Explosive Eggs (Recharge 4-6): The creature can lay explosive eggs that act as traps. The creature can lay up to 2 eggs, which detonate when a creature comes within 5 feet of them. Each creature within 10 feet of an exploding egg must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw, taking 20 (4d6 + 6) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The creature must be above ground to recharge this ability.
Ambush Tactics: The creature has advantage on attack rolls against surprised creatures.
Burrowing Ambush: The creature can use its burrow speed to move underground and position itself for an ambush. It can burrow up to 20 feet as part of its movement and emerge to make a surprise attack.
Multiattack: The creature makes two attacks: one with its Pincers and one with its Tail.
Pincers: Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) slashing damage. The target is grappled (escape DC 16) if it is a Medium or smaller creature.
Tail: Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (3d6 + 4) piercing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be 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.
Explosive Egg Trap: As an action, the creature can lay an explosive egg in an unoccupied space within 5 feet. The egg is hidden and requires a successful DC 18 Perception check to detect. When a creature comes within 5 feet of the egg, it explodes as per the Explosive Eggs trait.
Subterranean Escape. When the Hellsting Stalker is hit by an attack, it can use its reaction to burrow up to 10 feet underground without provoking opportunity attacks.
Description
The Hellsting Stalker is a fearsome manifestation of the dark curse that empowers the Circle of the Ravenous. This transformation turns the druid into a nightmarish creature, blending the most terrifying aspects of fiends, monstrosities, and aberrations.
The Hellsting Stalker stands tall and menacing, its exoskeleton covered in a mottled pattern of dark chitin that provides natural camouflage in the shadows. Its body is segmented and muscular, built for both burrowing through the earth and launching deadly ambushes. Despite its robust frame, the creature moves with a predatory grace, its every step calculated and silent.
Where wings might have been, the Hellsting Stalker instead has powerful, clawed limbs capable of rapid digging and burrowing. Its front limbs end in massive pincers, each one capable of snapping through armor and bone with ease. These pincers are serrated and sharp, designed to grasp and crush its prey.
The most horrifying feature of the Hellsting Stalker is its scorpion-like tail. This tail is long and flexible, ending in a grotesque maw, filled with razor-sharp teeth. The maw can stretch wide to lay explosive eggs, each one a ticking time bomb waiting to ensnare and obliterate unsuspecting victims. The eggs are covered in a sticky secretion that helps them adhere to surfaces, making them difficult to detect.
The Hellsting Stalker’s head is equally fearsome, with multiple eyes that glisten with a predatory gleam, providing excellent vision in the dark. Its mandibles are large and powerful, capable of delivering devastating bites. The creature’s sensory organs are finely tuned, allowing it to detect vibrations and movements even while underground.
In combat, the Hellsting Stalker excels at ambush tactics. It uses its burrowing speed to position itself strategically, laying explosive eggs in key areas before retreating to safety. When a creature triggers an egg, the Hellsting Stalker strikes with lethal precision, using its pincers and tail to overwhelm its prey.
The Hellsting Stalker’s combination of burrowing, explosive traps, and powerful physical attacks make it a formidable opponent. Its ability to lay traps and execute ambushes ensures that it remains a constant threat, disrupting enemy plans and protecting its allies.
The Chimeric Shape: Hellsting Stalker embodies the relentless and cunning nature of a predator. It serves as both a hunter and a guardian, ensuring that the druid’s enemies are caught in its deadly traps and annihilated with ruthless efficiency.
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