The Grasping Mother and her Lost Children (Patreon)

This month, I wanted to create not just a monster, but a whole story — a villain with some fun mechanics, as well as some thematic minions that could create an interesting, dynamic combat. And of course, who doesn't love a good lair? Thus the grasping mother and her lost children were born!

I was originally planning on including a lair map with this, but "forest clearing" felt like one of the most common and least interesting maps I could make. If you have a forest map or some forest terrain already, this could be very easily suited to whatever's on hand.

All images were created from public domain images, stock images that I licensed, and a little of my own high-effort Photoshop magic. Let me know what you think, and if you use the grasping mother in your game, I'd love to hear how it goes!