Female Cave Worm

People have long ago discovered to harvest pregnant Cave Worms to take advantage of the unique defense mechanism that they developed to protect their eggs - they emit a strong smell similar to rotten Krutto meat if anyone comes near their eggs which drives away any predators as they are conditioned to disregard Krutto meat due to its poisonous nature.

Form
A pregnant female Cave Worm, bloated and about 30 cm long. Cave Worms can be found in certain damp caves on Suda, often in swarms. They are surprisingly dry to the touch and unusually sturdy, with an almost leathery skin. A Cave Worm only matures after a full year.

Effect
If a female pregnant Cave Worm is massaged in a certain way, the Worm will excrete 1d6 wet, shuddering eggs from its mouth. After laying, the worm will become dormant and can be easily put into a small container. For the next twelve hours, whenever a creature approaches within 2 m of the eggs, no matter how far the mother worm is from its eggs, it will being emitting a thick slime from its pores that smells of rotten Krutto meat. After the twelve hours, the eggs will hatch and the mother worm will die within the next few hours, leaving behind a mess that exudes the same smell.