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Navigate the twisting, claustrophobia-inducing tunnels of a giant centipedes lair before a deadly confrontation with the matron and their brood in this Daggerheart™ compatible encounter guide!
What You'll Get
Adversaries
The Matron
The fully-illustrated boss of this encounter is the Dire Scolopendra Matron—the mother of the brood in the lair. A Tier 2 Skulk, the Matron is designed to skuttle across the battlefield unpredictably, taking hits to their Stress in exchange for Fear as their children are slain in combat.
The Nymphs
The Matron's statblock relies heavily on the presence of their brood, the Dire Scolopendra Nymphs. These hungry, desperate larva are Tier 2 Minions who increase in strength as they feed on the flesh of both the living (through attacks) and the dead (through a special action). If they aren't slain quickly, they'll become an unstoppable swarm.
Dire Scolopendra Lair Environment
This new environment block includes cave-ins, narrowing tunels, and hatching eggs that raise the difficulty of the eventual encounter with the Matron—an effect taking place via a countdown that persists even while fighting the Matron in the Dire Scolopendra's lair.
Multiple Versions
In addition to a standard PDF, you'll receive other versions of the PDF, including a print-ready and mobile-friendly PDF.
Other Media
Dire Scolopendra Art Piece
Included is a separate, transparent file with the Dire Scolopendra Matron art piece by Cagaratano Wiharja, released to you under the CC BY-NC-SA license. If you have purchased this product, you're free to use this art piece non-commercially, including in your videos, thumbnails, etc., provided you credit Aen, LLC and Cagaratano Wiharja.
Dire Scolopendra Lair Ambience
A 1 hour (56-minute), royalty-free ambient track to play in the background for your games. This track features scuttling insects and rats, distant and nearby cave-ins, dripping water, and winds howling through the vast network of tunnels beneath the earth that make up the Matron's lair.
Encounter Tips
In addition to the adversary blocks, you'll receive two full pages of content regarding how to run the Matron and the Nymphs. This includes tips on their tactics and their behaviors, empowering you to portray these creatures in a terrifying, disconcerting way.
Usage
Commercial Use
You can use most of the content in this guide commercially. Want to publish your own version of the Matron & Nymph in your book? Go ahead! Want to release my hour of lair ambience somewhere else? It's all yours. Want to include the Scolopendra Lair Environment pack in your environment supplement? Be my guest, I'd love to see it! Think my encounter advice is good, but could use some tweaking before you pop it into your own guide? I'm all for it.
The only requirement is that you provide appropriate attribution, which can also be found in the encounter guide under the 'Licensing' section:
The Dire Scolopendra Lair/Matron/Nymph were created by T. L. Bainter and Aen, LLC and released as part of The Dire Scolopendra Encounter. The guide can be found at <url>. They are used with permission under the CC BY-SA license.
If you create any derivative works, please share them with me! I'd love to see what you create.
Non-Commercial Use
The only item included in this guide that cannot be used commercially is the Dire Scolopendra Matron art piece. If you use it non-commercially, you must still provide proper attribution following the format below:
The Dire Scolopendra Matron Art Piece was created by Cagaratano Wiharja and Aen, LLC and released as part of The Dire Scolopendra Encounter. The guide can be found at <>. The art is used with permission under the CC BY-NC-SA license.
I have no issue with the inclusion of this art piece in items that will not directly generate revenue—e.g., a YouTube thumbnail—but reselling the art piece in any form is prohibited under this license, as is using it to train AI models of any kind. If you want to discuss permissions or have any questions, please feel free to contact me! I'm happy to talk about how you can use this piece for your project.
