Jupiter Bloodsucker

This plant is a man-sized tangle of leaves and roots. Four large dark green and serrated leaves top the brown, red-veined roots.

Jupiter Bloodsucker (CR 3)

Medium Plant
Alignment: Neutral
Initiative: -3
Senses: Blindsense 60 feet, bloodsense 60 feet; Perception +0

Speed: 5 feet
Space: 5 feet

Defense

Armor Class: 15, touch 7, flat-footed 15 (-3 Dex, +8 natural)
Hit Points: 30 (4d8+12)
Saving Throws: Fort +7, Ref -2, Will +1
Immunity: plant traits
Weaknesses: vulnerability to fire

Offense

Melee: 6 vine leaves +4 (1d6+1 plus blood drain and Grab)
Reach: 5 feet

Special Attacks: Blood Drain (1 Con per vine leaf), Smother

Statistics

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
12 (+1)	5 (-3)	16 (+3)	-	10 (+0)	10 (+0)

Base Attack Bonus: +3
CMB +4 (+8 to Grapple)
CMD 11 (can't be tripped)

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Special Abilities

Bloodsense (Ex)

A Jupiter bloodsucker can detect any living creature that has blood in its body to a range of 60 feet by scent.

Smother (Ex)

By making a successful grapple check (with a +2 bonus for every vine-leaf attached to a foe at the beginning of its turn), a Jupiter bloodsucker can cover a grappled opponent's nose and mouth. An opponent caught in this way must hold its breath or begin suffocating (see suffocation in the Pathfinder Core Rulebook). A vineleaf attached in this way does not drain blood.

Ecology

Environment: Temperate Forests
Organization: solitary, patch (2-5), or bed (6-10)
Treasure: none


The Jupiter bloodsucker, or vampire plant, is a small, seemingly ordinary plant. A creature looking closely at the roots may notice that the stems are transparent and that blood seems to course through them (DC 15 Perception check from 5 ft. or less to notice). On the bottom of each leaf are many small, sharp thorns. These are used to attach to a victim and drain its blood.

The Jupiter bloodsucker attacks with its leaves in combat, attempting to grapple and pin a foe. A grabbed opponent is drained of blood by the thorny leaves. At the same time, one leaf covers the victim's face, attempting to smother it.

Credit The Jupiter Bloodsucker originally appeared in the Basic module B3 Palace of the Silver Princess (© TSR/Wizards of the Coast, 1981) and is used by permission. It appears in the orange-covered version (the original), not the revised green-covered module.

Copyright Notice Author Scott Greene, based on original material by Jean Wells.