into worshipping the Wormgod do not form ordinary petitioners in the Outer Planes when they die. Instead, their quintessence enters cysts growing in the foulest reaches of Abaddon, which burst and release broodfiends when they accumulate enough devotional energy. These horrible monsters can be found throughout the lower planes, but they are typically intent on going to the Material world in order to spawn undead in huge numbers and usher in the Age of Worms.
The toxic mist emerging from a broodfiend is foul enough to living creatures, but as it saturates the dead it animates them as new spawn of Kyuss. Those that succumb to their bites rise instead as scions of Kyuss, retaining their natural abilities but gaining a single-minded devotion to the Worm that Walks. A single broodfiend is thus able to engender an undead plague quickly, and a flight of them is catastrophic enough to destroy whole countries.
A broodfiend rarely fights alone, as they have numerous abilities to create and control undead servants. They fight from within their concealing clouds of mist, lashing with the jaws at the end of their tentacle-like arms at a great distance. They prefer not to remain close to any given foe for long, controlling the battlefield with incredible reach and wracking foes with acid and negative energy. A broodfiend will gladly fight to the death in service of Kyuss and his goals.
A broodfiend stands 20 feet tall and has a wingspan of 30 feet.
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