Blood Tree
Hazard
Level 9 Obstacle
XP 400
An ominous tree rises from the grassy floor. Cruel barbs extend from its black bark. Blood-red leaves rustle despite the absence of a breeze.
Hazard: A blood tree fills a square and is blocking terrain. All squares adjacent to the tree are difficult terrain. When a creature draws near, the hazard lashes out with its branches.Perception✦ No check is necessary to notice the tree.Nature✦ DC 19: The character identifies the coiled threat of the blood tree's branches and correctly estimates the hazard's reach.Initiative +10Trigger 1When a creature enters a square within the blood tree's reach, the hazard makes the following attack.AttackOpportunity Action Melee 3Target: The triggering creatureAttack: +14 vs. ACHit: 2d6 + 10 damage, and the target falls prone.Trigger 2After the hazard's first opportunity attack, roll initiative. On the hazard's initiative count, it makes the following attack.Attack * PoisonStandard Action Melee 3
Target: One creaturePrimary Attack: +12 vs. FortitudeHit: 2d8 + 3 damage, and ongoing 5 poison damage (save ends). The blood tree makes a secondary attack against the target. Secondary Attack: +12 vs. Fortitude Hit: The tree pushes the target 5 squares and knocks it prone.Countermeasures✦ Nature DC 19: A character can move to a square within the hazard's reach without triggering its opportunity attack by succeeding on a skill check. Once a character succeeds on this check, it is not targeted by the blood tree's attacks for the rest of the encounter.
✦ The blood tree has AC 14, Fortitude 19, Reflex 14, hp 100, and resist 10 poison. When the hazard is reduced to 0 hit points, it is destroyed.
Published in Dark Sun Creature Catalog, page(s) 138.