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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 1907435" data-attributes="member: 1210">Plague Brush, Fully-Advanced Colossal Plant (Extraplanar)Hit Dice: 62d8 + 558 (837 hp)Initiative: +0Speed: 60’Armor Class: 21 (-8 size, +19 natural), touch 2, flat-footed 21Base Attack/Grapple: +46/+73Attack: Slam +54 melee (2d8+22)Full Attack: Slam +54 melee (2d8+22)Space/Reach: 35’/35’Special Attacks: Greensickness, scoop, trample 2d8+22Special Qualities: Airy, low-light vision, plant traitsSaves: Fort +42, Ref +21, Will +21Abilities: Str 40, Dex 10, Con 29, Int -, Wis 11, Cha 10Skills: -Feats: -Environment: Tarterian Depths of Carceri (Cathrys)Organization: Solitary, tumble (one plus 2-4 standard plague brushes) or mess (2-4 plus 5-10 standard plague brushes) Challenge Rating: 25Treasure: StandardAlignment: Always neutralAdvancement: -Level Adjustment: -An enormous ball of vines, easily the size of a building, tumbles toward you.Plague brush is a terrible plant that exists on the prison plane of Tartarus.  In some rare cases these horrific, tumbleweed-like bushes grow to absurd strength.  Such is the full-advanced plague brush.  This nightmare of a plant will follow its only instinct and attempt to kill every living thing it senses by flattening them.  A fully advanced plague brush weighs almost 60 tons and is often as large as 50’ in diameter.CombatA plague brush pretty much uses the same tactics no matter what size it is: roll over everything that moves.  Greensickness (Su): A fully advanced plague brush is continually surrounded by a could of spores in a 35’ radius.  The spores act as an inhaled poison (Fort DC 40); initial and secondary damage 2d6 str and 1d4 con.  The save DC is con-based.Scoop (Ex): Any creature successfully trampled  by a plague brush might be picked up and carried off with it.  The plague brush can immediately attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking attacks of opportunity.  If it wins the grapple check, it picks up the victim and carries it as the plague brush moves.  In this manner, a fully advanced plague brush can carry up to 3 Huge, 12 Large, 48 Medium, 192 Small, or 768 Tiny or smaller creatures .  A creature scooped up by a plague brush is considered grappled.Trample (Ex): Reflex DC 46 half.  The save DC is str-based.Airy (Ex): Since a plague brush is constantly turning over and its anatomy is made up of a relatively small amount of plant matter and lots of empty space, it is difficult to know where to attack the creature.  Any melee or ranged attack with a piercing weapon directed at the plague brush has a 20% miss chance.  The blow or missile may pass through the creature’s body without harming it.  Even true seeing is useless for determining where and how to strike the creature.</blockquote>

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