Lamech
cleaver-swinging brute of the cursed brood
Lamech — The Encounter
cleaver-swinging brute of the cursed brood · a boss your table can run with almost no prep. SRD 5.1-compatible.
Who Is Lamech
Lamech takes his name from the boastful kinsman of the cursed line who swore vengeance sevenfold, and the brand of that oath drives him still. Among the Seeds of the Serpent - fallen warriors clad in the old wyrm's scales - he is the cleaver, the one sent to break shield walls and shatter morale. The grimoires warn that wounding Lamech is folly, for each blow he takes he repays with greater fury, his oversized blade falling heavier with every hurt. He fights at the brood's spearhead, carving the opening the lighter Seeds pour through, and he does not stop swinging while a single foe still stands before him.
Run Lamech in Sixty Seconds
- Sevenfold Vengeance then hitting him stacks bonus damage onto his next swing - burst him down or don't poke.
- Reckless Hew then when he goes reckless he hits hard but is easy to hit back - punish that window.
- Cleaving Arc then on a recharge he carves two of you and knocks one prone - don't line up side by side.
- 10-foot reach then he threatens past the front rank - mind your second line.
- He is the brood's breacher then he opens the wall for the swarm; focus or wall him off the soft targets.
Lamech
Medium humanoid (serpentfolk), neutral evil
CR 6 · 2,300 XP · GUIDELINESevenfold Vengeance. Whenever a creature damages Lamech, he gains a stacking +1 bonus (max +7) to his next Cleaver attack's damage roll. The bonus resets after he hits with a Cleaver attack.
Reckless Hew. At the start of his turn, Lamech can gain advantage on all Cleaver attacks this turn; attack rolls against him have advantage until his next turn.
Actions
Multiattack. Lamech makes two Cleaver attacks.
Cleaver. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (2d10 + 5) slashing damage.
Cleaving Arc (Recharge 5-6). Lamech swings through up to two creatures within reach, making one Cleaver attack against each. If both hits land, the second target is also knocked prone (DC 15 Strength save negates).
A hunched, armored serpent-brute drags a massive cleaver, hood-crest flared. Strike him and he only swings the harder.
Guideline numbers — formula-tuned and read from the miniature's design, not yet table-proven. Tell us how it ran in the comments.
How It Fights — by Tier
Same creature, scaled threat. The traits never change; only the numbers move.
Send Lamech first to crack the front so the brood floods the gap. Use Reckless Hew when the party's defenses are down; he is the warband's can-opener, not a careful duelist.
Let the party hit him - Sevenfold Vengeance stacks the pain into his next Cleaver. Open with Reckless Hew and Cleaving Arc to drop two heroes, then let the swarming Seeds finish what he opened. Spearhead, never solo.
Run him as the brood's breaching tip in a pack of Seeds. Reckless Hew plus a fat Vengeance stack lands devastating Cleaving Arcs; the lighter Seeds exploit every hole he tears. He charges in alongside the warband, never alone.
Put Lamech on the table
Download the presupported STL and run the fight tonight — the model, and the encounter that comes with it.
Get the STL on MyMiniFactory →Clay Cyanide Companion Rules v1
How a bound creature acts
- A companion acts on its owner's initiative, immediately after the owner.
- It uses the Companion block above — roughly ×0.6 HP and damage, no recharge abilities, and at most one reaction trait.
- It moves freely; it takes its Action only while its owner is conscious.
- At 0 HP a companion is broken, not dead — restored on a long rest unless your table rules otherwise.
Original Clay Cyanide material © Clay Cyanide LLC — explicitly not the non-SRD official sidekick rules.
Questions, Asked at the Table
What CR is Lamech?
Natively CR 6 (Tier 2, 2,300 XP). Scale to CR 2 or CR 11 using the tier table to match your party.
How does Lamech fight alongside the rest of the Seeds of the Serpent?
He is the brood's breacher, charging in to shatter the front line with reckless heavy swings so the lighter Seeds can flood the opening. His Sevenfold Vengeance turns the party's own blows into bigger counter-hits.
Is Lamech a solo boss?
No. He is an aggressive elite that opens the way for the warband. Reckless Hew leaves him exposed, so he relies on the brood to capitalize and protect him.
Tell Us How It Ran
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