Corpse Flower
Large plant- Challenge
- STR
- 2
- DEX
- 2
- CON
- 3
- INT
- −2
- WIS
- 2
- CHA
- −4
- Fort
- +4
- Ref
- +3
- Will
- +1
Corpses. When first encountered, the corpse flower contains the corpses of 1d6 + 3 humanoids. The corpse flower can hold the remains of up to nine dead humanoids. These remains have total cover against attacks and other effects outside the corpse flower. If the corpse flower dies, the corpses within it can be pulled free.
Once on its turn while it has at least one humanoid corpse in its body, the corpse flower can use one of the following:
- The corpse flower digests one humanoid corpse in its body and instantly regains 11 (2d10) health. Nothing of the digested body remains. Any equipment on the corpse is expelled from the corpse flower in its space.
- The corpse flower animates one dead humanoid in its body, turning it into a zombie. The zombie appears in an unoccupied space within 1 meter of the corpse flower and acts immediately after it in the initiative order. The zombie acts as an ally of the corpse flower but isn’t under its control, and the flower’s stench clings to it (see the Stench of Death trait).
Spellcasting. The corpse flower uses Occult (wis) to cast spells (spell save Difficulty 13, +4 to hit with spell attacks). It has 8 mana, a mana limit of 2, regains all expended mana when it finishes a long rest, and regains half its total mana when it finishes a short rest. It knows the following spells:
Cantrips (at will, 10th-level spellcaster): poison spray
1 mana: blinding poison, confusion poison, detect poison, envenomed weapon, lingering poison, poison burst, poisoning strike, protection from poison, putrefy food and drink, sicken, slowing poison, toxic fumes
2 mana: cloudkill, halo of spores, insanity mist, neutralize poison, noxious plume, paralytic poison, poison bane, stinking cloud
Spider Climb. The corpse flower can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make a skill check.
Stench of Death. Each creature that starts its turn within 2 meters of the corpse flower or one of its zombies must make a Difficulty 14 Fortitude saving throw, unless the creature is a construct or an undead. On a failure, the creature is incapacitated until the end of the turn. Creatures that are immune to poison damage or the poisoned condition automatically succeed on this saving throw. On a success, the creature is immune to the stench of all stenches by similar creatures for 24 hours.
Actions (3)
Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 2 m. Hit: 9 (2d6 + 2) bludgeoning damage plus 10 (3d6) poison damage.
Harvest the Dead. The corpse flower grabs one unsecured dead humanoid within 2 meters of it and stuffs the corpse into itself, along with any equipment the corpse is wearing or carrying. The remains can be used with the Corpses trait.
Spells
As an action, you extend your hand toward a creature that you can touch or see within 5 meters and project a puff of noxious gas from your palm. The creature must make a Fortitude saving throw.
On a failure, it takes 1d6 poison damage and has disadvantage on the next attack it makes before the end of its next turn.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
At higher levels
This spell’s damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 9th level (2d6) and 17th level (3d6).
concentration, 1 minute/mana
As an action, you a poison blooms around a creature that you can touch or see within 10 meters. The creature must make a Fortitude saving throw.
On a failure, it takes 2d6 poison damage and is blinded for the duration.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 4d6 for each additional mana expended.
As an action, your poison assaults and twists a creature’s minds, spawning delusions and provoking uncontrolled actions. Choose a creature that you can touch or see within 10 meters. The target must succeed on a Fortitude saving throw or it is confused until the end of its next turn.
Augment
You can expend 1 additional mana so the duration changes to 1 minute/mana, concentration and the creature is confused for the duration. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
You can target one additional creature for each additional mana expended. The creatures must be within 5 meters of each other when you target them.
(ritual); concentration, 5 minutes/mana
As an action, you can sense the presence and location of poisons and poisonous creatures within 5 meters of you. You also identify the kind of poison or poisonous creature in each case. The spell can penetrate most barriers, but it is blocked by 30 centimeters of stone, 2 centimeters of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 1 meter of wood or dirt
concentration, 5 minutes/mana
As an action, a weapon you touch drips with poison. For the duration, the weapon deals an extra 1d4 poison damage.
Alternatively, you can touch a quiver containing arrows or bolts, granting the ammunition pulled from it the same effect. The spell’s magic ends on a piece of ammunition when it hits or misses.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 1d4 for each additional mana expended.
You can expend 1 additional mana to cause an additional weapon you touch to drip with poison.
concentration, 1 minute/mana
As an action, lingering poison rattles the body of a creature that you can touch or see within 10 meters. At the start of each of its turns for the duration, the creature must make a Fortitude saving throw.
On a failure, it takes 3d8 poison damage and is poisoned until the end of its next turn.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage and and the effect ends.
On a critical success, it takes no damage and the effect ends.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 3d8 for each additional mana expended.
As a reaction, which you use when you are hit by an attack or missed by 4 or less, poison bursts from your skin. If the creature who damaged you is within 10 meters, it must make a Reflex saving throw.
On a failure, it takes 4d6 poison damage.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 4d6 for each additional mana expended.
concentration, 1 minute/mana
As an action, make a weapon attack.
On a hit, add 2d8 + your spellcasting ability poison damage to the attack’s damage roll and the creature must succeed on a Fortitude saving throw or it is poisoned for the duration.
On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.
On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.
The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 3d8 for each additional mana expended.
1 hour/mana
As an action, you have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned, and resistance to poison damage for the duration.
If you are poisoned, you neutralize the poison. If more than one poison afflicts you, you neutralize one poison that you know is present, or you neutralize one at random.
