Viper VineCreature 13

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Source Pathfinder Bestiary 2
Perception +22 (low-light vision, tremorsense (imprecise) 60 feet)
Languages none
Skills Athletics +27, Stealth +24
Str +8, Dex +5, Con +7, Int -4, Wis +5, Cha -3

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AC 33; Fort +26; Reflex +24; Will +22;
HP 270
Speed 20 feet
Resistances Poison 15

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Jaws +27 (+22, +17) to hit (reach 10) 3d6+11 Piercing + 3d6 Poison
Vine +27 (+23, +19) to hit (agile, reach 15) 3d10+11 Bludgeoning

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Low-Light Vision

The monster can see in dim light as though it were bright light, so it ignores the Concealed condition due to dim light.

Tremorsense

Tremorsense allows a monster to feel the vibrations through a solid surface caused by movement. It is an imprecise sense with a limited range (listed in the ability). Tremorsense functions only if the monster is on the same surface as the subject, and only if the subject is moving along (or burrowing through) the surface.

Cold Vulnerability (cold)

When exposed to a cold effect, the viper vine is overwhelmed by lethargy, becoming Slowed 1 for 1d4 rounds.

Captivating Pollen (enchantment, incapacitation, mental, poison)

The viper vine releases a 60-foot emanation of invisible pollen that stays in the air for 5 rounds unless dispersed by a moderate or stronger wind. Each creature that enters or starts its turn in the area must attempt a DC 33 will save or be captivated.

The viper vine can't use Captivating Pollen for 1d4 rounds.

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Critical Success The creature is unaffected and is temporarily immune to Captivating Pollen for 24 hours.

Success The creature is Sickened 1.

Failure The creature is Fascinated, and it must spend each of its actions to move closer to the viper vine as expediently as possible while avoiding obvious dangers. If a captivated creature is adjacent to the viper vine, it stays still and doesn't act. It ceases to be fascinated if it's no longer in the pollen aura at the end of its turn.

Critical Failure As failure, plus the creature is Stupefied 2 for 24 hours.

Constrict

3d8+8 bludgeoning damage, DC 33 basic fortitude

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The monster deals the listed amount of damage to any number of creatures Grabbed or Restrained by it. Each of those creatures can attempt a basic Fortitude save with the listed DC.

Grab

Requirements The monster's last action was a success with a Strike that lists Grab in its damage entry, or it has a creature grabbed using this action.

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Effect The monster automatically Grabs the target until the end of the monster's next turn. The creature is Grabbed by whichever body part the monster attacked with, and that body part can't be used to Strike creatures until the grab is ended. Using Grab extends the duration of the monster's Grab until the end of its next turn for all creatures grabbed by it. A grabbed creature can use the Escape action to get out of the grab, and the Grab ends for a grabbed creatures if the monster moves away from it.

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A voracious, flesh-eating carnivore, the viper vine has a single enormous blossom arising from a thick, leafy tangle of snake-like vines. When the plant senses the approach of suitable prey through its sensitive, shallowly buried root system, it rises up like an agitated snake and unfurls its brightly colored bloom, an act that releases a cloud of mind-numbing pollen. Persistent stories claim the viper vine can lure prey into its clutches by swaying with a hypnotic motion, but this effect is in fact created by this invisible, odorless pollen cloud.

Since a viper vine gains nourishment by consuming creatures rather than through ingesting moisture and soil, it has developed rudimentary locomotion and can drag itself along the ground with its tentacle-like roots. It even has a form of rudimentary sentience, allowing it to not only discern differences in prey and make limited tactical decisions, but also to avoid creatures that are particularly large or dangerous-looking.

The area around viper vine hunting grounds is often strewn with the partially devoured remains of victims. It's not unusual to find the rotting corpses of wild animals, ill-fated adventurers, and even giants in the plant's immediate vicinity, along with a scattering of incidental treasure left behind on the corpses. A viper vine rarely returns to the carcass of a creature it killed earlier, preferring to hunt fresh meat.

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Traits