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Playerâs Handbook
natural plant that isnât a creature. The target gains an Intelligence of 10 and the ability to speak one language you know. If the target is a natural plant, it becomes a Plant creature and gains
the ability to move its limbs, roots, vines, creepers, and so forth, and it gains senses similar to a humanâs. The DM chooses statistics appropriate for the awakened Plant, such as the
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
spectral vines until the start of your next turn.
Invoking the Rune. As an action, you can invoke the staffâs rune to cast either hold person (save DC 12) or speak with plants with the staff
. When you cast hold person using the staff, the target is wreathed in spectral vines.
Once the rune has been invoked to cast either spell, it canât be invoked again until the next dawn.
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
following spells using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (save DC 19):
At will: druidcraft
3/day each: detect magic, fog cloud, pass without trace
1/day each: antilife shell, dispel magic, speak with
skeleton covered with fungi and bark-like lichen. A lichen lich has vines within its chest cavity. These vines exude viscid and poisonous black fluid.On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the
Monsters
Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
other magical effects.
Speak with Beasts and Plants. The dryad can communicate with beasts and plants as if they and the dryad shared a language.Multiattack. The dryad makes three attacks, using its
become restrained by twisting vines for 1 minute. A target restrained in this way can use an action to make a DC 17 Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check, ending the effect on itself on
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
spells and other magical effects.
Speak with Beasts and Plants. The dryad can communicate with Beasts and Plants as if they shared a language.Multiattack. The dryad makes two Poisonous Thorn attacks and
in this way takes 13 (3d8);{"diceNotation":"3d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Sapping Vine", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage at the start of its turn.
The dryad has six vines. Each
Monsters
Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
attacks are magical.
Speak with Beasts and Plants. Trostani can communicate with beasts and plants as if they shared a language.
Tree Stride. Once on her turn, Trostani can use 10 feet of her movement to
Mat'Selesnya"}. Trostani conjures a momentary whirl of branches and vines at a point she can see within 60 feet of her. Each creature in a 30-foot cube on that point must make a DC 24 Dexterity
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At will: Druidcraft, Speak with Animals, Speak with Plants
2/day each: Awaken (as an action), Goodberry, Plant Growth (as an action only)
1/day each: Heroes' Feast
avoids killing even those who threaten the garden, preferring to entangle them in vines and pacify them with tranquilizing breaths of flowery mist.The Gardener's Lair
The Gardenerâs lair is the
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19):
At will: detect magic, druidcraft, speak with animals
2/day each: animal messenger, cure wounds, dispel magic, entangle, invisibility
1/day each
effect two rounds in a row:
Grasping roots and vines erupt in a 20-foot radius centered on a point on the ground that the dragon can see within 120 feet of it. That area becomes difficult terrain, and
Monsters
Divine Contention
, speak with animals
2nd level (3 slots): animal messenger, pass without trace
3rd level (3 slots): dispel magic, plant growth
4th level (2 slots): blight, locate creature, stoneskinMultiattack
(losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the dragon canât use the same effect two rounds in a row:
Grasping roots and vines erupt in a 20
Monsters
Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At will: faerie fire, speak with animals
2/day each: animal friendship, create food and water, revivify
1/day each: awaken (as an action), pass
attract quite a gathering and are the talk of Fableriseâs awakened animal kingdom.
Fablerise
Fablerise is a vast thicket of thick roots, thorny vines, and sinuous creepers that weave together to
Awaken
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
of 3 or less. The target gains an Intelligence of 10. The target also gains the ability to speak one language you know. If the target is a plant, it gains the ability to move its limbs, roots, vines
Backgrounds
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
(your choice) in your presence.
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Your hair is made of vines or brambles and grows back to normal length within 1 hour of being cut.
8
You have a tail like that of a dog or another animal
understand, even if the Feywild visitor canât speak that language normally.
Feywild Visitor
d8
Visitor
1
Awakened creature (a Beast or an ordinary plant that has had the awaken
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Undergrowth. You can fill any number of 5-foot squares on the ground that arenât filled with fog with grasping weeds and vines, as if they were affected by an entangle spell. To a creature immune to
this effect, the weeds and vines feel soft and reshape themselves to serve as temporary seats or beds.
