Gallowpeat Braid
Huge plant, unaligned
Gallowpeat preserves what goes into it, including the throats. A braid is what happens when enough of them are close enough together for the root system to make use of the arrangement: one body of woven root with nine preserved throats along it, all of which are still capable of the last sound they made. Cutting one off is how you get two.
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 157 (15d12 + 60)
Speed 20 ft., burrow 10 ft.
- STR
- 20 (+5)
- DEX
- 10 (+0)
- CON
- 19 (+4)
- INT
- 3 (-4)
- WIS
- 12 (+1)
- CHA
- 6 (-2)
Saving Throws Con +8, Wis +5
Damage Vulnerabilities fire
Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing
Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, prone
Senses blindsight 90 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 11
Languages —
Challenge 11
Traits
Nine Throats. The braid begins with nine throats and makes one bite attack for every three it still has, to a maximum of three attacks. Whenever it takes 20 or more damage in a single turn, one throat is destroyed. At the end of its turn, for each throat destroyed since its last turn, two grow back unless it has taken Fire damage since its last turn.
Preserved. The braid does not require air, food or sleep, and it regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn if it is in contact with peat and has at least 1 hit point.
Actions
Multiattack. The braid makes up to three Bite attacks: one for every three throats it has, as described in Nine Throats.
Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +9, reach 15 ft. Hit: 16 (2d10 + 5) Piercing damage.
Every Throat at Once (Recharge 6). Every surviving throat makes the sound it died making. Each creature within 30 feet must succeed on a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or take 27 (6d8) Thunder damage and be deafened until the end of its next turn. On a success a creature takes half damage and is not deafened.
