False Appearance. While the archer bush remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a normal plant.
Thorns. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 5/20 ft., 1 target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage.
Thorn Spray (Recharge 5-6). The archer bush releases a spray of thorns in a 15 ft. cone in a single direction. Any creature within the area of effect must make a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw or suffer 10 (4d4) points of piercing damage, or half that amount on a successful save.
Description
Archer bushes have sickly green and brown leaves, stunted trunks, and thorny brown branches. They resemble common wild bramble bushes. Archer bushes are commonly found in woodlands, scrub areas, and occasionally in mountains.
Archer bushes are carnivorous. They attack by shooting a spray of small thorns at a victim. The archer bush can uproot itself and move toward stricken prey.
The trunk of an archer bush appears to be buried within a 3-foot-high pile of leaves and twigs. This debris actually conceals a huge mouth filled with hard thorns that are used to devour disabled prey. The mouth is never used in combat.
Archer bushes sense targets by ground vibrations; thus, they can fire at invisible or otherwise camouflaged victims. Only creatures who approach in Bight are spared an attack.
Clumps of archer bushes commonly fire in concert, as if cooperating in a primitive way, but this cooperation is based mostly on instinct.
Druids sometimes cultivate archer bushes to guard their sacred groves and stone circles.
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