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SFS Standard Vracinea Creature 4

The vracinea is a large, shambling, multi-mawed plant, originally native to Castrovel but now found on many more planets. Slow and clumsy, it prefers to lure animals and other protein-rich prey with its blossoms. It then seeks to make a quick kill while the prey is befuddled by its spores. Though the paralytic effect of a vracinea's spores isn't potent at great distances, when these spores catch the wind, they help the plant spread to new habitats. A vracinea is a particularly cunning and territorial hunter that knows how to use local hazards. It's skilled at hiding its body in the underbrush, extending just its blossoms to lure in prey.

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Elite Weak Vracinea Creature 4

Image of a vracinea
Source Alien Core pg. 195
Recall Knowledge DC 18 19 20 •
Plant (Nature)
Perception +11 (low-light vision)
Skills Athletics +12, Stealth +12, Survival +12
Str +5 Dex +2 Con +4 Int -4 Wis +1 Cha +2
AC 20
Fort +12
Ref +10
Will +9
HP 65
Invasive Spores (aura, disease, inhaled 10 feet) A vracinea constantly exudes sweet-smelling spores. Any creature that enters or starts its turn in the area must attempt a DC 18 Fortitude save.
Critical SuccessThe creature is unaffected and immune to the vracinea's aura for 24 hours.
SuccessThe creature is unaffected.
FailureThe creature is clumsy 1 and enfeebled 1 for 1 round.
Critical FailureAs success, plus the creature is paralyzed for 1 round.
Speed 20 feet
Melee [one-action] jaws +12 (reach 10 feet), Damage 2d8+5 piercing
Blossom Lure [one-action] (incapacitationmentalprimalvisual) The vracinea's violet blossoms emit a magical glow that compels all onlookers to approach. Each non-vracinea creature within a 120-foot emanation must attempt a DC 21 Will save to avoid the lure. The effect lasts for 1 round, but the vracinea can Sustain this ability on subsequent rounds, extending the duration by 1 round for all affected creatures. Once a creature succeeds at any save against Blossom Lure, that creature is temporarily immune to Blossom Lure for 24 hours.
SuccessThe creature is unaffected.
FailureThe creature must spend each of its actions to move closer to the vracinea as expediently as possible while avoiding obvious dangers. If a lured creature is adjacent to the vracinea, it stays still and doesn't act. If a lured creature takes damage from any source or is targeted by an enemy with an attack or hostile effect, the creature is freed from this effect at the end of the current turn.
Critical FailureAs failure, but if damaged, attacked, or targeted, the creature attempts a new save at the start of its next turn,
Feeding Frenzy [two-actions] The vracinea makes up to three jaws Strikes, each against a different target. These attacks count against the vracinea's multiple attack penalty, but the multiple attack penalty doesn't increase until after the vracinea makes all its attacks.

Invasive Species

Until recently, xenobotanists thought the vracinea's spores evolved purely for combat to paralyze prey. Sightings of vracineas on distant planets prompted a review and have been linked to the arrival of explorers and scientists who had previous encounters with vracineas on Castrovel. Studies are still being performed on the spores' abilities to survive the long journeys after attaching to a victim's clothes.