Phantom fungi were a breed of predatory, mobile fungus feared by those underground for their natural invisibility.[1]
Description[]
Ordinarily, the only details indicating the presence of phantom fungi were the sounds of soft squelching footfalls accompanied by a strange smell of mold. If rendered visible, phantom fungi appeared as a brown or greenish brown fungal mass supported by four stumpy legs. A cluster of nodules rested atop its main body and its gaping maw was lined with rows of teeth.[1]
Abilities[]
Phantom fungi were constantly and permanently under the effects of greater invisibility, allowing them to attack while invisible. Invisibility purge spells could not dispel this status, but they did become visible a minute after being slain. Phantom fungi were also adept at moving quietly.[1]
Combat[]
Phantom fungi might wait for a meal to come to them but usually quietly hunted for prey, roaming the world until they came upon suitable targets. While not especially intelligent, they had certain instinctive strategies and were capable of determining easy from difficult prey. They would attack lone individuals almost anywhere, but preferred open spaces when tackling groups, moving around slightly between each bite from its many teeth to make itself harder to find.[1][3][4]
Ecology[]
Phantom fungi were solitary subterranean creatures.[1] There were Lowerdark variants of phantom fungi serving the druidic Circle of the Depths in the Underdark city of Fluvenilstra.[5]
The plane of shadow was known to host shadow phantom fungi.[6] Fiendish and half-fiend phantom fungi were also abundant in Shedaklah, the realm of the Demon Queen of Fungi Zuggtmoy. Phantom fungi, being fungal monsters, were among the favorite and most commonly summoned minions of Zuggtmoy, and among her faithful fungoid servants who reveled in the unnaturally warm dampness and actively sought to destroy oozes that emerged from Juiblex's portion of the realm.[7][8]
Biology[]
Phantom fungi had low-light vision, their sensory organs being the nodule cluster atop their main body.[1]
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Notes[]
Further Reading[]
Dungeon #134, "Home Under the Range" • Dungeon #348, "Wild Shape Guide" • Player's Handbook v.3.5 • Book of Challenges • Dungeon Master's Guide v.3.5
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook (July 2003). Monster Manual v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 207. ISBN 0-7869-2893-X.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rosemary Jones (November 2007). Crypt of the Moaning Diamond. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 7. ISBN 978-0-7869-4714-0.
- ↑ Jonathan Tweet (January 2001). “Dungeon of the Fire Opal”. Dungeon #84 (Wizards of the Coast) (84)., p. 110.
- ↑ Michael Kortes (May 2006). “Home Under the Range”. In Erik Mona ed. Dungeon #134 (Paizo Publishing, LLC) (134)., p. 24.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell, Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, Jeff Quick (October 2003). Underdark. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 149. ISBN 0-7869-3053-5.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan (September 2001). Manual of the Planes 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 64. ISBN 0-7869-1850-8.
- ↑ James Jacobs (November 2005). “The Demonomicon of Iggwilv: Zuggtmoy: Queen of Fungi”. In Erik Mona ed. Dragon #337 (Paizo Publishing, LLC), pp. 40, 46, 54.
- ↑ Ed Stark, James Jacobs, Erik Mona (June 13, 2006). Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 79, 144. ISBN 0-7869-3919-2.