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Banewood Tree - AI-generated fantasy Monster

Banewood Tree

Old Esthimere carpenters call the wood banewood because tools seem to catch against its grain, while furniture made from it can last for generations. They do not agree on whether the trees are born corrupted or changed by something beneath the forest. Occultists claim the black bark is not bark at all, but a protective shell grown around a mind that is slowly learning how to look outward.

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HugeAberration(Aberration)CR 2Neutral Evil

Banewood Tree

far realmforest horrorambush predatorliving woodtentacle rootscrafting material
HP40AC18SPD20 feet, Burrow 10 feet through soil, leaving a visible root tunnelCR2AthleticsIntimidationNatureStealth
STR
19
DEX
10
CON
16
INT
12
WIS
14
CHA
12
Rooted. The Banewood Tree can take actions only while rooted in soil, but it can still use its senses and reactions while uprooted.
Root Network. The tree is aware of creatures touching the ground within 30 feet through vibrations in its root network.
Blackwood Hardness. The tree is made from exceptionally dense, corrupted wood. It gains resistance 3 to physical damage against its trunk and bark, and objects made from its harvested wood have exceptional durability at the GM's discretion.
Alien Root Tentacles. The tree can extend each root lash independently, allowing it to grab up to two creatures at the same time. A creature grabbed by a Root Lash can Escape against .
Root Lash. The Banewood Tree makes one Root Lash Strike against a creature within 15 feet. On a hit, the target takes bludgeoning damage and is grabbed until the end of the tree's next turn. The tree can have up to two creatures grabbed at once.
Twin Root Lash. The Banewood Tree makes two Root Lash Strikes. It can't make both Strikes against the same target.
Constriction. Requirements: A creature is grabbed by the Banewood Tree. Effect: The tree constricts the creature with its roots, dealing bludgeoning damage. The grabbed creature must attempt a Fortitude save. Critical Success: The creature is unaffected. Success: The creature is unaffected, but remains grabbed. Failure: The creature is immobilized until the end of its next turn. Critical Failure: The creature is restrained until the end of its next turn.
Darkwood Ambush. The Banewood Tree becomes nearly indistinguishable from a dead, black-barked tree until it moves or takes an action. A creature must succeed at a Perception check to recognize it as a monster before it acts.
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