Stat block
A hunched figure of conifer needles that sprays needles from the trees and rakes anyone who closes in.
| AC | HP | Speed | CR | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 16 (3d8+3) | 30 ft | 1/4 | 50 |
| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 (+1) | 12 (+1) | 13 (+1) | 4 (-3) | 8 (-1) | 3 (-4) |
- Condition immunities: deafened
- Senses: blindsight 60 ft; passive Perception 9
- Languages: Common (understands but can't speak)
Actions
- Claw. Needle-tipped claws.
- Needles. A spray of needles up to 60 ft.
Where you meet it
- The Miller's Lane: The Fourth Sister · Granny Ash comes across the lane with her dogs at her heels, and in the hag garden behind her the blights…
- The Old Den: The Dancing Bear · Out of the trees all round the clearing come things that aren't trees, toward the sound of the cub crying.
- Village of Barovia: Cut After Noon · The woodpile stands up. It is taller than Grigore's house, logs for ribs and roots for fingers, and the…
- Village of Barovia: Cut After Noon · The logs split in the fire, and things crawl out of the splits: pale, thorned, too many legs, and very angry…
- The Wizard of Wines: The vines on both sides of the lane shiver, though there's no wind. Then, row by row, they stand up.
- The Wizard of Wines: The Black Row · The Seventh Row stands up out of the ground, and the vines in the rows on either side pull their roots up…
- The Winery Cellars: Needle blights are scraping at the earth floor with their claws, and druids with lanterns are telling them…
- The Press House: The vat bursts its hoops. What rises out of it is the winery's last harvest: skins, stems and rot, heaped…
- The Winery: Druids look up from the vats, where they have been feeding something green and pulpy into the wine. Around…
On the road: Krezk Road, Vineyard Road