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Night-Blooming Lotus
Medium Plant (Psionic)
Hit Dice: 8d8+8 (44 hp)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 0 ft.
Armor Class: 15 (+5 natural), touch 10,
flat-footed 15
Base Attack/Grapple: +6/+11
Attack: Slam +11 melee (ld8+7 plus 1d4
thorn damage)
Full Attack: Slam +11/+6 melee (ld8+7 plus
1d4 thorn damage)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Entangle, psi-like abilities
Special Qualities: Coordination, darkvision
60 ft., low-light vision, plant traits, telepathy
100 ft.
Saves: Fort +9, Ref +2, Will +6
Abilities: Str 20, Dex 11, Con 13, Int 14, Wis
14, Cha 19
Skills: Bluff +15, Concentration +12,
Diplomacy +6, Disguise +4 (+6 acting),
Intimidate +6, Listen +13, Spot +13
Feats: Great Fortitude, Iron Will, Psionic Fist
Environment: Any land and underground
Organization: Solitary, pair, or cluster (3-6)
Challenge Rating: 7
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 9-16 HD (Medium); 17-24
HD (Large)
Level Adjustment: —
The save DCs are Charisma-based.
The night-blooming lotus is a rare plant *Includes augmentation for the night-
that has a single flower with puce petals with blooming lotus’ manifester level.
dark blue streaks. Its petal is a key ingredient Coordination (Ex): A night-blooming lotus
in a potent poison, and its pollen is rumored to can manifest its psi-like abilities while engaged
have hallucinogenic properties. Unlike most other in melee combat without provoking attacks of
plants, the night-blooming lotus is sentient and opportunity. It also need not make Concentration
resents being harvested by intelligent races. It checks to manifest or maintain psi-like abilities
defends itself from would-be harvesters with its while in combat.
psionic abilities.
Night Poison
Combat
Night poison is made by grinding the
After centuries of defending themselves petals of the night-blooming lotus and extracting
against harvesting, night-blooming lotuses have their essence. The resulting powder is tasteless,
learned their value to humanoid species. As a odorless, and nearly undetectable except by detect
result, they telepathically warn any creature that poison or a successful DC 15 Craft (alchemy)
wanders too close for comfort. If this warning is check. It is most commonly added to food, dusted
ignored, the lotus launches a full-scale psionic onto the target’s pillow, or used to coat weapons.
attack in an attempt to drive away potential Night poison can be absorbed through ingestion or
attackers. Anyone who comes within melee range contact. It does not take effect until the victim falls
of the plant is subject to its slam attack, which asleep or enters any similar lowered metabolic
deals both bludgeoning and piercing damage. state (such as a trance). At that point, the victim
Entangle (Sp): Three times per day, a night must succeed on a DC 19 Fortitude save or take
blooming lotus can mentally call upon its plant initial damage of 1d4 points of Constitution,
neighbors for aid as a free action. This ability 1d2 points of Dexterity, and 1d6+1 points of
functions like the entangle spell (caster level Strength. The secondary damage is 1d4 points of
10th). Affected creatures must succeed on a DC Constitution per round thereafter until neutralized.
18 Reflex save to avoid the effect. The save DC is
Charisma-based.
Silver Sand
Psi-Like Abilities: At will—empty mind The silver pollen of the night-blooming lotus
(+5 bonus*), psionic freedom of movement, is a powerful hallucinogen that acts as an inhaled
psionic true seeing; 3/day—aversion (DC 18*), poison (Fort DC 19; initial damage confusion
concussion blast (3d6, DC 16*), crisis of breath (caster level 10th); secondary damage 1d4 Wis).
(affects animals, fey, giants, humanoids, magical Anyone taking the drug willingly to experience its
beasts, and monstrous humanoids; DC 18*), ego effects automatically fails both saving throws. A
whip (3d4 Cha, DC 18*), id insinuation (3 targets, dose of this dust can fetch as much as 2,500 gp on
DC 18*), inertial barrier. Manifester level 8th. the black market.
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