Unapproachable East.pdf - The Forgotten Realms

The lands of the East are home to a unique collection
of creatures not found in other portions of
Faerûn, ranging from the hags of Rashemen to
the twisted magical creations of the Red Wizards. In addition,
hundreds of creatures commonly found elsewhere also plague
the Unapproachable East.
Some of the creatures presented in this chapter are suitable
for characters; such monsters have a level adjustment listed
in their statistics. Creatures without a level adjustment entry
are not recommended as characters (they are mindless undead,
for example, or have an effective character level above 20).
Blightspawned
Blightspawned Treant
Huge Plant
Hit Dice: 7d8+42 (73 hp)
Initiative: –1
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 20 (–2 size, –1 Dex, +13 natural), touch 7, flat-footed 20
Base Attack/Grapple: +5/+24
Attack: Slam +14 melee
Full Attack: 2 slams +14 melee
Damage: Slam 2d6+11
Face/Reach: 15 ft./15 ft.
Special Attacks: Animate trees, blight touch, create spawn,
double damage against objects, trample
Special Qualities: DR 10/slashing, fire vulnerability, plant
traits, undead transformation
Saves: Fort +11, Ref +1, Will +6
Abilities: Str 33, Dex 8, Con 23, Int 12, Wis 14, Cha 10
Skills: Diplomacy +2, Hide –9*, Intimidate +5, Knowledge
(any one) +6, Listen +7, Sense Motive +7, Spot +7,
Survival +7
Feats: Improved Sunder, Iron Will, Power Attack
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Climate/Terrain: Any land
Organization: Gang (2–5)
Challenge Rating: 9
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral evil
Advancement: 8–16 HD (Huge); 17–21 HD (Gargantuan)
Tainted by the corruption seeping through the dark Rawlinswood,
a blightspawned creature is a perversion of nature.
Sustained by the power of decay rotting their black hearts,
the blightspawned loathe anything clean and whole. They
seek to spread their horrid poison throughout the woodlands
of the East at the direction of the Rotting Man, their
malevolent creator.
At first, a blightspawned creature’s appearance changes little.
As time wears on, though, the foul infection it carries begins
to destroy its body. Healthy wood and flesh blacken, becoming
damp and crumbly. Leaves and hair clot with oozing sores
and soon fall out. Sap and blood become oily and black, running
from abscesses in the body. The eyes—if the creature had
any to begin with—sink in to become black pits, lit by an evil
green light. Finally, life deserts the tortured form altogether,
leaving behind nothing but a putrescent corpse sustained by
the black sorcery of the Rotting Man’s blight.
COMBAT
The sample blightspawned presented here uses a treant as the
base creature.
Animate Trees (Sp): This blightspawned can animate trees
within 180 feet at will, controlling up to two trees at a time.
It takes a full round for a normal tree to uproot itself. Thereafter
it moves at a speed of 10 feet and fights as a treant in