Topiary Rex

Topiary Rex is a creation-in-progress of Ministry Transmogrifer Farvald Kerner (also known in some places as "EvilSeed").

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Topiary Rex is a Huge, green, sculpted impression of a wingless dragon made by someone who kept looking at griffin images instead of dragon images. He usually takes up more distance horizontally (usually around 30 feet in a straight line) but still towers 15 feet above the ground. His tendriculos maw is more than two-thirds of his entire head!

Body Features

Topiary Rex started out as a juvenile Tendriculos fey bush which was trained onto a scaffolding. The scaffolding was initially made of Cliff Daisy cactus wood slats woven together basket-style to form an animal shape somewhere between "Dragon" and "griffin".

The wings have not yet been developed on this Living Topiary.

Master Kerner's intended goal was to let the Cliff Daisy cactus eventually take over the structure, absorbing the useful portions of the Tendriculos before maturation. Topiary Rex would become a colossal Thorny Advanecd Tyrannosaurus, keeping its draconic wings to permit gliding from mountain heights, ready to defend Master Kerner's protectorate during the day and nest in the vibrant potential of Arjory Pond.

This was part of the Five Year Plan, according to Master Kerner's journal. Will Topiary Rex indeed become a Tyrannosaurus?

The course of Topiary Rex's future has already been complicated by an infestation of Griefgalls!

Special abilities

Melee

• Bite +11 (2d6 + grab)
• 2 Tentacle Swipes +6 (1d6+3 + grab)
• 2 cactus slams +6 (1d8+4 piercing)
• paralysis (3d6 rounds, DC 18)
• swallow whole (2d6 acid damage plus paralysis, AC 15, 7 hp)

At will

• Assimilate As a full-round action, a living topiary can consume undergrowth or bushy plant matter it’s currently touching and incorporate that material into its form. It can do this at a rate of 5 cubic feet per round, healing 1d8 points of damage each time. If the topiary is at maximum hit points, this ability has no effect.
• Move through Hedges A living topiary may move through any mass of brambles or other dense plant growth without penalty. It must begin and end its turn outside of the mass.
(Topiary Rex has not yet had a chance to practice this ability, and will not be very good at it until several sequential experiences with it prove successful.)

3/day

• Hedge Stride This ability functions as tree stride, but rather than allowing for teleportation from tree to tree, it permits the living topiary to teleport from one area of brush or hedges to another area of similar vegetation within 1,500 feet.
  (Topiary Rex has not yet had a chance to practice this ability, and will not be very good at it until several sequential experiences with it prove successful.)

Mental characteristics

Intellectual Characteristics

Topiary Rex has the approximate intelligence of a Rendercoon. Rex might figure out how to open a barrel full of treats, but probably would not figure out that the Master meant to save those for later.

In fact, Rex is not likely to understand the notion of "wait for later" under any circumstances!

Personality Characteristics

Motivation

1. Nom nom plant mass, 20 cubic feet of raw plant matter (still living or freshly harvested) every day!
2. Nom nom animal mass, minimum of 80 lbs not counting hair/fur/wool every day!
3. Praise from Master!

Savvies & Ineptitudes

• Perception +6
• Stealth +9 (+15 in undergrowth)

Likes & Dislikes

Smoked rosemary and garlic are the tastiest!

Mesquite smoke is good too.

In fact, mesquite is good even while still growing. Let's eat!

Virtues & Personality perks

• immune to acid!
• plant traits

Vices & Personality flaws

• vulnerable to fire

Griefgall, Living Topiary, Tendriculos, and everything else Pathfinder 1e
are the property of Paizo Publishing

and used under the Paizo Inc Community Use Policy.

Thorny Advanced Tyrannosaurus was created by Erica Balsley
in the Tome of Horrors Complete, published by Necromancer Games Inc.

No infringement is intended or implied.

Current Location

Sarsparilla Ranch

Date of Birth

28th of Flifast, 577

Life

577 578 1 years old

Circumstances of Birth

construct formed by Ministry Transmogrifer Farvald Kerner

Circumstances of Death

scorched by Spiro then dismembered in combat by the Hell Herd

Birthplace

Oatman Cavate Morning Nursery

Height

15 ft

Weight

2600 lbs

Other Affiliations

• The Ministry

Related Plots

• Chapter 15: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
• Chapter 16: Compañeros

Known Languages

• Kayam (understood but cannot speak)

AC 16

hp 70

Fort +10, Ref +3, Will +1

Speed 20 ft

Reach 15 ft

Base Attack +6

CMB +6 (+9 grapple)

CMD 18 (22 vs trip)

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When a lich is involved, death is a finite inconvenience.

— common wisdom on the outskirts of Spiderwood