Hive Link. All Anubees within 120 ft. of the Monarch gain +2 to attack rolls and saving throws.
Rotting Honey Aura. At the start of each creature’s turn within 10 ft. of the Monarch, that creature must succeed on a DC 15 Con save or take 7 (2d6) necrotic damage.
Multiattack. The Monarch makes two claw attacks and one sting attack.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6+4) slashing damage.
Sting. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d8+4) piercing damage plus 14 (4d6) necrotic damage. Target must succeed on a DC 15 Con save or be poisoned for 1 minute. While poisoned this way, the target also takes 7 (2d6) necrotic damage at the start of its turns.
Legendary Actions (3/round)
Drone Command. One drone within 30 ft. makes an attack.
Wing Buffet. The Monarch beats its wings; each creature within 10 ft. must succeed on a DC 15 Str save or be knocked prone.
Honey Spray (Costs 2 Actions). Sprays a 15‑ft. cone of sticky honey. Each creature must succeed on a DC 15 Dex save or be restrained until the end of its next turn.
Mythic Action Name. Enter the description for how mythic actions work for your monster here.
Mythic Action Name (Costs # Actions). Enter the description for your mythic action.
Description
Monarch (Hive Queen) Description
The Anubee Monarch is a corpse‑colossus, bloated and half‑rotted, her abdomen dragging along the hive floor like a swollen tumor. Her thorax is studded with embedded skulls and bones, fused into her chitin like trophies. Her voice is not her own—she speaks in the stolen voices of those she has consumed, whispering secrets and curses through the hive.
Her hive is a cathedral of flesh‑wax, its walls pulsing faintly as if alive, dripping with honey that smells of iron and decay.
Their bodies are a nightmarish fusion of insect and corpse:
• Chitinous plating mottled with patches of necrotic flesh.
• Compound eyes that glisten like pools of coagulated blood.
• Mandibles serrated like bone saws, dripping with acidic saliva.
• Abdomens swollen and translucent, pulsing with the slurry of half‑digested meat.
• Wings that buzz with a low, funereal drone, vibrating the air like a dirge.
When they fly, they carry the stench of decay with them, and their hives echo with the sound of thousands of wings beating in unison—a sound like a swarm of flies magnified to cathedral volume.
Behavior
• Predatory Scavengers: They prefer carrion but will abduct the living, paralyzing them and cocooning them in waxy resin to be slowly digested.
• Hive‑Minded: Each drone is linked to the Hive Queen, acting as her eyes and ears.
• Meat Alchemy: Their honey is not sweet—it is metallic, coppery, and faintly acidic. Drinking it induces vivid dreams of death and decay.
Horror Elements
• Cocoons: Victims are sealed alive in waxy resin, slowly drained of fluids until only husks remain.
• Honeycombs: Instead of golden wax, their combs are made of reddish, meat‑wax resin, dripping with blood‑tinged honey.
• Buzzing Voices: When near the hive, the droning of their wings sometimes resolves into whispers—echoes of the dead they’ve consumed.
Lair and Lair Actions
Lair Actions (in Hiveheart)
On initiative count 20 (losing ties), the Monarch can:
1. Honeyfall. Sticky honey drips from above in a 20‑ft. radius. All creatures in the area must succeed on a DC 15 Dex save or be restrained until the end of their next turn.
2. Cocoon Burst. A cocoon ruptures, releasing 1d4 Anubee Drones.
3. Buzzing Dread. All enemies within 30 ft. must succeed on a DC 15 Wis save or be frightened until the end of their next turn.
Regional Effects
The region containing a legendary [monster name]’s lair is [enter the effect description], which creates one or more of the following effects:
- Enter a regional effect description.
- Enter a regional effect description.
If the [monster name] dies, these effects fade over the course of #d# days.
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