Needle blights were medium-sized blights spawned from a Gulthias tree.[1]
Description[]
Needle blights looked enough like a hunched humanoid to be mistaken for one in the shadows of a forest, but a closer look made their plant-like nature obvious. Conifer-like needles grew in clumps across their bodies, and their gait was best described as shuffling.[1]
Behavior[]
Needle blights, like the rest of their foul kin, were evil-hearted, malevolent creatures.[1]
Abilities[]
Needle blights possessed blindsight only, and could understand Common but did not speak- as plants, they lacked eyes and a mouth. They were, however, capable of flinging the needles from their bodies as short-ranged projectiles.[1]
When a needle blight detected a potential threat, it released a particular pollen into the air. This pollen carried to and was detected by other needle blights who, alerted to the location of the threat, would swarm in from all sides.[1]
Combat[]
Needle blights attacked with their clawed hands and the needles that grew on them.[1]
Ecology[]
Like most other blights, needle blights were found in forests.[1]
Needle blights were known to inhabit the Quivering Forest as of the 15th century DR.[2]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins (2014-09-30). Monster Manual 5th edition. Edited by Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 31–32. ISBN 978-0786965614.
- ↑ Claire Hoffman, Travis Woodall (May 3, 2016). The Ghost (DDEX04-06) (PDF). D&D Adventurers League: Curse of Strahd (Wizards of the Coast), p. 14.