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Gloomroot Stalker

Old hunters tell of a thing that lies like a hummock until a traveler steps too close. Folk who vanish near moonlit groves are said to be 'taken by the bed' and sewn into the soil to grow new stalkers.

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MediumMonstrosity(Plant-Construct Hybrid)CR Moderate (CR 3)Neutral

Gloomroot Stalker

plantambushergrapplersporepredator
HP45AC14SPDWalk 30 ft., Climb 20 ft.CR3 (700 XP)StealthPerception
STR
12
DEX
16
save
CON
14
save
INT
10
WIS
13
CHA
8
Ambusher. While motionless and in natural undergrowth, the Gloomroot Stalker has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks to hide. If it begins combat from hiding, its first attack deals an additional 3 () damage.
Camouflage. The Stalker can attempt to camouflage itself as dead root and leaf litter. As an action it can become indistinguishable from natural ground, gaining advantage on Stealth checks while stationary. Moving breaks the effect.
Rooted Anchor. The Stalker can anchor itself to the ground. While anchored it cannot be forcibly moved and gains tremorsense 10 ft. It can anchor or unanchor as a bonus action.
Multiattack. The stalker makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its vine strike.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 () piercing damage. If the target is a creature, the Gloomroot Stalker can attempt to inject a thin filament of paralytic sap. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the end of its next turn.
Vine Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 10 () bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape ). While grappled in this way, the target is restrained by coiling vines and takes 3 () bludgeoning damage at the start of each of the Stalker’s turns. The Stalker can grapple only one creature at a time with this attack.
Entangling Spores. Recharge 5-6. The Stalker exhales a cloud of fine bioluminescent spores in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or be blinded and restrained for 1 minute as spores and sticky root-fibers cake the eyes and limbs. A restrained creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending both conditions on a success. A creature that succeeds on the initial save is only blinded for 1 round.
Vine Lash. When a creature within 10 feet of the Stalker that it can see attempts to move away while not grappled, the Stalker can make a single Vine Strike attack against that creature as a reaction.
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