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Harrowroot - AI-generated fantasy Monster

Harrowroot

Harrowroot was once the guardian of a sacred grove that protected a nearby settlement. During a famine, the villagers cut the grove's oldest trees and burned the guardian's shrine. The dying spirit accepted a curse offered by a forgotten rot deity, returning as a creature that believes all living things must eventually be bound, silenced, and returned to the soil.

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MediumUndead(Undead)CR Challenge Rating 3Neutral evil

Harrowroot

controllerundeadplantcorrupted guardianbattlefield controlforest horror
HP52AC+5SPD30 ft., Climb 20 ft. on natural surfaces without needing to make an ability checkCR3 (700 XP)PerceptionStealthSurvival
STR
12
DEX
12
CON
16
save
INT
10
WIS
14
save
CHA
13
Aura of Decay. A 10-foot aura of sickly decay surrounds Harrowroot. When a creature enters the aura for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take 3 () necrotic damage and have its speed reduced by 10 feet until the start of its next turn. A creature that succeeds is immune to this aura until the start of its next turn.
Rootbound Undead. Harrowroot's body is animated by both plant matter and restless spirit. It does not need to eat, drink, breathe, or sleep.
Heartwood Resolve. Harrowroot has advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened while it is touching natural ground or a living tree.
Spectral Vine Lash. Melee Weapon Attack: to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 10 () necrotic damage, and the target must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be pulled up to 10 feet toward Harrowroot and grappled by spectral vines. The grapple ends if Harrowroot is incapacitated or the target uses an action to succeed on a Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check.
Entangling Roots. Harrowroot targets a point it can see within 60 feet. Gnarled roots erupt in a 15-foot square centered on that point. The area becomes difficult terrain until the start of Harrowroot's next turn. Each creature in the area must make a Strength saving throw. On a failure, a creature takes 7 () piercing damage and is restrained until the roots vanish. A restrained creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Multiattack. Harrowroot lashes out with spectral vines at two creatures within 10 feet, making one Spectral Vine Lash attack against each target. Harrowroot cannot use Entangling Roots on the same turn.
Thorny Rebuke. When a creature within 10 feet hits Harrowroot with a melee attack, Harrowroot forces the attacker to make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, thorny roots burst from Harrowroot's body, dealing 5 () piercing damage and pushing the attacker up to 5 feet away. On a success, the creature takes half damage and is not pushed.
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