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Hangman Tree

CR 7.00 Plant NE Huge
This sinister tree looms above a field strewn with bones. Numerous leafy vines, their tips looped into nooses, hang from its branches.

The hangman tree prefers to lie in wait near remote forest tracks and game trails, waiting for victims to wander by. These carnivorous plants are incredibly patient, and can wait for months in a single location for food to approach. When prey does draw near, the tree's vines lash like striking snakes. The tree often uses its pull ability to hoist grappled foes 10 to 15 feet in the air so that they are out of reach of allies while they slowly strangle. The tree generally only swallows one foe whole at a time, letting its other captured victims dangle and ripen until it is ready to feed on them.

A hangman tree is 30 feet tall and weighs 12,000 pounds.

STR
25
DEX
8
CON
23
INT
7
WIS
12
CHA
10
HP
84 (8d8+48)
AC
20, touch 7, flat-footed 20 (-1 Dex, +13 natural, -2 size)
Speed
10 ft.
Init
+3
Melee
3 vines +11 (1d6+7 plus grab and pull)
BAB
+6
CMB
+15 (+19 grapple)
CMD
24
Fort
+12
Ref
+3
Will
+5
SR
18

constrict (1d6+7), hallucinatory spores, pull (vine, 5 feet), strangle, swallow whole (2d6+7 bludgeoning damage, AC 16, 8 hp), vines

Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Skill Focus (Perception)

Perception +11, Stealth -2

Details
Type
Plant
Alignment
NE
Size
Huge
Environment
temperate forests
Senses
blindsight 60 ft.; Perception +11
Languages
Sylvan
Source
Bestiary 2