Tainted Root
Medium aberrant animate (blind, ooze)
Level 1 Minion Controller XP 25

Initiative +3        Senses Perception +6; blindsight 5
HP 1; a missed attack never damages a minion.
AC 15; Fortitude 13, Reflex 14, Will 12
Speed 2, climb 2 (spider climb)

(⚔) Grasp (standard; must not be grabbing an enemy, at-will)

Reach 2; +6 vs AC; 4 damage, and the target is grabbed and pulled adjacent to the root.

⚔ Drag (standard, at-will)

Targets an enemy grabbed by the tainted root; +5 vs Fortitude; 2 damage, and the tainted root shifts 1 square and slides the target 1 square to a square adjacent to the tainted root.

Snaky Body

A tainted root ignores difficult terrain.

Alignment Unaligned        Languages -
Str 14 (+2)      Dex 17 (+3)      Wis 12 (+1)
Con 14 (+2)      Int 1 (-5)      Cha 4 (-3)

Published in Dragon Magazine 382, page(s) 78.