Exceptional Vine Horror | Monster | Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 | Statblocks & Sheets

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Exceptional Vine Horror - CR: 5

Species	Plant
Subspecies	Vine Horror
Size	Medium
Type	Plant (Aquatic)
Hit Dice	5d8+30 (178 hp)
Speed	30'; Swim 20'
Abilities	Str 22, Dex 12, Con 23, Int 9, Wis 15, Cha 8
Special Qualities	Camouflage, Compression, DR 5/slashing, Plant Traits
Environment	Warm or temperate marsh or ocean
Organization	Unique
Treasure	None
Alignment	NE
Advancement	-
Level Adjustment	-

Skills
Perception +8, Stealth +1 (+16 in swamps or areas of concentrated algae), Swim +16

Feats
Alertness, Improved Natural Attack (slam)

Combat
Initiative	+1
Armor Class (AC)	9 (20) [+3 base, +1 dex]; Flat-footed 9
Base Attack	+15%/+45% [+6]
Full Attack	2 Slams +45% [+6] (max Huge)
Special Attacks	Animate Vines
Saves	Fort +10; Ref +2; Will +3

Description
Animate Vines (Sp): At will; as a standard action, a vine horror can use this ability to animate any single vine or similar kind of plant life within 90 feet. An animated vine fights as an assassin vine in all respects. An animated vine loses its ability to fight if the vine horror that animated it is incapacitated or moves out of range, or until the vine horror animates another vine (a vine horror can only control one vine at a time). Compression (Ex): A vine horror can move through an area as small as one-quarter its space without squeezing or one-eighth its space when squeezing. Camouflage (Ex): A vine horror looks like a normal tangle of vines when at rest, requiring a DC 20 Perception check to notice it before it attacks for the first time. Anyone with ranks in Survival or Knowledge (nature) can use either of those skills instead of Perception to notice the vine horror.

Description

Animate Vines (Sp): At will; as a standard action, a vine horror can use this ability to animate any single vine or similar kind of plant life within 90 feet. An animated vine fights as an assassin vine in all respects. An animated vine loses its ability to fight if the vine horror that animated it is incapacitated or moves out of range, or until the vine horror animates another vine (a vine horror can only control one vine at a time).

Compression (Ex): A vine horror can move through an area as small as one-quarter its space without squeezing or one-eighth its space when squeezing.

Camouflage (Ex): A vine horror looks like a normal tangle of vines when at rest, requiring a DC 20 Perception check to notice it before it attacks for the first time. Anyone with ranks in Survival or Knowledge (nature) can use either of those skills instead of Perception to notice the vine horror.