Alpine Creeper
- Size
- Huge
- Type
- Plant
- Challenge Rating
- 3
- Source
- Tome of Beasts 3
- Alignment
- Unaligned
- Armor Class
- 5
- Speeds
- 15
- Walking Speed
- 15
- Strength Score
- 3
- Dexterity Score
- 1
- Constitution Score
- 17
- Intelligence Score
- 1
- Wisdom Score
- 4
- Charisma Score
- 1
- Skill Proficiencies
- Perception
- Languages Ref
- —
- Hit Points
- 95
- Condition Immunities
- Blinded, Charmed, Deafened, Frightened, Grappled, Prone
- Resistances
- Vulnerable to Fire Damage, Resistant to Bludgeoning Damage, Resistant to Piercing Damage, Immune to Cold Damage
Huge plant, unaligned
Armor Class 5
Hit Points 95 (10d12+30)
Speed 15 ft.
- STR
- 3 (−4)
- DEX
- 1 (−5)
- CON
- 17 (+3)
- INT
- 1 (−5)
- WIS
- 4 (−3)
- CHA
- 1 (−5)
Skills Perception −3
Damage Vulnerabilities fire
Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing
Damage Immunities cold
Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, grappled, prone
Senses tremorsense 60', passive Perception 7
Languages —
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
False. [+]Appearance[/+] Motionless: indistinguishable from patch of lichen.
Mossy Carpet. Enter hostile creature's space and stop there. It can move through space as narrow as 1' wide with o squeezing.
Actions
Gentle Dissolution. Each creature in creeper's space: 10 (3d6) acid (DC 13 Con half). Creeper can choose not to harm friendly Beasts in its space. Unconscious creature that takes damage from this: DC 13 Wis save Fail: remain unconscious Success: wakes up.
Sleep Spores. Releases sleep-inducing spores. Humanoids and Giants within 20' of it: DC 13 Con save or fall unconscious 1 min. Effect ends for creature if it takes damage or another uses action to wake it.
Cleaning Call (1/Day). Sprays pheromone-laced spores calling nearby Beasts to feast. Arrive in 1d4 rounds and act as creeper allies attacking creatures within 10 ft. of it. Beasts remain 1 hr until creeper dies or until it dismisses them as a bonus action. Choose one CR 1 or lower Beast or roll d100 to choose Summoned Beasts. They arrive at creeper's location; aggressive and prioritize active threats before feasting on creatures knocked out. Summoned Beasts:[br/] • 01-04: 2d4 badgers • 05-09: 1d6 black bears • 10-13: 1d3 brown bears • 14-17: 1d3 dire wolves • 18-20: 1d6 giant badgers • 21-30: 2d6 giant rats • 31-34: 1d3 giant vultures • 35-40: 2d6 giant weasels • 41-44: 1d3 lions or tigers • 45-60: 1d6 swarms of rats • 61-71: 2d4 wolves • 72-75: 1d4 worgs • 76-100: No beasts respond
Bonus Actions
Lethargic Stupor. One unconscious Humanoid or Giant in creeper's space suffers one level of exhaustion. A creature with more than half its hp max can't suffer more than one level of exhaustion from this. This exhaustion lasts until creature finishes short rest.
Stat block from Tome of Beasts 3 (Kobold Press), Open Game Content used under the Open Game License 1.0a. Tome of Beasts 3. ©2022 Open Design LLC. All rights reserved. It is not Geminaea material. See Legal.