A cutting of the Gulthias tree, planted under the Martikovs' Seventh Row by the druids and grown into the row itself: a heaving mass of black vine-wood twice the height of a house. Her branches reach, her vines drag you in and squeeze, and she spits fermenting black wine.
AC
HP
Speed
CR
XP
15
210 (20d12+80)
30 ft
8
3900
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA
22 (+6)
8 (-1)
19 (+4)
6 (-2)
12 (+1)
4 (-3)
Saving throws: CON +8, WIS +5
Condition immunities: blinded, deafened
Senses: blindsight 60 ft; passive Perception 11
Traits
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). When the Vine Mother fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead, twice a day.
Actions
Multiattack. The Vine Mother makes two Branch attacks and uses Grasping Vine.
Branch. Hit: 17 (2d10 + 6) Bludgeoning damage.
Grasping Vine. One Large or smaller creature the Vine Mother can sense within 20 feet makes a DC 16 Strength saving throw. Failure: the target is pulled up to 15 feet toward her and has the Grappled condition (escape DC 15). Until the grapple ends, the target takes 13 (2d6 + 6) Bludgeoning damage at the start of each of her turns. She can hold two creatures this way.
Black Wine. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 15, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. Failure: 18 (4d8) Poison damage, and the target has the Poisoned condition until the end of the Vine Mother's next turn. Success: Half damage only.
Where you meet it
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…