# Beholderkin, Hive Mother >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] *This massive sphere-shaped monstrosity is covered with spiny, razor-sharp plates of chitin and bone. The creature has a cavernous maw filled with multiple rows of swordlike teeth. A single huge eye protrudes from above the mouth, and above this eye ten smaller eyes, each recessed in a bony hood, are scattered across the upper surface of the sphere in a radial pattern.* <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Hive Mother</div> <div class="CR">CR 16 (76,800 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Lords of Madness pg. 135</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> LE Huge Aberration (beholder) **Init** +6 **Senses** darkvision 60 ft., all-around vision; **Perception** +30 #### defense **AC** 35, 10 touch, 33 flat-footed (+2 Dex, +25 natural, -2 size) **hp** 210 (20d8+120) **Fort** +14, **Refl** +8, **Will** +17 **Feint** 28, **Demoralize** 33 #### offense **Speed** 5 ft., fly 20 ft. (good); floating **Melee** bite +20 (2d8+10 plus grab) **Space** 15 ft., **Reach** 10 ft. **Special Attacks** antimagic cone, eye rays (240-ft., 3/side, DC 27), swallow whole (2d8+7, AC 22, 21 hp) **Spell-Like Abilities** (CL 20th, Concentration +27) > **At will**— _dominate monster_ (beholders and beholderkin only) #### statistics **Str** 24, **Dex** 14, **Con** 22, **Int** 21, **Wis** 17, **Cha** 25 **BAB** +15, **CMB** +24, **CMD** 36, **TA** +20, **RTA** +15 **Feats** [[Alertness]], [[Disjunction Ray]], [[Flyby Attack]], [[Focused Antimagic]], [[Great Fortitude]], [[Improved Initiative]], [[Improved Natural Attack]] (bite), [[Iron Will]], [[Power Attack]], [[Vital Strike]] **Skills** Fly +25, Intimidate +30, Knowledge (arcana) +25, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +25, Knowledge (history) +25, Knowledge (local) +25, Perception +30, Stealth +21, Survival +26 **Languages** Aklo, Common, Draconic, Dwarven, Elven, Orc **SQ** limited range #### special abilities ### Antimagic Cone (Su) A hive mother's central eye continually produces a 240-foot cone of antimagic. It can set the area of effect once per round as a free action, or it can choose to deactivate this ability by closing its central eye. This ability otherwise functions as _antimatic field_. ### Limited Range (Ex) At the end of its turn, a hive mother must select one side of its space to threaten. A hive mother's bite attack only threatens creatures in this area until the start of its next turn. ### Command Beholder (Sp) A hive mother can use _dominate monster_ at will as a spell-Like ability, but only against beholders and beholderkin. Hive mothers are immune to the command beholder ability of other hive mothers. If a hive mother loses control of a dominated beholder (as is the case if a dominated beholder is in the antimagic cone of another beholder), the hive mother immediately senses the loss of control, and knows the position and distance to the beholder at the time control was lost. ### Eye Rays (Su) A hive mother's eye rays can produce the following effects: _charm person_, _charm monster_, _disintegrate_, _fear_, _finger of death_, _flesh to stone_, _inflict moderate wounds_ , _sleep_ (no HD limit), _slow_, _telekinesis_. #### tactics Hive mothers prefer to let their minions do the fighting, but when drawn into combat, they fight in a manner similar to beholders. Against smaller opponents that don’t seem to present a threat, a hive mother approaches to melee range to eat its foes alive. #### ecology **Terrain** Cold hills **Organization** Solitary, hive (1 hive mother plus 3–6 beholders plus 2–4 directors), or city (1 hive mother plus 1–3 overseers plus 10–20 beholders plus 3–10 directors and 20–40 slaves, usually bugbears, gnolls, ogres, or minotaurs) **Treasure** Triple **Advancement** 21–30 HD (Huge); 31–50 HD (Gargantuan); 51–60 HD (Colossal) The hive mother is an extraordinarily (and thankfully) rare creature found only in the largest beholder communities. Called “ultimate tyrants,” or simply “ultimates,” hive mothers rule beholder communities with tyranny and cruelty, and are mistakenly worshiped as deities by neighboring creatures of other races. A hive mother is larger than a typical beholder, measuring about 12 feet across. The average hive mother weighs 15,000 pounds. As with other beholders, these creatures are asexual and genderless. The name “hive mother” was given to these monsters some time in the past by a misinformed (and now eaten) adventurer, but the name seems to have stuck.