Black Lotus

**Adapted from Black Lotus**

Black lotuses are naturally occurring, powerful foci of Magic. These rare blooms grow where powerful beings had fallen in the past. Black Lotuses are treasured acquisitions of powerful magic scholars.

**Black Lotus Environmental Hazard 10+**

**Complexity** Complex

A Black Lotus Flower shimmering with Violet light; the bloom is surrounded by skeletal corpses and surges with magical energy.

**Stealth DC** (Low)

**Disable DC** (Extreme) Arcana, Nature, Occultism or Religion to unweave the magic protection of the Lotus or Survival (Extreme) to approach the lotus without triggering it and calm it so it can be safely handled

**Spell DC** (extreme)

**Immunities** mental, Weaknesses fire 20

**Treasure** Lotus Petals

## Black Lotuses

**Dream Probe** (Divination, Mental) (Reaction) **Trigger** A creature approaches within 30 ft; **Area** 30ft Burst; **Effect** Approaching the lotus causes a creature to visualize achieving their desires; they think about what they want out of their life. Observing their fantasy, the Lotus accesses the target's hopes and dreams. Affected Creatures attempt a Will Save.

**Success** The target is unaffected.

**Failure** The Lotus Sustains the Spell to probe deeper into their targeted creatures' desires.

**Critical Failure** As failure and the target takes a -4 circumstance penalty to will saves against the lotus' enchantments.

**Lotus Sleep** (Enchantment, Incapacitation, Mental, Primal, Sleep)(reaction) **Trigger** A creature approaches within 5 ft; **Area** 30ft Burst; **Effect** The Violet light emanating from the lotus grows and wanes, Each creature in the area becomes drowsy and might fall asleep. A creature that falls unconscious from this spell doesn't fall prone or release what it's holding. This spell doesn't prevent creatures from waking up due to a successful Perception check.

**Critical Success** The creature is unaffected.

**Success** The creature takes a -1 status penalty to Perception checks for 1 round.

**Failure** The creature falls unconscious. If it's still unconscious after 1 minute, it wakes up automatically.

**Critical Failure** The creature falls unconscious. If it's still unconscious after 1 hour, it wakes up automatically.

**Routine** Double Action **The Coil of the Black Lotus**  Using the target's goals and motives, the Lotus traps the target in a dream where the target has everything they desire. The dreams a Black Lotus weaves are as varied as the dreamers that feed the lotus.

**Critical Success** The target doesn't believe the dream, wakes, and is now immune to this Black Lotus' Enchantments.

**Success** The target creature detects elements of the dream that cause them to question its veracity; the creature achieves a +4 circumstance Bonus on their next check against the Coil of the Black Lotus.

**Failure** The target continues to enjoy their dream, blissfully unaware of their dire condition.

**Critical Failure** The target embraces the dream as their new reality; the creature receives a -4 circumstance penalty on their next check against the Coil of the Black Lotus.

**Sapping Coils** The Lotus' root system spreads out in a 30 ft radius, these roots emerge above the surface Physically entangle creatures under the lotus' enchantment and drains their soul away. Frequency once per round; Target each creature under the influence of the Coil of the Black Lotus Effect 3d6 Mental damage to each creature.

**Reset** The Lotus resets if the area is left alone for one hour. Creatures that have overcome the Lotus' Enchantments and Illusions are no longer subject to that Lotus' defenses.