Empress Lava Worm
Creature 7 — animal
Pre-Remaster content. May include legacy alignment.
When an area lacks sufficient food, the bore worms in a swarm become increasingly agitated and desperate. Eventually, at some chemical signal, the worms begin to cannibalize each other, devouring one other in a frenzy too gruesome to behold. A single worm emerges from this melee victorious; it rapidly grows larger and more voracious until it reaches an absolutely elephantine size. This empress bore worm lives only briefly, as it sets out in search of a new feeding ground and eats everything in
Source: pathfinder-bestiary-3 (Pre-Remaster)
Perception +13
Skills athletics +17, stealth +14
Str
+6
Dex
+3
Con
+5
Int
-5
Wis
+2
Cha
-4
AC 23
Fort +18
Ref +14
Will +11
HP 140
Immunities fire
Weaknesses water 10
Speed 25 feet, burrow 40 feet
Offense
Melee Bite +17, Damage 2d6+9 piercing plus 1d6 fire
Abilities
Tremorsense (Imprecise) 60 feet — Tremorsense
Viviparous Birth — When killed, an empress lava worm violently expels the young it carries. These young erupt as a Lava Worm Swarm in the empress lava worm's space.
In addition, every creature within 20-foot emanation{20 feet} takes 5d10 fire damage (DC 25 Reflex save) from the splatter of fiery viscera.
Borer — An empress lava worm can leave a tunnel behind itself when it burrows, and it usually does.
Fiery Wake — The empress lava worm Strides, leaving behind dribbles of lava in every square that it passes through.
A creature that enters or begins its turn in such a square takes 3d6 fire damage (DC 22 Fortitude save). The lava becomes inert after 1 minute.
Painful Bite — The bite of an empress lava worm causes excruciating pain. The target must succeed at a DC 25 Fortitude save or become Sickened 1 from the pain (Sickened 2 on a critical failure).
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