E18 — North Gallery

Source: Custom Creature

Uncommon · Medium · Fiend · Plant

A thornling is a more developed blight growth, standing roughly human height on a cage of hooked roots. Its long tendrils are dense with barbed black thorns.

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Perception +7; darkvision

Skills Athletics +8, Stealth +7

Str +3, Dex +2, Con +3, Int -2, Wis +2, Cha -1

AC 17; Fort +8, Ref +7, Will +6

HP 28; Weaknesses vitality 3, slashing 3

Speed 25 feet, climb 15 feet

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Melee ◆ Thorn Claw +9, Damage 1d8+3 slashing.

Melee ◆ Tendril +9 (reach 10 feet), Damage 1d6+3 bludgeoning; on a critical hit the target is pulled 5 feet.

Bramble Burst ◆◆ 15-foot cone, DC 17 basic Reflex save, 2d6 piercing damage. On a critical failure, the target also takes 1 persistent bleed damage. Recharge 1d4 rounds.

Source: Custom Creature

Uncommon · Small · Fiend · Plant

Infernal rootlings are newly mobile strands of the Palakar corruption: blackened roots pulled into a crouched body, their bark cracked by dull ember-red light.

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Perception +6; darkvision

Skills Athletics +7, Stealth +6

Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -3, Wis +1, Cha -2

AC 16; Fort +7, Ref +6, Will +4

HP 16; Weaknesses vitality 3, slashing 2

Speed 20 feet, climb 15 feet

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Melee ◆ Root Talon +8 (agile), Damage 1d6+2 slashing.

Ranged ◆ Thorn +7 (range 30 feet), Damage 1d4+2 piercing.

Hellroot Eruption ◆◆ The rootling tears open a 5-foot square within 10 feet. Creatures in that square attempt a DC 16 Reflex save. Failure: 1d4 piercing damage and the square becomes difficult terrain until the start of the rootling's next turn. Critical failure: double damage and the creature falls prone. The rootling cannot use this again for 1d4 rounds.