Bone Centipede
Large Monstrosity, Unaligned
- Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
- Hit Points 119 (14d10 + 42)
- Speed 30 ft., burrow 20 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 18 (+4) 13 (+1) 17 (+3) 3 (-4) 10 (+0) 4 (-3)
- Damage Resistance Slashing, Piercing, Necrotic
- Damage Vulnerabilities Bludgeoning
- Senses blindsight 60ft., passive Perception 10
- Languages None
- Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Bony Body. A creature that do bludgeoning damage to the bone centipede while within 5 feet of it must succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw. Failure: the creature take 4 (1d8) piercing damage
Bone Camouflage. A bone centipede has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks while it's among bones.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage plus 9 (2d8) acid damage. If the target is a creature, it is grappled (escape DC 15). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the centipede can't bite another target.
Trample. The bone centipede immediately move up to it's speed in a straight line, trampling every foe that are large or smaller. It does not provoke opportunity attacks and does not stop when a creature succeed on the saving throw. Each creature whose space you move through must make a DC 15 Strength saving throw. Failure: the creature is knocked prone and take 2d6 bludgeoning damage. Success: the creatures is not knocked prone and take half as much damage.
Bonus Actions
Coil. The bone centipede can't move until the begining of its next turn, but every time it takes damage while coiled, it takes 1 less.
Description
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If you hear scuttling coming from a discarded bone pile, it may be a bone centipede getting a new armor.
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Bone Armor This creature hunt, eat then inhabit the remains of its prey. Including but not limited to large fish, giant and other large humanoids. The bones then become part of the bone centipede defenses.
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Potent Acid. Bone centipedes have a unique digestive systems. When a bone centipede attacks another creature, the acid in the centipede's bite dissolves all of the prey's tissue and leaves only bones behind.
Tactics
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Ambush The centipede wait underground or buried in bones, just before coiling around its prey and bitting it.
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Familiar Some necromancers or evil doers may leave behind numerous corpse, much to the pleasure f the bone centipede that will gladly clean any meat remaining with its powerful acid.
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Location Caves, various lairs (necromancers, gnolls and other predatory creature) sometimes near active battles to pick of survivors.
Variants
Bone Lord change the bony body traits in the following way.
- Bony Body. A creature that starts its turn or enters the space within 5 feet of the bone centipede must succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw. Failure: the creature take 7 (2d6) piercing damage.
Bone Armor
Any Armor, Uncommon
An armor made of bone as several difference with there regular counterpart.
-The bone counterpart has a +1 bonus to AC.
-Resistance to piercing damage but vulnerability to bludgeoning damage.
-The wearer has disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks.