# Skullbloom

*medium* *Plant*

- **Armor Class:** 11 (natural armor)
- **Hit Points:** 23 
- **Speed:** walk 30 ft.- **Perception**: 11
- **Stealth**: 12
- **Challenge Rating:** 1/2 (100 XP)
- **Source:** [Black Flag](https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tovrpg-pg-mv/)

| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| +1 | +0 | +2 | -4 | -1 | -3 |

- **Damage Resistances:** Plant Resilience
- **Senses:** keensense 10 ft.
- **Languages:** understands the languages it knew in life but can't speak

### Special Abilities

- **Heightened Hearing:** The skullbloom's Perception is 16 while perceiving by hearing.
- **Plant Resilience:** The skullbloom is resistant to exhaustion and to the paralyzed, petrified, and unconscious conditions.

### Actions

- **Multiattack:** The skullbloom makes one Bite attack and one Slam attack. If the Bite and Slam attacks both hit one Humanoid, the target must succeed on a DC 12 CON save or be infected with apocalyptic fungus (see sidebar).
- **Bite:** _Melee Weapon Attack:_ +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. _Hit:_ 3 (1d4+1) piercing damage plus 2 (1d4) poison damage.
- **Slam:** _Melee Weapon Attack:_ +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. _Hit:_ 3 (1d4+1) bludgeoning damage.

### Bonus Actions

- **Instinct to Pursue:** The skullboom takes the Dash action toward an uninfected Humanoid it can see or sense.


### License

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