Vine Blights

Appearing as masses of slithering creepers, vine blights hide in undergrowth and wait for prey to draw near. By animating the plants a round them, vine blights entangle and hinder their foes before attacking.
Vine blights are the only blights capable of speech. A vine blight speaks in a fractured version of its master's voice, taunting victims or bargaining with powerful foes.

Related Ethnicities

• Blights
• Feywild natives

Vine Blight

Medium plant, neutral evil

Armor Class 12 (Natural Armor)

Hit Points 26 4d8+8

Speed 10ft

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STR

15 +2

DEX

8 -1

CON

14 +2

INT

5 -3

WIS

10 0

CHA

3 -4

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Skills Stealth +1

Condition Immunities blinded, deafened

Senses blindsight 60ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 10

Languages Sylvan

Challenge 1/2

False Appearance. While the blight remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a tangle of vines.

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Actions

Constrict. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 10ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d6 + 2) bludgeoning damage, and a Large or smaller target is grappled (escape DC 12). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the blight can't constrict another target.
Entangling Plants (Recharge 5-6). Grasping roots and vines sprout in a 15-foot radius centered on the blight, withering away after 1 minute. For the duration, that area is difficult terrain for non plant creatures. In addition, each creature of the blight's choice in that area when the plants appear must succeed on a DC 12 Strength saving throw or become restrained . A creature can use its action to make a DC 12 Strength check, freeing itself or another entangled creature within reach on a success.