False Appearance. While the Cactimito remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a normal cactus.
Spiny Exterior. When a melee attack is made against the Cactimito, the attacking creature takes 1d4+2 piercing damage.
Shared Roots. All of the cacti connected to the Cactimito share one initiative roll. The cacti can move within a 60 ft. radius from the center bulb of the cactimito.
Multiattack. Each one of the cacti connected to the Cactimito can make one attack.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6+4) piercing damage.
Needle. Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, range 30/90 ft., Hit: 6 (2d4+2) piercing damage.
Disturbed Sands. The Cactimito can shift the ground around itself, attempting to trip and draw its prey closer to it's center bulb. Each creature within a 90 foot radius must make a DC 14 dexterity saving throw or be knocked prone and move 10 feet towards the center bulb of the Cactimito.
Description
"What do we have here. A field of cacti?" The short gnomish monk made his way into the peculiar field, towards a much prominent and larger in the center. "I don't like this, I have a strange feeling." The gnome's fighter friend uttered, visibly nervous, placing his hand on his weapon. "C'mon, we've been walking all day, maybe one of the cacti will have some fruit we can take." The fighter felt a lump beneath the sand as he walked. "Hey, look at this! A golden fruit!" The monk exclaimed, eyes on a plump, shining fruit seemingly made of gold.
"We need to get out of here. Now." said the fighter. The monk turned to face his friend as he saw a rotted corpse uncovered from beneath the sand, the roots of a cactus digging deep within its flesh.
Deep in the deserts lie a sinister mimic known as the Cactimito. This carnivorous plant is able to mimic as a small field of cactus, hiding in plain sight and seeming harmless to any who travel by it. Though any who get close enough will likely meet an ill fate, being bludgeoned and pierced to death, then their body becoming the plant's next meal. Under the sands surrounding a Cactimito, one will likely find the dead bodies of various animals and humanoids that got to close.
A Cactimito consists of one large center plant, known as the Bulb, as it is a large, bulbous cactus that is the center of the plant. Surrounding the bulb are various cactus that are connected through roots to the bulb, and can number anywhere between 5 to 20. The exterior of this plant looks like a normal cactus, but is much, much tougher, being able to resist attacks from most weapons and being quite fire resistant as well. The bulb acts as a central mind that is able to control any surrounding cacti it is rooted with, in case any prey attempts to escape. It is also able to disturb the sand in a wide range around itself to knock its prey onto their back, making it harder to escape. It will feed on its prey by rooting into its body and sucking out the nutrients, and once finished, it will bury the bones to hide any evidence that would deter future prey.
Though it would seem very foolish for any man to approach this monster, many do, as the plant produces a very alluring fruit that has a beautiful golden sheen to attract adventurers. This fruit goes for a high price, and though it is a highly poisonous fruit, if mixed with certain things, it can have a wide variety of uses, both magical and non magical.
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