Plant, Dangerous (Mystara), Archer bush [191]

Climat/Terrain Temperate plains or forests
Organisation Solitary
Fréquence Rare
Diète Carnivore
Cycle d'activité Day
Intelligence 0 - Non intelligent ou non mesurable
Trésor V
Alignement Neutre Absolu
Nombres 1-20
Classe d'armure 7
Mouvement Au sol : 3"
Vol : - Classe de vol :
Nage :
Enfouissement :
Web :
Dés de vie 2
Thac0 19
Nbre d'attaques 1
Dommage / attaques 1-4 (thorn spray)
Attaques spéciales Nil
Défenses spéciales Nil
Résistance à la magie Nil
Taille S - smaller than a typical human ( 2+' to 4' )
(3’ tall)
Morale 11-12 - Stable
Valeur en XP 35 xp

Commentaires : Mystara is home to a number of hostile plants. Most are innocent in appearance, and the majority of characters will not be able to identify them. Characters who encounter a hostile plant gain the ability to identify that species in the future.

If desired, a DM may allow druids to identify dangerous plants before stumbling into them. This should involve an ability check or other die roll; the identification process should not be error free. As a guideline, most druids should be able to identify such plants with a Wisdom check made at 50%. In addition, PCs with the Herbalism proficiency may be able to identify such plants with a proficiency check made at 50%.

Archer bushes have sickly green and brown leaves, stunted trunks, and thorny brown branches. They resemble common wild bramble bushes. Archer bushes are commonly found in woodlands, scrub areas, and occasionally in mountains.

Archer bushes are carnivorous. They attack by shooting a spray of small thorns at a victim, inflicting 1d4 hit points of damage per spray. The range of the spray is 20 feet. Each bush can fire up to three such sprays per day. The archer bush can uproot itself and move toward stricken prey. The trunk of an archer bush appears to be buried within a 3-foot-high pile of leaves and twigs. This debris actually conceals a huge mouth filled with hard thorns that are used to devour disabled prey. The mouth is never used in combat.

Archer bushes sense targets by ground vibrations; thus, they can fire at invisible or otherwise camouflaged victims. Only creatures who approach in flight are spared an attack.

Clumps of archer bushes commonly fire in concert, as if cooperating in a primitive way, but this cooperation is based mostly on instinct. Encountering a single archer bush is rarely a great threat; a group of archer bushes, however, can be deadly. Druids sometimes cultivate and train archer bushes to guard their holy sites.