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We just finished the egg chamber and I have a question for anyone out there who might be considered a rule lawyer. The cleric in my party dropped a consecrate spell on the black egg after the barbarian whacked it open. After looking over the description of the spell, I ruled that the ongoing infestation of eggs was suspended for the duration of the spell, meaning no more Spawn of Kyuss and no spreading through the eggs temporarily.
As a result, this room wasn't near as challenging as I thought it would be. They helped the lizardfolk collect their eggs (I played it like the tribe was terrified of the returning dragon, and eager to escape their lair), and abandoned those in the area already infested with suspended worms.
Was this the right way to rule this?
As an aside, the look on my neighbor's wife's face when she realized that there was a worm in the bottom of the Bull's Strength potion she chugged was priceless. The cleric had her all healed up 12 hours later, but it was an excellent case of group-willies anyway.
Sounds like a fine ruling to me. After all, that whole section of the adventure's kinda iffy anyway, so any way that you can get the PCs to accomplish the goal (saving the eggs), all the better.