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Horrid Plant

Horrid Plant
Horrid Plant
CR 4
Large Plant, Unaligned
Reveal Stat Block
Armor Class
6
Hit Points
42 (5d10 + 15)
Speed
5 ft.
str
18
+4
dex
3
-4
con
17
+3
int
1
-5
wis
10
+0
cha
1
-5

Traits

Horrid Plant Varieties.A horrid plant comes in one of three varieties (choose or roll a d6): 1-2, dew drinker; 3-4, purple blossom; or 5-6, snapper saw. This form determines certain traits in this stat block.
False Appearance.If the horrid plant is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn't observed the horrid plant move or act, that creature must succeed on a 18 Intelligence (Nature) check to discern that the horrid plant isn't an ordinary plant.

Actions

Multiattack.The horrid plant makes two Tendril attacks.
Tendril.mw 6 to hit, reach 30 ft., one target. ({@damage 2d6) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Huge or smaller creature, it has the grappled condition (escape 14), and the horrid plant can pull the target up to 25 feet closer to itself. Until the grapple ends, the target has the restrained condition, and the horrid plant can't use the same tendril on another target. The horrid plant has two tendrils.

Horrid Plant

Horrid plants are a family of carnivorous vegetation found in bogs, damp heaths, jungles, and swamps. Some botanists theorize these plants are an invasive species from a faraway world. When still, horrid plants resemble ordinary (if vibrant) foliage.

Horrid Plant Varieties

The most infamous varieties of horrid plant are dew drinkers, purple blossoms, and snapper saws.

Dew Drinker

Dew drinkers resemble large cabbage plants until they unfurl their long, hair-tipped tendrils. Dew drinkers use these tendrils to drain the moisture and life force from their prey.

Purple Blossom

The purple blossom is a treelike plant with cup-shaped purple flowers. Tubules within the plant's branches connect the flowers to reserves of acidic sap in the plant's trunk. Purple blossoms squirt this sap at prey through the flowers' pistils.

Snapper Saw

Snapper saws resemble ordinary bushes and bear fragrant white berries during temperate seasons. Between encounters, the plant buries its weapons—wide, razor-sharp outer leaves—in the loose dirt around itself to catch unsuspecting prey off guard.