Leshy, Fungus
Description
Keepers of cavernous mushroom forests and rotting compost pits deep within the swamp, fungus leshys preside over subterranean growth and the rot that fertilizes new life. Among the most alien and monstrous-looking of all leshys, these tiny rot farmers' frightening appearance has more to do with the asymmetrical eeriness intrinsic to molds and fungi than an outward expression of evil. Like all their kin, fungus leshys vary widely in form, often adopting the colors and shapes of the mushrooms and other large fungi common to the areas they tend.
Fungus leshys are spawned from realms of underground wonder or the rotting places of the natural world. They perform an important service in the lands they keep, encouraging the growth of fungi, transporting rotting material to fertilize other plants, and making the most use of growth that has died off. Fungus leshys are most active at night and spend the day in the forms of plump fungi amid their ripest compost heaps or fungal glens.
Fungus leshys are 2 feet tall and weigh 25 pounds, their spongy interiors full of hollows and fluffy spores.
Combat Stats
- Melee
- bite +2 (1d6), 2 claws +2 (1d3)
- Ranged
- puffball +4 (1 plus spores)
- Racial Modifiers
- +4 Stealth and Survival in swamps and underground
Ability Scores
Special Attacks
Spores — A fungus leshy is riddled with molds and spores. Anytime a fungus leshy takes damage, a cloud of spores bursts from its body, forcing all adjacent creatures to make a DC 14 Fortitude save or have their vision reduced to 10 feet for 1 minute. Spending a full-round action to wash one's eyes with water ends this effect. The save DC is Constitution-based.
Special Qualities
change shape (Small fungus; tree shape)
verdant burst
Feats
Special Abilities
Universal Monster Rules
Special Abilities
Feats, Traits & Items
In melee, every time you miss because of concealment (see Combat), you can reroll your miss chance percentile roll one time to see if you actually hit.
An invisible attacker gets no advantages related to hitting you in melee. That is, you don't lose your Dexterity bonus to Armor Class, and the attacker doesn't get the usual +2 bonus for being invisible. The invisible attacker's bonuses do still apply for ranged attacks, however.
You do not need to make Acrobatics skill checks to move at full speed while blinded.
Skills
Stealth +10 (+14 in swamps and underground), Survival +3 (+7 in swamps and underground)
Spells
- Type
- Plant
- Alignment
- N
- Size
- Small
- Environment
- any swamp or underground
- Organization
- solitary or cluster (2-16)
- Treasure
- standard
- Senses
- darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +2
- Languages
- Druidic, Sylvan; plantspeech (fungi)
- Source
- Bestiary 3