Augment
You can target one additional willing creature that you can touch or see within 10 meters for each additional mana expended. The creatures must be within 5 meters of each other when you target them.
Immunity. You can expend 2 additional mana so you are immune to the poisoned condition and poison damage.
Dampen Poison
As a reaction, which you use when you take poison damage, you gain resistance to poison damage until the start of your next turn.
Augment
You can expend 1 additional mana to trigger the spell when a creature that you can touch or see within 10 meters takes poison damage. The creature gains the resistance instead.
(ritual)
As an action, all nonmagical food and drink within a sphere centered on a point of your choice within 5 meters is putrefied. If a creature consumes the putrefied food or water it must make a Fortitude saving throw.
On a failure, it takes 1d8 poison damage and is poisoned for 1 hour.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
Every 10 minutes, a poisoned creature can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 1d8 for each additional mana expended.
concentration, 1 minute/mana
As an action, sickening greenish energy lashes out toward a creature within 10 meters. The creature must make a Fortitude saving throw.
On a failure, it takes 3d10 poison damage and is poisoned for the duration.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 4d10 for each additional mana expended.
concentration, 1 minute/mana
As an action, your poison slows the processing and reaction time of up to two creatures that you can touch or see within 10 meters and within 5 meters of each other. Each target must succeed on a Fortitude saving throw or be slowed 1 for the duration.
A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Augment
You can target two additional creatures for each additional mana expended. The creatures must be within 5 meters of each other when you target them.
You can increase the slowed level by 1 for each additional mana expended.
As an action, a green mist shoots forth from your outstretched hands. Each creature in a cone or line must make a Fortitude saving throw.
On a failure, it takes 2d10 poison damage and is poisoned until the end of its next turn.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
A creature killed by this spell is affected by rigor mortis.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 1d10 for each additional mana expended.
concentration, 5 minutes/mana
As two actions, you create a cloud of poisonous, yellow-green fog in a sphere centered on a point within 20 meters. The cloud spreads around corners and is heavily obscured. It lasts for the duration or until a wind of moderate or greater speed (at least 15 kilometers per hour) disperses it.
A creature that enters the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must make a Fortitude saving throw.
On a failure, it takes 3d4 poison damage and is poisoned until the end of its next turn.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
Creatures are affected even if they hold their breath or don’t need to breathe.
At the start of each of your turns if the cloud is within 20 meters of you, you can cause it to move up to 2 meters in a direction that you choose. If you spend an action, you can move it up to 10 meters.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 1d4 for each additional mana expended.
You can expend 1 additional mana so duration changes to 1 hour/mana.
concentration, 1 minute/mana
As two actions, you are surrounded by invisible necrotic spores in an aura shaped as a sphere. Until the spell ends, the aura moves with you, centered on you. An enemy creature that enters the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must make a Fortitude saving throw.
On a failure, it takes 2d8 poison damage and is poisoned until the end of its next turn.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 1d8 for every two additional mana expended.
As two actions, mist sprouts at a point you can see within 20 meters. Each creature in a sphere centered on that point must make a Fortitude saving throw.
On a failure, it takes 3d6 poison damage and is poisoned and confused until the end of its next turn.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 1d6 for each additional mana expended.
You can expend 1 additional mana so the damage is reduced to 1d6, but the duration changes to 1 minute/mana, concentration and the creature is poisoned and confused for the duration.
A creature can make a Will saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
As two actions, you touch a creature to neutralize one poison afflicting it. If more than one poison afflicts the creature, one poison is neutralized at random.
Augment
You can target one additional creature for each additional mana expended. The creatures must be within 5 meters of each other when you target them.
1 minute/mana
As two actions, a plume of poison blooms at a point within 20 meters. The plume spreads around corners. Each creature in a sphere centered on that point must make a Fortitude saving throw.
On a failure, it takes 5d6 poison damage and is poisoned for the duration.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 2d6 for each additional mana expended.
As two actions, you poison a creature that you can touch or see within 10 meters. The creature must make a Fortitude saving throw.
On a failure, it takes 4d6 poison damage and is stunned until the end of its next turn.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 6d6 for each additional mana expended. If this spell is augmented to target additional creatures, this damage is halved.
You can target one additional creature for each additional mana expended. The creatures must be within 5 meters of each other when you target them.
You can expend 1 additional mana so the duration changes to 1 minute/mana, concentration and the creature is stunned for the duration. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
You can expend 1 additional mana so the creature is paralyzed instead of stunned.
concentration, 1 minute/mana
As two actions, you expose a creature that you can touch or see within 10 meters to poison. The creature must make a Fortitude saving throw.
On a failure, it loses any resistance to poison damage for the duration and the first time on each turn the creature takes poison damage, it takes an extra 2d6 poison damage.
Augment
You can target two additional creatures for each additional mana expended. The creatures must be within 5 meters of each other when you target them.
concentration, 1 minute/mana
As two actions, you create a sphere of yellow, nauseating gas twice as big as normal centered on a point within 20 meters. The cloud spreads around corners, and its area is heavily obscured. The cloud lingers in the air for the duration.
A creature that enters the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must make a Fortitude saving throw. If the creature doesn’t need to breathe or is immune to poison, the spell has no effect on it.
On a failure, it spends its actions that turn retching and reeling.
A moderate wind (at least 15 kilometers per hour) disperses the cloud after 4 rounds. A strong wind (at least 30 kilometers per hour) disperses it after 1 round.