POT OF AWAKENING Wondrous item, common If you plant an ordinary shrub in this 10 -pound clay pot and let it grow for 30 days, the shrub magically transforms into an awakened shrub (see the Monster Manual for statistics) at the end of that time. When the shrub awakens, its roots break the pot, destroying it. The awakened shrub is friendly toward you. Absent commands from you, it does nothing.
What is exactly an ordinary shrub ?
I suppose that doesn't function on a yellow musk creeper. (or assasin vine)
In addition to protecting the defenseless plant, the zombie acts as fertilizer for the young creeper vine, which grows to full size in seven days. Once it is fully grown, the new yellow musk creeper becomes mobile and bursts from its zombie host, whereupon the zombie collapses into a mound of dead offal.
menga, sinda berry bush, wunka tree, zaboo mushroom from flora of Tomb of Annihilation ?
None of those things. Just a literal ordinary plant. Not a magic one. Just a little bush with green leaves. This object takes a non-special plant and makes it your magic friend. Whatever minor plant-properties the shrub had before are ignored and it will become an Awakened Shrub, with exactly the features and abilities of that stat block.
Hello, I have a question about Pot of awakening.
What is exactly an ordinary shrub ?
I suppose that doesn't function on a yellow musk creeper. (or assasin vine)
menga, sinda berry bush, wunka tree, zaboo mushroom from flora of Tomb of Annihilation ?
None of those things. Just a literal ordinary plant. Not a magic one. Just a little bush with green leaves. This object takes a non-special plant and makes it your magic friend. Whatever minor plant-properties the shrub had before are ignored and it will become an Awakened Shrub, with exactly the features and abilities of that stat block.
Simple rule: if it has a name other than "shrub" it is not "an ordinary shrub" as required by the item.