The Boilwurm! A CR 5 monstrosity that can spit out its boiling guts to coat, capture, and swallow its prey! (Patreon)

Hey y'all!

This week I have for y'all the Boilwurm! This was a fun monster to design, as it was inspired by sea cucumbers and their pecuilar defensive mechanism, which is to spray out their own intestines to scare off predators! I thought, "what if that was an OFFENSIVE mechanism?" and made a worm that sprays out its sticky, boiling stomach to grab onto creatures, before sucking it all back in for an immediate swallow and a head-start on digesting the prey! This fun not-so-little worm is actually an invasive species in Íslöven, using its boiling body tempature as a way to easily burrow in snow and ice by melting it around them, to find prey to burn, munch, spit, and swallow!