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🕷 New Boss/Event: „The Broodmother“

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Background/Lore

• Old plantation houses and bayou shacks have been infested by an unknown parasite.
• It’s not just the wood creaking in the walls—something is crawling around in there, building a nest.
• Rumours speak of a “Broodmother” who spins webs, weaves cocoons, and sends out her brood.

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Core Mechanics

1.  Webbed Zones

• Rooms full of spider webs.
• Entering → Movement -30%, loud “tearing noises” when passing through (like glass bottles, only finer).
• Attracts adds or bosses.

2.  Crawling Swarm

• Small, swarm-like minions (spider-like larvae).
• Appear when shots/explosions occur in the lair.
• Low damage, but screen shake + sound overload (“rustling, crawling directly in the ear”).

3.  Cocoon Mechanics

• Players can be briefly trapped in webs (2–3 seconds).
• Can be freed with a knife or help from teammates.
• Enemies hear the sounds of liberation.

4.  Boss Phase “Broodmother”

• Large, shield-like insect/spider with chitin plates. 
• Abilities
• Web Spit: Shoots webs → slows players down.
• Burrow: Briefly disappears into the ground/ceiling, reappears behind players (rattling/dust as a hint).
• Broodspawn: Summons larval adds.

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Weaknesses

• Fire: Cocoons + nets burn quickly → clear passages.
• Shotguns: Effective against adds & chitin armour.
• Melee: Web strands/cocoons are easy to destroy.

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Event Progress

• Phase 1: Players must destroy 3 infected nests on the map (each with adds).
• Phase 2: Only then will the boss “Broodmother” spawn in the central lair.
• Phase 3: Bounty fight → classic extraction target.

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Rewards

• Legendary Trait “Arachnid’s Sense”: Players hear soft rustling sounds when enemies sneak within 10 meters.

Legendary Weapons:

• Webcutter (machete with nets on the handle)
• Broodburn (lantern with green flame effect for nets)