SRD:Plant Type

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Plant Type

This type comprises vegetable creatures. Note that regular plants, such as one finds growing in gardens and fields, lack Wisdom and Charisma scores (see Nonabilities, above) and are not creatures, but objects, even though they are alive.

Features

A plant creature has the following features.

• 8-sided Hit Dice.
• Base attack bonus equal to 3/4 total Hit Dice (as cleric).
• Good Fortitude saves.
• Skill points equal to (2 + Int modifier, minimum 1) per Hit Die, with quadruple skill points for the first Hit Die, if the plant creature has an Intelligence score. However, some plant creatures are mindless and gain no skill points or feats.

Traits

A plant creature possesses the following traits (unless otherwise noted in a creature’s entry).

• Low-light vision.
• Immunity to all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects).
• Immunity to poison, sleep effects, paralysis, polymorph, and stunning.
• Not subject to critical hits.
• Proficient with its natural weapons only.
• Proficient with no armor.
• Plants breathe and eat, but do not sleep.

 

SRD Monsters with the Plant Type

Creature Entry	CR	Type and Subtypes	Size
Assassin Vine	3	Plant	Large
Mu Spore	21	Plant	Colossal
Phantom Fungus	3	Plant	Medium
Shambling Mound	6	Plant	Large
Shrieker	1	Plant	Medium
Tendriculos	6	Plant	Huge
Treant	8	Plant	Huge
Udoroot	5	Plant [Psionic]	Huge
Violet Fungus	3	Plant	Medium

 

Homebrew Monsters with the Plant Type

Homebrew monsters using this type appear below. These are not part of the SRD, and are presented for ease of reference only.

Creature Entry	CR	Type and Subtypes	Size
Almond Cow	3	Plant	Large
Avatar of Nature	18	Plant [Avatar]	Gargantuan
Compost Bear	5	Plant [Earth]	Large
Crawlnest	3	Plant	Small
Dancing Wildstraw	4	Plant [Augmented Fey]	Small
Dartpuff Flowerbed	7	Plant	Small
Flowering Death	70	Plant [Chaotic, Evil]	Medium
Forestheart Warden	11	Plant [Earth]	Huge
Fumblegrass	3, 5	Plant [Swarm]	Diminutive, Large
Fungus Beast	14	Plant	Huge
Gnarlwick	9	Plant	Medium
Lasher	1, 4	Plant	Medium, Large
Malboro	12, 16	Plant	Large, Huge
Malboro V.2	15	Plant	Large
Manswatter	9	Plant	Huge
Mine Creeper	5, 15	Plant	Medium
Pumpkinder	1/2	Plant [Fire, Dark Minded]	Tiny
Tangle Tree	10	Plant	Large
Ya-te-veo	8	Plant [Xenotheric]	Large

 

Homebrew Races with the Plant Type

Homebrew races using this type appear below. These are not part of the SRD, and are presented for ease of reference only.

Race Name	Summary	Favored Class	Ability Adjustments	LA	ECL
Dandyleon	A race of feline, flowery creatures which are glamourous as much as dangerous.	Beguiler, Swashbuckler	+2 Charisma, -2 Wisdom	0	1
Dionaea	A race of carnivorous plant-men with similarities to fly-traps and other flesh eating plants.	Barbarian, Ranger	+2 Strength, -4 Charisma	0	1
Half-Malboro	The life cycle of the malboro is a gross one. And sometimes it screws up, producing a horrid-half breed, part humanoid, part plant, and just as foul as a malboro can be.	Druid	+4 Constitution, -2 Intelligence, -2 Charisma	1	2
Lacrimon	Spicy plant lizard people with an intimidating frill, often found in jungles.	Barbarian, Ranger	+2 Strength or +2 Dexterity or +2 Constitution, -2 Intelligence	0	1
Mandragora	Small and cheerful fey-like rootfolk with poisonous bites.	Any	+2 Charisma	0	1
Mandrake	Hardy and poisonous plant creatures with ill tempers.	Any	+2 Constitution	0	2
Mapleling	Small humanoids, kindred to feys, with the ability to produce a syrup-like substance and with an affinity with maple trees.	Rogue, Spirit Shaman	None	0	1
Marijan	Marijans are a race of partly-hemp humanoids, with long, braided hair and a cultural tendency to use psychoactive substances.	Druid	+2 Wisdom, -2 Intelligence	0	1
Meemoak	Sentient acorn-people who inherit the memory of their oak ancestors.	Psion	+2 Intelligence or +2 Wisdom or +2 Charisma	0	1
Nekroom	Corpses reanimated by fungal spores to a new, almost undead, life.	Cleric, Dread Necromancer, or Wizard (Necromancer)	-2 Constitution	0	1
Oakforged	Oakforged are Warforged make with living wood, or the evolved form of a sapling planted in a fallen Warforged's chest.	Druid, Ranger	+2 Strength, +2 Constitution, -2 Charisma	1	2
Polly	These diverse-looking mushroom people live quietly within the Soggy Bogs of the Polly Forest from which they derive their name.	Varied; see Polly Subspecies.	-4 Dexterity, +2 Constitution	0	2
R'aga	A race of frog-like plants, with an affinity for water and sticky, poisonous tongues.	Monk	+2 Dexterity, -2 Constitution	0	1
Rapanip	Humanoid turnips with the ability to make unholy monsters flee.	Rogue	None	0	1
Shambling Pileman	A "lesser shambling mound" which is viable as a PC character.	Ranger	-2 Intelligence, +2 Constitution, +4 Strength	0	3
Take	The take (pronounced "tack-ki") are a race of fungus based humanoids who have the appearance of wearing broad brimmed hats, but in truth are simply the heads of this alien honor-bound warriors and priests.	Fighter, Paladin, Ranger	+2 Constitution	0	1

See also

• Canon:Plant

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