Grandfather of Flowers

Grandfather of Flowers CR 11

XP 12,800
Male human parasite-infested druid 9
NE Medium humanoid (human)
Init +0; Senses low-light vision; Perception +10

DEFENSE

AC 26, touch 11, flat-footed 26 (+6 armor, +1 deflection, +4 natural, +5 shield)
hp 89 (9d8+45)
Fort +12, Ref +8, Will +14; +2 vs. fey and plant-targeted effects
DR 10/adamantine; Immune poison

OFFENSE

Speed 20 ft.
Melee +1 club +12/+7 (2d6+5) or 2 vines +10 (1d6+4 plus grab)
Special Attacks wild shape 3/day, wooden fists (+4, 8 rounds/day)
Druid Spells Prepared (CL 9th; concentration +14)

5thinsect plague, stoneskin, wall of thornsD
4thcommand plantsD (DC 19), cure serious wounds, dispel magic, freedom of movement
3rdburst of nettles (DC 18), call lightning (DC 18), contagion (DC 18), plant growthD, resinous skin
2ndbarkskinD, bear’s endurance, bull’s strength, feast of ashes (DC 17), resist energy, spider climb
1stcure light wounds, entangleD (2, DC 16), faerie fire, longstrider, obscuring mist, shillelagh
0 (at will)create water, guidance, know direction, stabilize

D Domain spell; Domain Plant

TACTICS

Before Combat The grandfather of flowers casts barkskin, bear’s endurance, bull’s strength, call lightning, freedom of movement, resinous skin, shillelagh, and stoneskin prior to battle.

During Combat The grandfather of flowers first uses his scroll of air walk or casts spider climb to move out of reach of his attackers. He then uses wall of thorns, entangle, plant growth, and command plants to impede opponents, filling the areas of the wall of thorns and other enhanced plants with an insect plague. He may spontaneously summon an earth elemental or similar large creature with summon nature’s ally to bull rush enemies into the wall of thorns. If enemies stay at range, he uses his call lightning bolts and his wand of ice storm to batter them. If melee threatens, he uses his bramble armor domain ability, wild shaping into a Large plant with his Powerful Shape feat and wielding his shillelagh.

Morale The grandfather of flowers fights to the death to protect the mother plant of his parasites.

Base Statistics

Without his spell effects, the grandfather of flowers loses his damage reduction and his statistics become: AC 22, touch 11, flat-footed 22; hp 71; Fort +10; Melee mwk club +9/+4 (1d6+2) or 2 vines +8 (1d6+2 plus grab); Str 14; Con 12; CMB +8; CMD 19

STATISTICS

Str 18, Dex 11, Con 16, Int 9, Wis 20, Cha 14
Base Atk +6; CMB +10; CMD 21
Feats Lightning Reflexes, Natural Spell, Powerful Shape, Shield Focus, Toughness, Weapon Focus (club)
Skills Bluff +10, Knowledge (local) +5, Knowledge (nature) +10, Knowledge (religion) +5, Perception +10, Spellcraft +8, Survival +12
Languages Common, Druidic
SQ bramble armor (1d6+4, 9 rounds/day), exceptional resources, nature bond (Plant domain), nature sense, trackless step, wild empathy +11, woodland stride
Combat Gear potions of cure moderate wounds (2), scroll of air walk, scroll of animal messenger, scroll of goodberry, scroll of remove disease, wand of ice storm (24 charges remaining); Other Gear +2 hide armor, +2 heavy wooden shield, masterwork club, belt of incredible dexterity +2, cloak of resistance +3, headband of inspired wisdom +2, ring of protection +1, treeform cloak, 748 gp

Pod Parasites

Pod parasites are born from a deadly and insidious infestation of alien plant matter that suborns their natural consciousness and free will and enslaves them to the inscrutable hunger for propagation of their vegetal host. There are a number of plant monsters capable of enslaving creatures in this way, but the sample creatures described below are the product of the parasitic stage of growth of the begedhi plant, described in the Alien Bestiary Companion. This plant has an immature seedling stage with a limited ability to charm and control living creatures, as well as a massive mother-plant form with tremendous power to dominate entire cities. The agents by which it enslaves its targets is its mature parasite form, which it implants in living creatures to help spread its seedlings across the countryside and to root out and eliminate any opposition to its infestation. The statistics for the begedhi parasite are reprinted here for ease of reference.

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