Plant Creatures Volume 1

== Spriggan ==
Threat Rank D (Local Threat)
Spriggans are Fey creatures that are entirely composed of wood and magical energy; the source of which is the Taproot at their core. Spriggans can be summoned by Conjuration mages or by the Fey, and are often tasked with guarding significant locations such as temples or groves, or with protecting valuables.
Spriggans are blind, but they have an amazing sense of echolocation similar to bats. Because of this however they can be snuck past by silent individuals or using distractions.
== Goobbue ==
Threat Rank C (Regional Threat)
Goobbue are large round bipedal creatures with large gaping mouths lined with hundreds of shark-like teeth, with incredibly long and disproportionate arms. They are lumbering and docile creatures at a glance, often being mistaken for a mound of stone due to their coloration and the moss that grows on their bodies, however an angered Goobbue can attack with not only highly damaging direct physical damage, but can also breathe a toxin which both reeks and wreaks havoc with creatures that breathe it. As if that was not enough, those daring enough to look a Goobbue in their eyes will find themselves temporarily paralyzed with fear.
Their toxic breath inflicts many effects, most dangerously being blindness, shortness of breath, and swelling of the throat. Large doses can lead to death because of this. Concoctions such as Ginger Pale and other laxatives or emetics will cause the body to expel the toxin, curing you.
== Shriekers ==
Threat Rank C (Regional Threat)
A Shrieker is a variant of the Violet Fungus known for the strange and loud noises. It emits to attract prey. Shriekers are human-sized mushrooms. They are similar in appearance to Violet Fungi, but they lack the ability to move and do not have tentacles with which to poison prey. They can produce a loud, piercing, and screaming sound that tends to attract curious creatures or people to the area.
Shriekers can sense nearby motion or light and will respond with their namesake shriek. Each such screaming sound lasts between five and fifteen seconds. A patch of shriekers rely on violet fungi to kill prey with their poison, since a shrieker could not attack or move on its own. Like violet fungi, shriekers gained their nourishment from the breakdown of organic matter that had fallen nearby.
Shriekers are vulnerable to fire and projectiles, however on death they will shriek one last time, alerting any creatures nearby to your presence.
== Violet Fungi ==
Threat Rank C (Regional Threat)
Violet Fungi are large humanoid-sized fungus that infect and grow into creatures that enter Violet Fungal Caves. Their natural form, if they do not latch onto a creature before maturation, is that of a large purple mushroom with dark spots along it’s cap. This mushroom is capable of locomotion, using thick tendril-like mycelium appendages to drag itself to more ideal locations for growth. These Fungi release spores on their death, which if inhaled by a living creature will cause infection, eventually resulting in them becoming a more mobile form of Violet Fungi.
Violet Fungi spores have a distinct scent that is appealing to frogs, which results in the majority of Mobile Violet Fungi to be in frog shapes as the spores infect the unwitting creatures. The host will become incapable of movement after only a few short days of infection. In this state, the fledgling Violet Fungi is at its most vulnerable as it is incapable of producing spores or moving. However after a week of growth the frog, or other host, will be fully warped and taken over by the Fungi. This results in a thick layer of purple mycelium growing across the creature’s body, as well as multiple new pseudo-organ being grown inside the body to process biological matter like meat into usable waste for the Fungi, and another located in the throat to produce spores.
== Rafflesia ==
Threat Rank D (Local Threat)
Rafflesia Arnoldill, often simply called ‘Rafflesia’ or ‘Monster Flower’, is a parasitic plant found in the Jungles and dense Rainforest. It grows within a host vine until emerging with a chicken sized bud that develops a flower the size of a boulder. It gives off a smell similar to a decaying corpse to attract flies to spread its pollen before the flower shrivels a few days after bloom. Its vine whips are known to leave painful stings on the skin as well as entangle creatures to be consumed.
It is weak to flames, acid, and slashing damage, but is almost completely immune to poison and blunt damage.
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