Acidbite Lichen

Biome(s): Mountains, Tundra, Underground Point Value: 2 Duration: 1 minute Recipes: none

Appearance: This lichen is a prime example of a primary successor in that it not only breaks down rock, but does so at an excessively rapid pace. If a small amount of fresh soil is found surrounding a lichen, it is likely acidbite. Various other plants have evolved to take advantage of acidbite’s properties and make up for its shortcomings. Namely, this results in acid-resistant plants that feed the lichen.

Effect: When one unit of acidbite lichen is thrown as a splash weapon with a range increment of 20 feet, a standard action, it affixes itself to a random creature in the square in which it lands. At the beginning of its turn, a creature covered in acidbite lichen takes 1d6 + 1/2 the herbalist’s class level acid damage (rounded down) with no saving throw allowed. Ripping acidbite lichen off of a creature requires a DC 10 + 1/2 the herbalist’s class level + the herbalist’s Wisdom modifier Strength check, and may be attempted as a standard action, or in place of an attack in a full-attack action.

Acidbite lichen’s duration only begins to count down when it first affixes to something. If acidbite lichen lands in an empty square as a result of being thrown, it can be picked back up and used again. If ripped off of a creature once affixed, the duration continues to count down despite being detached. However, the herbalist who originally picked it may throw that same lichen again, so long as some of its duration remains.