A crown of lettuce-like leaves sprouts from the soil. The leaves
twitch slightly, and a faint, muffled squealing can be heard from
the ground.
Howl of Injustice. Though some herbalists can breed
mandrakes, a mandrake only blooms in the wild under grisly
circumstances: when an innocent youth is wrongfully hanged
for theft, and the youth’s dying blood, spittle, sweat, or urine
strikes the earth. The mandrake remains dormant for one year,
after which time it grows into a thick, tuberous root that is
shaped like a young humanoid sprouting a thick, leafy head of
hair. If the root is pulled from the ground, it wails with such
piercing fury that most common folk who hear it die instantly.
Medicinal Marvel. Were it not for its incredible medicinal
properties, the mandrake would never be cultivated at all. If
ground into a powder and brewed for a year and a day, the
mandrake root becomes an elixir of health, which can cure all
poisons and afflictions.
Great Mandrake. As a magical plant, the mandrake
sometimes takes on an unusual appearance if it grows to full
flowering. In these cases, the plant becomes thorny and its
powers grow substantially. In particular, it gains the power of
speech and its shriek becomes far stronger.
Mandrake
Tiny plant, unaligned
Armor Class 8
Hit Points 22 (4d4 + 12) 4d4+12
Speed
5ft
STR
10
0
DEX
6 -2
CON
16 +3
INT
1
-5
WIS
9 -1
CHA
12 +1
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities exhaustion, poisoned
Senses tremorsense 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive
Perception 9
Languages -
Challenge 1/2
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (2d4) 2d4 piercing damage. Shriek (Recharge 4-6). All creatures within 60 feet of the mandrake that can hear it must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or take 5 (2d4) 2d4 thunder damage. If a creature fails the saving throw by 5 or more, it is stunned until the end of its next turn. If it fails by 10 or more, it falls unconscious. An unconscious creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, regaining consciousness on a success.
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