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Lure Spore Servant

Wilder
Challenge 1/2
(100 XP)
Robinloft Estimated CR 1/2
Medium plant, lawful evil
Armor Class 10 (natural armor)
Hit Points 34 (4d8+16)
Speed 0 ft., burrow 15 ft., swim 30 ft.
STR
16 (+3)
DEX
8 (-1)
CON
18 (+4)
INT
2 (-4)
WIS
6 (-2)
CHA
12 (+1)
Saving Throws —
Skills Perception +2, Performance +5
Damage Vulnerabilities piercing, fire
Damage Resistances bludgeoning from nonmagical attacks
Damage Immunities acid, poison
Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, frightened, paralyzed
Senses blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), tremorsense 120 ft., passive Perception 12
Languages —
Environments coastal, forest, swamp, underdark, underwater
Poisoned Roots Vines (3/Day).

A 10’ radius around the Saguahin Spore Servant erupts with poisoned vines which create rough terrain which persists until the creature moves OR the vines are burned away.

Medium Armor & above prevents the vines from borrowing in but when a PC is wearing a lower armor they should roll a DEX (DC 10) saving throw to walk across without taking 1d4+2 (CHA) poison damage.
Innate Spellcasting. The lure spore servant's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 11, +3 to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: prestidigitation

Actions

Multiattack. The sahuagin spore servant makes two melee attacks: one with its roots/vines and one with its claws or spear.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) slashing damage plus 2 (1d4) poison damage.
Spore Trident. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d8) bludgeoning damage. +1 to Spell DC Save for Spore Command.
Spore Command: M, Spore Trident (V, S) (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest).

The Sahuagin Spore Servant points at a creature with the Trident and casts the Command spell (PHB) upon an intelligent target. Upon a failed Wisdom Saving Throw (DC 12) the spell is successfully cast & the target understands the commands of the creature.

The target will make DC 12 Wisdom saves against the Spores Command until they pass or the creature is deceased.

Fungi

Fungi are a strange and, in many ways, unfamiliar type of growing things. Scholars often misclassify them as an alien variety of plant life. However, more careful studies indicate that they are a distinct type of life, neither animal nor plant. A fungus does not depend upon sunlight as plants do, nor do they appear to eat, having no mouths or visible sensory organs.

An ordinary fungus is affixed to its location, thriving in moist, decaying plant matter or attached to the shady side of a tree or crevices of stone. They spread and reproduce through tiny spores that are released into the air.

Reports of monstrous fungus creatures, perhaps animated by magic, having been reported, and not all can be easily discredited. The origin of such creatures is a mystery.

Lure Spore Servant

Not yet described

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Lure Spore Servant (Wilder) has been modified from other monsters.

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