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Empress Lava Worm

Creature 7 — animal

Pre-Remaster content. May include legacy alignment.

CrasherAnvilLANDSUBTERRANEANanimalfire

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; tremorsense (imprecise) 60 feet
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 (reach-15) +17, Damage 2d6+9 piercing plus 1d6 fire plus Painful Bite

Abilities

Tremorsense (Imprecise) 60 feet — Tremorsense allows a monster to feel the vibrations through a solid surface caused by movement. It is an imprecise sense with a limited range (listed in the ability). Tremorsense functions only if the monster is on the same surface as the subject, and only if the subject is moving along (or burrowing through) the surface.
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).

WORKS WELL WITH

WeaverLANDWeaver forces enemies into Fiery Wake squares for ongoing fire damage ticks.
AnvilLANDAnvil anchors enemies within the worm's enormous reach and Fiery Wake area.
SniperLANDSniper benefits from Tremorsense to target creatures concealed by darkness or fog.

PUNISHES

✖ standing still✖ clumping✖ low Fortitude✖ ranged reliance
double Crasher lacks defensive holding power
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