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=TENDRICULOS=

{{3.5e Monster Classic
|creature=
|style=
|size=Huge |type=Plant
|hd=9d8+54  |hp=94 
|init=–1
|speed=20 ft. (4 squares)
|ac=16 (–2 size, –1 [[SRD:Dexterity|Dex]], +9 natural) |touch=7  |flat=16 
|bab=+6 |grapple=+23
|at=Bite +13 melee (2d8+9) and 2 tendrils +8 melee (1d6+4)
|full_at=Bite +13 melee (2d8+9) and 2 tendrils +8 melee (1d6+4)
|space=15 ft. |reach=15 ft.
|sa=[[SRD:Improved Grab|Improved grab]], [[SRD:Paralysis|paralysis]], [[SRD:Swallow Whole|swallow whole]]
|sq=[[SRD:Low-Light Vision|Low-light vision]], [[SRD:Plant Type|plant traits]], [[SRD:Regeneration|regeneration]] 10
|fort=+12 |ref=+2 |will=+4
||str=28|dex=9|con=22|int=3|wis=8|cha=3
|skills=[[SRD:Hide Skill|Hide]] +9, [[SRD:Listen Skill|Listen]] +1, [[SRD:Move Silently Skill|Move Silently]] +1, [[SRD:Spot Skill|Spot]] +1
|feats=[[SRD:Alertness|Alertness]], [[SRD:Iron Will|Iron Will]], [[SRD:Power Attack|Power Attack]], [[SRD:Stealthy|Stealthy]]
|env=Temperate forests
|org=Solitary
|cr=6
|treas=1/10th coins; 50% goods; 50% items
|align=[[SRD:Neutral|Always neutral]]
|adv=10–16 [[SRD:Hit Dice|HD]] (Huge); 17–27 [[SRD:Hit Dice|HD]] (Gargantuan)
|la=—
}}
A tendriculos can rear up to a height of 15 feet. It weighs about 3,500 pounds.

[[SRD:Animal Type|Animals]] and other [[SRD:Plant Type|plant]] creatures are unnerved by the presence of a tendriculos; they avoid it and any place it has been within the last 24 hours.

===Combat===

Prowling deep forests or waiting in vegetated areas (looking like nothing more than a small hillock), a tendriculos attacks savagely, showing no fear. It attempts to swallow as much flesh as it can, as quickly as it can.

'''[[SRD:Improved Grab|Improved Grab]] ([[SRD:Ex|Ex]]):''' To use this ability, a tendriculos must hit a creature at least one size smaller than itself with its bite attack. It can then attempt to start a [[SRD:Grapple|grapple]] as a [[SRD:Free Actions|free action]] without provoking an [[SRD:Attacks of Opportunity|attack of opportunity]]. If it wins the [[SRD:Grapple|grapple check]], it establishes a hold and can try to swallow the opponent in the following [[SRD:Round|round]]. A tendriculos can also use its [[SRD:Improved Grab|improved grab]] ability on a tendril attack. If it wins the [[SRD:Grapple|grapple check]], it establishes a hold, picks up the opponent, and transfers it to the mouth as a [[SRD:Free Actions|free action]], automatically dealing bite damage.

'''[[SRD:Swallow Whole|Swallow Whole]]/[[SRD:Paralysis|Paralysis]] ([[SRD:Ex|Ex]]):''' A tendriculos can try to swallow a grabbed opponent by making a successful [[SRD:Grapple|grapple check]]. Once inside the [[SRD:Plant Type|plant]]’s mass, the opponent must succeed on a [[SRD:DC|DC]] 20 [[SRD:Saving Throw|Fortitude save]] or be [[SRD:Paralyzed|paralyzed]] for 3d6 rounds by the tendriculos’s digestive juices, taking 2d6 points of acid damage per [[SRD:Round|round]]. A new save is required each [[SRD:Round|round]] inside the [[SRD:Plant Type|plant]]. The save [[SRD:DC|DC]] is [[SRD:Constitution|Constitution]]-based. A swallowed creature that avoids [[SRD:Paralysis|paralysis]] can climb out of the mass with a successful [[SRD:Grapple|grapple check]]. This returns it to the [[SRD:Plant Type|plant]]’s maw, where another successful [[SRD:Grapple|grapple check]] is needed to get free. A swallowed creature can also cut its way out by using a light slashing or piercing weapon to deal 25 points of damage to the tendriculos’s interior ([[SRD:AC|AC]] 14). Once the creature exits, the [[SRD:Plant Type|plant]]’s regenerative capacity closes the hole; another swallowed opponent must cut its own way out. A Huge tendriculos’s interior can hold 2 Large, 8 Medium, 32 Small, 128 Tiny, or 512 Diminutive or smaller opponents.  

'''[[SRD:Regeneration|Regeneration]] ([[SRD:Ex|Ex]]):''' Bludgeoning weapons and acid deal normal damage to a tendriculos. A tendriculos that loses part of its body mass can regrow it in 1d6 minutes. Holding the severed portion against the mass enables it to reattach instantly.  

==See also==
*[[Canon:Tendriculos]]

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[[Category:SRD]]
[[Category:OGL]]
[[Category:Monster]]
Alignment	Always neutral +
Challenge Rating	6 +
Environment	Temperate forests +
Level Adjustment	— +
Size	Huge +
Title	Tendriculos +
Type	Plant +