Beschrijving
omukade
In the depths of a green dragon's lair, a group of adventurers stands paralysed in awe. Before them, the broken corpse of their draconic quarry lies lifeless, its rib cage crushed, its neck broken, and its body surrounded by mysterious, translucent eggs. As if in answer to their bewilderment, a chilling hiss reverberates from the darkness of the cavern. Chitinous scale by colossal, chitinous scale, an omukade unfurls its segmented, obsidian form, rising up over the tarnished metal trinkets of the late dragon's horde. It looms over the trespassers with mandibles bared—mandibles stained with the crimson ichor of the butchered dragon.
Eater of Dragons
Many myths and folktales speak of dragons as apex predators: fearless masters of their domain, unmatched by any. These myths and folktales are wrong. The omukade are mighty, insectoid yokai who not only hold power comparable to dragons but harbour an insatiable desire to feast on draconic flesh. It is rumoured that the omukade were created by gods to balance the ego of dragonkind: a nightmare to remind them of their fragile mortality. Although their origin is shrouded in myth, the hatred of dragons is real and innate to all omukade—adults relentlessly seek draconic creatures to devour, laying eggs in a defeated dragon's nest for their spawn to devour its wyrmlings.
Anti-Draconic Measures
An omukade's prowess against dragons doesn't stem from sheer audacity and strength; its very body is designed to withstand and thrive in the face of everything a dragon can unleash. With chitinous armour able to absorb elemental energy and a mighty, constricting body to grapple prey and prevent flight, the omukade is an arsenal of anti-dragon attributes, putting even the most renowned dragon slayers to shame.
Trekken
Reactive Growth
When the omukade spawn takes acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison, or thunder damage, its size increases by one category if there is room (to a maximum of Huge). Each time this occurs, its weight is multiplied by eight, the reach of its Raptorial Stab attack increases by 5 feet, and its weapon attacks deal an extra 1d8 damage. This trait then can't trigger again until the start of the omukade spawn's next turn. When the omukade spawn finishes a long rest, it returns to its normal size and these benefits end.
Crusher
A creature that starts its turn grappled by the omukade spawn takes 3 bludgeoning damage.
Acties
Multiattack
The omukade spawn makes two Raptorial Stab attacks.
Raptorial Stab
Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage.
Constrict
Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature smaller than the omukade spawn. Hit: 14 (2d10 + 3) bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 13) if the omukade isn't already constricting a creature. The target is restrained until this grapple ends.