Hive Mind. The Blighted Yeti Hive Lord shares a hive mentality with other Blighted creatures, allowing them to act in unison. If one Blighted creature is aware of a hostile creature, all others in the hive mind are also aware.
Blighted Scourge. Natural weapon attacks by the Blighted Yeti Hive Lord carry the Blighted Scourge infection. A creature hit by the Yeti's attacks must succeed on a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or contract the Blighted Scourge.
Keen Smell. The Blighted Yeti Hive Lord has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.
Enhanced Freezing Aura. The Blighted Yeti Hive Lord emits an aura of extreme cold in a 15-foot radius. Each creature that starts its turn within this area must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or take 14 (4d6) cold damage and have its speed reduced by 15 feet until the start of its next turn. Blighted creatures are immune to this effect.
Death Burst Empowerment. Upon death, the Blighted Yeti Hive Lord releases a burst of necrotic or cold energy. Each creature within 15 feet must succeed on a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or take 18 (4d8) cold damage and be infected with the Blighted Scourge. The Hive Lord can also summon two Blighted creatures (CR 5 or lower) within 15 feet as a reaction to this burst.
Multiattack. The Blighted Yeti Hive Lord makes two attacks: one with its claws and one with its chilling bite.
Chilling Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (2d10 + 7) piercing damage plus 14 (3d8) cold damage. The target must succeed on a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or contract the Blighted Scourge.
Icy Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 26 (4d6 + 7) slashing damage plus 13 (3d6) cold damage.
Blighted Roar (Recharge 5-6). The Blighted Yeti Hive Lord lets out a terrifying roar infused with blighted energy. Each creature within 40 feet of the Yeti and able to hear it must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened for 1 minute. While frightened, a creature takes 14 (4d6) Blighted damage at the start of its turns. A frightened creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Frozen Strike. The Blighted Yeti Hive Lord focuses its chilling energy into a single powerful strike, adding (2d8) cold damage to its next melee attack.
Scourged Ground (Recharge 5–6). The Blighted Yeti Hive Lord corrupts a 15-foot radius within 60 feet for 1 minute. This area becomes difficult terrain for enemies. Any creature taking damage within this area suffers an additional (2d6) blighted energy damage. Infected creatures in this area must succeed on a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or advance in the Blighted Scourge infection.
The Blighted Yeti Hive Lord can take up to 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one option can be used at a time, and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The Blighted Yeti Hive Lord regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
- Frozen Claw (Costs 1 Action): The Blighted Yeti Hive Lord makes a Claw attack.
- Blighted Siphon (Costs 2 Actions): The Blighted Yeti Hive Lord targets one creature within 30 feet, attempting to drain its vitality. The target must succeed on a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or take 22 (5d8) necrotic damage, with the Hive Lord regaining hit points equal to half the damage dealt. A failed save also advances the Blighted Scourge infection.
- Corruptive Slam (Costs 3 Actions): The Blighted Yeti Hive Lord slams the ground, releasing a wave of corrupted energy in a 20-foot radius. Each creature in the area must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or take 27 (6d8) blighted energy damage and be infected with the Blighted Scourge.
Description
The Blighted Yeti Hive Lord is a nightmarish alpha predator, a twisted fusion of raw primal strength and blighted corruption. Towering over most creatures of the tundra, its once-pristine fur is now streaked with pulsating veins of blighted energy, emanating a sickly glow in the freezing mists. Its soulless, ice-blue eyes burn with malevolent intelligence, and its breath carries the stench of decay and frostbite.
Massive claws, infused with dark blight, drip with a mix of frozen blood and blighted energy, capable of ripping through flesh and steel alike. The Hive Lord commands not just lesser Blighted creatures but the very land itself—where it treads, the ice blackens, and the air turns deathly still. It moves with eerie silence, hunting relentlessly, leaving a path of frozen corpses and blighted infection in its wake.
Those who dare challenge the Blighted Yeti Hive Lord must first withstand its Blighted Roar, a howl so infused with cursed energy that it shatters willpower and chills the soul. Its Freezing Aura saps the warmth from the living, leaving them helpless and vulnerable, while its Blighted Scourge ensures that even the strongest warriors who fall to its claws may soon rise as part of the hive.
The few who have survived an encounter with this monstrous abomination speak of an ancient, relentless hunger—an entity driven not just by instinct but by a malevolent force that seeks to consume the frozen wilds in an endless blight.
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