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If threatened, the Wisp may vanish, making players focus on the Mound instead, only to reappear later.I don’t know that I agree that the shambling mound is really a team player—it’s not intelligent enough to “team up” with anyone else.

They can move through water easily, and have been known to creep into camps in their range at night to attack. The shambling mound loses these temporary points at the rate of 1 per hour.

It’s in the MM flavor text for black dragons, under “Foes and Servants”, I think.Interesting – I hadn’t about whether the Multiattack was still available after an Engulf. Classes

The guard keeps people away from the archer, making the fight more interesting.I notice your articles rarely considered mixed-unit tactics.

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Most weigh around 3,800 pounds.

If it’s struck by a missile weapon or spell effect from outside this range, it won’t know where it came from, only which side of its “body” hurts. Princes of the Apocalypse I agree that the shambling mound is the now-horribly-mutated elf, and not a completely separate parasitic organism. Twitch Extension

Those could even have a method to lead the mound where they want it.Cue party wondering why they’re bring followed at a distance by kobolds playing drums, or all jumping up and down at the same time…I’ve been a D&D player since before there were flumphs.

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They are actually intelligent, carnivorous plants with a fondness for elf flesh in particular. Tomb of Annihilation

The shambling mound engulfs a Medium or smaller creature grappled by it. Volo's Guide to Monsters Shambling mounds are usually about six feet tall, with an eight-foot girth, when they stand erect. The Wisp itself is highly mobile and tanky, with an invisibility power it can use to lay low.

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The origin of the shambling mound lies in the legendary Green Valley, which might be in a remote part of Golarion, or might even be outside Golarion altogether.Explorers from Azlant, possibly accompanied by elves from Kyonin, found the Valley and unwittingly became infested with strange spores.. Paladin

If both attacks hit a Medium or smaller target, the target is grappled (escape DC 14), and the shambling mound uses its Engulf on it.

Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes That's a good amount of HP, and multi-attacks to boot.If you are concerned about this being thrown at LVL 3 PCs in CoS, I believe it is because they are not truly meant to fight this creature. Type to search for a spell, item, class — anything! In its second stage, it will rapidly alternate between firing bullets out of its left and right sides.

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A shambling mound batters or constricts its opponents with two huge, armlike appendages.

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If the target gets free, the shambling mound repeats its Multiattack against it, or against some other target that happens to be within reach if its original target has run away to a safe distance.Note that the only sense the shambling mound has to detect the PCs with is its blindsight. Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

It takes a lot of energy to suddenly engulf and digest something.

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Back in those days, the manuals were set in Futura, and plate mail plus a shield was AC 2, and we were thankful for it, you whippersnappers.

Description [edit | edit source]. In its third stage, it will rapidly spray bullets randomly in all directions.

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