Thorny

This creature resembles a hunting dog constructed of tangled briars, vines, leaves, and sticks. Its entire body is covered with small, sharp thorns.

Thorny (CR 3)

Medium Plant
Alignment: Neutral
Initiative: +2
Senses: Low-Light Vision; Perception +13

Speed: 50 feet
Space: 5 feet

Defense

Armor Class: 17, touch 12, flat-footed 15 (+2 Dex, +5 natural)
Hit Points: 26 (4d8+8)
Saving Throws: Fort +6, Ref +3, Will +2
Immunity: plant traits

Offense

Melee: bite +5 (1d6+3 plus Trip)
Reach: 5 feet

Special Attacks: thorns

Statistics

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
14 (+2)	15 (+2)	14 (+2)	2 (-4)	12 (+1)	6 (-2)

Base Attack Bonus: +3
CMB +5
CMD 17

Feats: Combat Reflexes, Skill Focus (Perception)

Skills: Perception +13, Stealth +11 (+19 in swampy or forested areas)

• Racial Modifiers: +4 Perception, +4 Stealth (+12 Stealth in swampy or forested areas)

Languages:

Special Abilities

Thorns (Ex)

A thorny's body is covered with sharp wooden thorns. Any creature attacking a thorny with a non-reach melee weapon or with natural attacks takes 1d4+2 points of piercing damage from the thorny's sharp thorns. A creature that grapples with a thorny takes this same damage each round.

Ecology

Environment: Warm Forests
Organization: solitary or pack (3-8)
Treasure: none


Thornies are the pets and companions of the vegepygmies. They are rarely encountered outside of a vegepygmy tribe or hunting party. Vegepygmies often use them to hunt prey. Thornies reproduce by planting egg-like seeds (that the female lays) in the ground. Three to six months later, a small tree sprouts, buds, and from these buds are born the thornies. An average thorny tree is capable of producing 1d6+4 thornies. The tree dies once it buds and the thornies \"hatch.\"

Credit The Thorny originally appeared in the First Edition module S3 Expedition to the Barrier Peaks (© TSR/Wizards of the Coast, 1980) and later in the First Edition Monster Manual II (© TSR/Wizards of the Coast, 1983) and is used by permission.

Copyright Notice Author Scott Greene, based on original material by Gary Gygax.