Fungus Leshy

Fungus leshys are the spirits of cavernous mushroom forests and rotting compost pits deep within the swamp, presiding over subterranean growth and the rot that fertilizes new life. Among the most alien and monstrous-looking of all leshys, these tiny rot farmers’ frightening appearance has more to do with the asymmetrical eeriness intrinsic to molds and fungi than an outward expression of evil. Like all their kin, fungus leshys vary widely in form, often adopting the colors and shapes of the mushrooms and other large fungi common to the areas they tend. Fungus leshys are spawned from realms of underground wonder or the rotting places of the natural world. They perform an important service in the lands they keep, encouraging the growth of fungi, transporting rotting material to fertilize other plants, and making the most use of growth that has died off. Fungus leshys are most active at night and spend the day in the forms of plump fungi amid their ripest compost heaps or fungal glens.

Culture

Historical figures

Captain Borovik: led the Mushroom children into battle, after every other mushroom refused his call in the The War of Mushrooms.
Captain Boris Mushroomcap: Led the Mushroom Kingdom to sign a Peace Treaty with the Pea Kingdom, ending the 500-year long Mushroom Wars.

Encompassed species

• Leshy

Related Organizations

• Mushroom Kingdom

Related Items

• Rubakha of the Mushroom Kingdom

Related Myths

• The War of Mushrooms

Languages spoken

• Plantspeech

Average Height

2 ft.

Average Weight

25 lbs.

Growing a Fungus Leshy

A fungus leshy is usually grown amid the compost of a treant’s groves, in dens of mold deep underground, or in eerie hillocks at the heart of dense swamplands.
CL 8th; Price 2,500 gp

Ritual Requirements

Cost 1,250 gp

Skillset

Knowledge (nature) 5 ranks

Spells

obscuring mist, plant growth, summon nature’s ally II

Skill check

Knowledge (dungeoneering or nature) DC 14