Hydra

The Lernaean Hydra of Heracle's story was a terrifying cthonic entity, who regrew 2 heads for each head cut off.  We have faithfully recreated this monster with mechanics to match.

Heads

The hydra can start with however many heads the GM wants, depending on the difficulty they want the battle to have.  We suggest anywhere between 2-8 heads.

Each head is added to the initiative order, and will attack on its turn.

Each head moves independently, moving up to 2 spaces away from the body.

Each head is a minion, which has 1 health.  When a head is destroyed, the GM marks it as destroyed but leaves it in the initiative order.  The destroyed head loses its next turn, but on the turn after that, it grows 2 heads and attacks with them.

Tactics

Players can use a number of tactics to deal with the heads.

• They can attempt to ignore the heads, only attacking the body.
• They can refrain from cutting off the heads by using non-lethal damage against them, allowing the heads to be knocked out, but not knocked off.
• They can try to find a method to cauterize the wounds, as Heracles does in some versions of the story.

Body

The hydra's body is substantially tougher than it's heads, but attacking it does not result in the growth of new heads.  Killing the body kills all heads permanently.

The body cannot make any attacks, aside from the cataclysm attack power detailed below.

Weapons

Each head can make close combat attacks with its teeth.

The body's Cataclysm Attack is a ranged, area effect, attack.  It is the only weapon that the body has.

Social Interaction

This creature is not sentient.  It really can't be socially interacted with.

Hydra Head Stats

Hydra Body Stats

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