Grove Guardians. You can animate up to four trees in the area, causing them to uproot themselves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Vine Blight Brian Valeza Left to Right: Vine Blight, Tree Blight, and Needle Blight Vine blights resemble humans wrapped in vines common to the areas in which they grow, from hairy ivy vines to
flowering kudzu. They can cause plants to burst from the ground around themselves and entangle nearby foes. Unlike most other blights, vine blights can speak. They do so rarely, typically only to convey
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morteâs Planar Parade
vines to feed its bloodlust. While razorvine blights are usually dangerous, in Sigil they sometimes mimic the behaviors of the cityâs other inhabitantsâfor better or worse. At least one blight, known as
Common but canât speak
Challenge 1 (200 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
False Appearance. If the blight is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. If a creature hasnât
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
an Intelligence of 10. The target also gains the ability to speak one language you know. If the target is a plant, it gains the ability to move its limbs, roots, vines, creepers, and so forth, and it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Speak with Plants 3rd-level transmutation Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30-foot radius) Components: V, S Duration: 10 minutes You imbue plants within 30 feet of you with limited sentience and
. Or you can turn ordinary terrain where plants are present into difficult terrain that lasts for the duration, causing vines and branches to hinder pursuers, for example. Plants might be able to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
isnât a creature. The target gains an Intelligence of 10 and the ability to speak one language you know. If the target is a natural plant, it becomes a Plant creature and gains the ability to move
its limbs, roots, vines, creepers, and so forth, and it gains senses similar to a humanâs. The DM chooses statistics appropriate for the awakened Plant, such as the statistics for the Awakened Shrub or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Speak with Plants 3rd-level transmutation Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30-foot radius) Components: V, S Duration: 10 minutes You imbue plants within 30 feet of you with limited sentience and
. Or you can turn ordinary terrain where plants are present into difficult terrain that lasts for the duration, causing vines and branches to hinder pursuers, for example. Plants might be able to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
an Intelligence of 10. The target also gains the ability to speak one language you know. If the target is a plant, it gains the ability to move its limbs, roots, vines, creepers, and so forth, and it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Features of the Skola Vale The Skola Vale is a wild place where majestic animals run free, trees, vines, and bushes provide fruit, and Nyleaâs magic enhances the land. Plants and animals grow rapidly
Nyxborn legends that appear again and again through the generations, either as threats or the stuff of incredible meals. Satyrs speak of both Kexosrexsos the Braided Lion and Hulp the Pork Bird with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
small vegepygmy tribe preparing to sacrifice a grung (see appendix D) to the rift. The grung, Imbok, is bound with vines and restrained. As the grung struggles, the vegepygmies encircle him and perform a
eightieth son of the grung chieftain Yorb. If the characters free Imbok, he grovels at their feet. He doesnât speak Common but promises to bury his benefactors in gold if they escort him back to his fatherâs shrine (area 18). Imbokâs promise is empty, but he has nothing else to offer his saviors.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Playerâs Handbook
isnât a creature. The target gains an Intelligence of 10 and the ability to speak one language you know. If the target is a natural plant, it becomes a Plant creature and gains the ability to move
its limbs, roots, vines, creepers, and so forth, and it gains senses similar to a humanâs. The DM chooses statistics appropriate for the awakened Plant, such as the statistics for the Awakened Shrub or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
stonemasons and woodshapers to create Selesnya enclaves. Summoned Mount. When leading its guild into battle, a dryad rides a magically summoned creature woven of living branches, vines, and grasses and
has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Speak with Beasts and Plants. The dryad can communicate with beasts and plants as if they and the dryad shared a language
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
, deafened
Senses blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 9
Languages understands Common but canât speak
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)
Actions
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +3
, deafened
Senses blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 9
Languages understands Common but canât speak
Challenge 1/8 (25 XP)
False Appearance. While the blight remains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
trail winds deeper into the trees. Heavy vines and thick layers of moss drape the branches, and the air is noticeably colder than it was in the ruined village. Rounding a bend in the trail, you see a
theyâve come for, they will be able to speak with the banshee. When the characters enter the shelter, read the following: A home of sorts is sheltered within the dome of woven branches. It is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
1. Acererakâs Warning Near the base of the cliffs, a fifteen-foot-tall obelisk of cracked stone is draped with vines and black moss. Behind it, you see a dark passageway obscured by withered creepers
using Divine Sense can detect a fiendish presence within the obelisk. Clearing the vines and moss from the south face of the obelisk exposes a message carved into it in Common. (Give the players a copy of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Lichen Lich Lichen liches are the undead remnants of powerful druids. A lichen lich looks like a skeleton covered with fungi and bark-like lichen. A lichen lich has vines writhing within its chest
cavity. These vines exude viscid and poisonous black fluid. Lichen Lich
Medium undead
Armor Class 20 (natural armor)
Hit Points 225 (30d8 + 90)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
11 (+0)
DEX
16
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
magical effects.
Speak with Beasts and Plants. The dryad can communicate with Beasts and Plants as if they shared a language.
Actions
Multiattack. The dryad makes two Poisonous Thorn attacks and one
creature restrained in this way takes 13 (3d8) necrotic damage at the start of its turn.
The dryad has six vines. Each vine can be attacked (AC 20; 10 hit points; immunity to poison and psychic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
. Grasping Undergrowth. You can fill any number of 5-foot squares on the ground that arenât filled with fog with grasping weeds and vines, as if they were affected by an entangle spell. To a creature immune
to this effect, the weeds and vines feel soft and reshape themselves to serve as temporary seats or beds. Grove Guardians. You can animate up to four trees in the area, causing them to uproot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
ensnaring strike, speak with animals 5th misty step, moonbeam 9th plant growth, protection from energy 13th ice storm, stoneskin 17th commune with nature, tree stride Channel Divinity When you take this oath
vines to spring up and reach for a creature within 10 feet of you that you can see. The creature must succeed on a Strength or Dexterity saving throw (its choice) or be restrained. While restrained by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
, Nikya soon discovered her natural gifts with magic. She can summon enormous constricting vines from the ancient layers of Ravnicaâs crust. She has little love for Borborygmos, and she believes that
structures.
Speak with Beasts and Plants. The druid can communicate with beasts and plants as if they shared a language.
Spellcasting. The druid is a 12th-level Gruul spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
carved with vines that twist through eleven actual humanoid skulls mounted to the frame. Carved into the bottom of the frame are the following words in Celestial: âThe dead know the secret.â The
appears in area 11e on level 10, in the closest unoccupied space next to the identical gate located there. Casting speak with dead on one of the skulls forces it to reveal the gateâs command word
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
this day are servants of Karametra and destined for great things. Others claim that on this day domestic animals can speakâthat is, if they have anything they care to say to their supposed owners
statues have been adorned with twining grape vines around their left wrists in commemoration of that event.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
cat. 4 Your ears are covered with soft tufts of fur. 5 Your skin sparkles in moonlight. 6 Flowers either bloom or wilt (your choice) in your presence. 7 Your hair is made of vines or brambles and grows
the DMâs discretion. Such conversations are always conducted in a language you can understand, even if the Feywild visitor canât speak that language normally. Feywild Visitor d8 Visitor 1






