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Arboreal Snag (Axan Wood)

Creature 3 (uncommon) — mindless, undead, unholy

Pre-Remaster content. May include legacy alignment.

Arboreals can be victims of undeath like any other living creature, but without bones or flesh, their undead take a different form. When an arboreal shivers to life as undead, it often animates as a snag-a leafless, skeletal dead tree that haunts its forest, attacking any living creature it can catch. An arboreal snag is mindless and difficult to control, but some necromancers use them as forest guardians. While many arboreals are comfortable remaining still for prolonged periods of time, arbor

Source: blood-lords-bestiary (Pre-Remaster)

Perception +8
Skills athletics +10, intimidation +7, stealth +7
Str
+4
Dex
+1
Con
+3
Int
-5
Wis
+1
Cha
+0
AC 19 Fort +12 Ref +6 Will +8
HP 45
Immunities bleed, death-effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, unconscious
Resistances bludgeoning 5, piercing 5
Weaknesses axe-vulnerability 5, fire 5
Speed 20 feet

Offense

Melee Branch +12, Damage 1d10+6 bludgeoning
Melee Root +12, Damage 1d8+6 bludgeoning
Ranged Rock +12, Damage 1d8+6 bludgeoning

Abilities

Blood Roots (primal) — The snag's roots go deep into corpses buried beneath and around it. It has regeneration 5 (deactivated by vitality) as long as it remains in an area where corpses are buried.
Attack of Opportunity — Attack Of Opportunity
Axe Vulnerability — An arboreal snag takes 5 additional damage from axes.
Void Healing — Negative Healing
Throw Rock — Throw Rock
Grab — Grab
Knockdown — Knockdown

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