Nursery Crawler
Creature 3 — elemental, plant, wood
Pre-Remaster content. May include legacy alignment.
SnareLANDVERTICALelementalplantwood
The vibrant elemental energy of the Plane of Wood imbues even the most rotten of fallen trees, empowering their remains to travel in search of the best locations for the next generation to put down roots. This mono-eyed, rotten stump launches seeds that begin to sprout the moment they're buried, whether in the ground or in a living creature's skin. At first glance, wood elementals might not seem to have the same destructive potential as their cousins from the Planes of Fire, Water, or Air, but
Source: rage-of-elements-bestiary (Pre-Remaster)
Perception +9
Skills deception +5 (+10 when pretending to be a mundane stump or log), survival +9
Str
+4
Dex
+3
Con
+3
Int
-2
Wis
+1
Cha
+0
AC 18
Fort +6
Ref +4
Will +12
HP 48
Immunities bleed, paralyzed, sleep, poison
Weaknesses axe-vulnerability 5, fire 5
Speed 20 feet, climb 20 feet
Offense
Melee Root +9, Damage 1d8+4 bludgeoning
Ranged Seed +8, range increment 20 feet, Damage 1d6+3 piercing plus Germinate
Abilities
Germinate (plant) — A creature hit by the nursery crawler's seed Strike must, on its turn, spend an Interact action to remove the seed; any seeds still implanted at the end of the creature's turn begin to sprout, dealing 1d6 persistent bleed damage and rendering the seeded creature Clumsy 1 and Off-Guard. Removing a seed after it's sprouted deals 1d4 piercing damage; removing it before it begins to sprout does no damage. Removed seeds that land in viable soil sprout immediately and grow into new saplings after 1 hour.
WORKS WELL WITH
AnvilLAND / VERTICALA durable front-line bruiser holds the party's attention so the seeded targets cannot spare the Interact action to clear the implant before it sprouts.
CrasherLAND / VERTICALA hard-charging striker forces action-starved seeded targets to choose between removing the implant and answering the incoming damage.
PUNISHES
✖ ignoring implanted debuffs✖ static positioning✖ melee reliance
Works well with · Punishes · Pairing advice
Unlock with Tactics
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