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Awakened Shrub

Awakened Shrub

Plant · no Crown (Neutral)

T1d4Minor

Sentient thorny bushes, awakened shrubs trip and prick, groves whispering.

Tier 1  ·  Role Minor  ·  Pool Vigor 2  ·  AC 8  ·  ATK +0  ·  Save DC 11  ·  Dmg 1 (flat)

AC88 base
Vigor22 x Tier, one pool. Breaks at 1, dies at 0
Move30 ft
Initiatived8rerolled each round
Attack+0d20 + bonus vs AC
Damage1flat, crit d4, floored at 1
Save DC11Tier 1 DC
Crit20natural 20 only
StatScoreModDie
Body6--
Mind12--
Sense12--
Heart12--
Cunning12--
Fate12--

A Minor has no attribute mechanics: the scores describe the creature, they do not roll.

Passives

Passive

False Appearance

While motionless, indistinguishable from ordinary shrub

Passive

Fire Vulnerability

Loses 1 additional Vigor from fire

Maneuvers

Maneuver

Rake

Standard attack with thorny branches.

Tactics

GM tactics

Usually peaceful unless commanded by druids or threatened. Swarms can be dangerous through numbers alone.

Running it

Rules

  • One Vigor pool of 2 x Tier, no Vitality. It breaks and flees with 1 left, and dies at 0. The pool does not regenerate.
  • A hit deals a flat 1, no roll. A crit (natural 20 only) rolls d4 and never lands below 1.
  • Crits on a natural 20 only.
  • Minor: no stat modifiers or dice in play; its scores describe the creature, they do not roll.
  • With 1 Vigor left it breaks and flees, out of the fight but alive; Fanatics fight on to 0 instead.
  • At 0 Vigor it is dead: 2 total damage, and a single blow of 2 or more kills it on the spot.
  • Vigor damage is simply damage against a Minor: its whole pool is Vigor.
  • Group morale: when its group loses half its number, fled or dead, the rest check morale.
  • NPCs never take wounds.