Corruption of Araumycos: Players infected with spores begin to hear the voice of Araumycos after one minute. Araumycos can communicate telepathically with any corrupted character within 240 feet. The source of the corruption is unknown to the character until Araumycos actively communicates with them.
Progression of Corruption( days in a row without having removed the corruption):
Day 1-2: Urges akin to emotions are felt ie. anger, sadness, joy. +1 AC(natural Armor)
Day 3-4: Active distrust of anyone not under Corruption of Araumycos. Grants you
the benefits of a Periapt of Wound Closure.
Day 5 and after: The character will obey any command given by Araumycos. You have advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. The effects of the corruption are visible to anyone who makes a perception DC of 14 Any character that dies at this point almost immediately begins growing mushrooms on the corpse, visible to the naked eye within two minutes, within one day there is no corpse remaining.
Corruption of Araumycos can only be removed by the Remove Curse spell. If the character is cured of the corruption after day four the character will suffer from one type of long-term madness.
Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The Araumycos' Node is a 18th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 18, +10 to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components:
Cantrips (at will): Detect Thoughts, Mind Sliver, Poison Spray,
1st level (4 slots): Command, Entangle, Fog Cloud, Ray of Sickness
2nd level (3 slots): Darkness, Mind Thrust, Phantasmal Force, Silence
3rd level (3 slots): Cat Nap, Counterspell, Dispel Magic, Enemies Abound
4th level (3 slots): Dominate Beast, Phantasmal Killer
5th level (3 slots): Dominate Person, Cloudkill
6th level (1 slots): Mental Prison
7th level (1 slots): Power Word Pain
8th level (1 slots): Dominate Monster
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Araumyco's Node fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Araumyco's Node has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Mind Control Spores (Recharge 5–6). The Araumycos' Node releases spores that burst out in a cloud that fills a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a square it is touching, and it lingers for 1 minute. Humanoids and beasts in the cloud when it appears, or that enter it later, must make a DC 19 Wisdom saving throw. On a successful save, nothing happens. On a failed save, the creature is infected with a disease called the Corruption of Araumycos for 24 hours. While infected, the creature is charmed by her and can’t be reinfected by these spores.
Protective Thrall. When Araumycos' Node is hit by an attack, one creature within 5 feet of Araumycos' Node that is charmed by her must use its reaction to be hit by the attack instead.
Break Concentration. The Araumycos' Node targets a creature within 120 feet of it with which it has a psychic link. The Araumycos' Node breaks the creature’s concentration on a spell it has cast. The creature also takes 1d4 psychic damage per level of the spell.
Psychic Pulse. The Araumycos' Node targets a creature within 120 feet of it with which it has a psychic link. Enemies of the Araumycos' Node within 10 feet of that creature take 10 (3d6) psychic damage.
Description
Araumycos is dwarvish for "Great Fungus". It is an enormous fungal growth that can engulf entire continents of the Underdark. Araumycos is technically not one single lifeform but actually a hive mind of billions of fungal growths. A node of Araumycos is a part of the growth that connects multiple branches of the the continental growth. Destroying a node can effectively kill of large sections of the fungal growth itself. The actual node itself is described as spongy, grey, and humid, similar to the outside of a brain. Araumycos' goal is simply to grow and consume regardless of the creatures it has to consume to do so. Not immune to magic but highly resistant. Araumycos also live in long cycles of of rest and growth sometimes lasting several centuries which leads to many civilizations forgetting the danger of the fungal caverns. It is rumored that Zuggtmoy has been searching for a path to the material in order to "marry" Araumycos. The term marry is misleading however as Zuggtmoy simply wishes to bond with and become one creature under Zuggtmoy's will. All goodly parties aware of this go to great lengths to stop this as a merger of the two could create an immensely powerful being. The node itself is almost unmoving and may take days to move a couple feet. This leads to some adventurers thinking it will be easy to destroy however they are mistaken as the creature is a very powerful psionic. When communicating Araumycos will refer to itself as "we" since it contains billions of tiny fungal entities.
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