Hazard: Bloodgrass
Organized around a mother-root, Bloodgrass tendrils hide amongst the normal grass in Verdant Belts and Forests—a Notice check at -4 is required to detect the difference between Bloodgrass and mundane grass.
--Bloodgrass can get The Drop on victims that are unaware of its presence.
--Bloodgrass hits automatically for 2d6 Damage, if this is enough to penetrate the armor on the victim’s legs, the victim must also succeed on a Vigor test or else he becomes paralyzed for 2d6 turns.
--When the victim suffers a Wound, this indicates the feeding process has begun and the mother-root begins to send out more Bloodgrass tendrils to drain the prey as quickly as possible. The damage caused by tendrils increases to 3d6 the following turn, growing by 1d6 with each Wound caused until the victim is dragged beneath the grass and pulled to the mother-root, which devours its flesh.
--Once one encounters a Bloodgrass patch and passes a common knowledge check to determine what he’s dealing with, it takes only a standard Notice test to find the mother-root; it typically rests raised knoll-like formation—d12” from where the attack takes place—which is made from the bones of the bodies it has devoured.
--Attacking Bloodgrass tendrils is a futile effort. Each attack automatically causes a Wound, reducing the damage on the next turn by 1d6, but should the tendrils cause the victim another wound, more will arrive.
--Should one move to attack the Bloodgrass mother-root, all attacks hit automatically (it has a Parry of 0) and it has a Toughness 8. A Wound is sufficient to destroy the mother-root.
Hazard: Rock Cactus
Round cacti that grow in clumps in places where water is scarce. They look benign, until someone gets to close and they extend foot-long spines that seek to impale victims and drain their life-giving fluids.
--Rock cacti are difficult to locate unless one is intentionally looking for them. Seeing a rock cactus on approach requires a Notice -2 check, -4 if the cactus is hiding in Stony Barrens or a Boulder field where it is almost indistinguishable from nearby stones.
--Victims failing to Notice the cactus suffer a -2 to the Agility check that is necessary once one approaches too close. Approaching a Rock Cactus aware still requires an Agility check to dodge the spines.
--A Rock cactus strikes a victim with for 2d6 damage (normally to the legs). If the victim is Shaken or Wounded, he must roll Vigor successfully or suffer a level of Fatigue due to dehydration.
--Should the damage suffered result in a Wound, the Rock Cactus has impaled the victim and it proceeds to dislodge itself from the ground and hang onto the victim until all its fluids are drained. A Strength roll at -2 is required to remove a Rock Cactus. Each round the cactus remains attached to the victim, another Vigor roll is required to avoid fatigue.
Hunting Cactus, Carnivorous Psionic Plant
Traits Secondary Statistics
Agility d4 Charisma: N/A
Smarts d6 Pace: 3”
Spirit d4 Parry: 2
Strength d6 Toughness: 5
Vigor d6
Skills: Notice d8, Stealth d10, Shooting d10
Languages: N/A
Psionic Powers (15pp): Darksight, Farsight, Inflict Pain (Stun)
Special Abilities:
--Concealment: A Hunting Cactus will conceal itself amidst a group of mundane cacti. An opposed Notice/Stealth roll is necessary to detect the dangerous plant being.
--Needle Pods: A Hunting Cactus is composed of 11 to 30 (d20+10) pods, each with d10 Damage worth of needles it can shoot up to 5” in any direction. Any victim that is Shaken or takes a Wound from the needles must make a Vigor check or suffer paralysis for d6 turns.
--Feeding Spine: Each Hunting Cactus has a single spine amidst its needles that is dedicated to feeding. Once a victim is paralyzed, the Cactus moves slowly toward it through the sand and inserts the feeding spine. The spine does Str+d10 damage automatically to a paralyzed victim.
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