Large plant, neutral
Armor Class: 10
Hit Points: 11 2d8+2
Speed:
Damage Vulnerabilities: Fire
Senses: passive Perception 10
Languages: All (but can only sing, not speak)
Challenge Rating: 0
Insignificant. The shrub is hard to spot as the source of the singing. Any creature searching for it has disadvantage on rolls such as Intelligence, or Investigation proficiency rolls.
Song of Discord. The song sung by the shrub is hard to listen to, filled wit discordant notes & pitches. Any creature listening to it, has to make DC 13 Wisdom saving throw. On a fail, the creature has to move up to 30 feet away, and cannot move within this distance. On a pass, the creature is unaffected.
Song of Peace & Harmony. The shrub sings a song that helps a creature heal in some way. They regain a single hit die of hit points back.
Song of the Sleeper. The shrub sings a song that makes a creature fall asleep. The creature must make a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw. On a fail, the creature falls asleep for 8 hours and cannot be awoken by anything short of magic or injury. It is treated as a long rest. On a success, the creature is immune to this effect for 24 hours.
Deaf Creatures. Creatures that are naturally deaf, of have been made deaf temporarily are unaffected by this shrub.
Actions
Song of Pain & Anguish. The shrub sings a song that is treated as a ranged attack affecting every creature up to 30 feet away. Each creature must make a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw, and on a fail take 7 2d5 psychic damage, and knocked prone due to the physical pain it causes. Successful saves halves the damage, and the creature is not knocked prone.
Jaydeum Bliethieus plants are incredibly rare & highly sought after by many of the nobles of the Middle East. There is a market starting to open up in Europe for this flowering shrub too. It is usually found growing near religious sites in the Middle East. It grows to a height no more than about 2 feet in height, and about 1.5 feet wide. The roots are extensive and designed to seek out as much water as possible. Its woody central stalk has a mass of light brown twigs growing out of it from near the base, all the way up the stalk to the top. As soon as it can it will grow a thick covering of small, leather & waxy leaves, to help it photosynthesis & retain water. The leaves help to channel water to the area around the plant, and trap condensation in amongst the branches allowing it to trickle down to the base of it. After a year of establishing itself, it will grow flowering buds in place of a few of it's leaves. The buds grow out in a few days, and appearing as first as light pink. After a further few days these open out to flowers the size of a human palm, turning a bright red colour, with the centre being pure white & oval in shape. It will release a light fragrance that smells similar of freshly cut grass & scented lemon. Insects are attracted to this and will look to feed on the nectar within, taking the pollen to other plants nearby. If none are nearby it can self-fertilise, or if the best conditions, grow its roots out to another water source and grow another plant. The appear in early spring and are fully grown by late spring.
The Jaydeum Bliethieus has a unique protection method. It appears to respond to sound, and picks up noises easily. Each shrub of it will responds and seems to move towards animal sounds. When it flowers, it has developed the ability with water capillaries in the flowers to 'sing'. How it does this is not known, though it is speculated that with appearing around religious sites, it has been imbued with magical power or it's ancestors was blessed by a deity who liked it. The 'songs' are very lifelike and can sing in any language it can hear within 60 feet of it. Most animals & creatures are unnerved by it, and a few species like it. Most will avoid coming near it.
Suggested Environments
Middle Eastern religious sites, and a few sites in Europe.
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