Strangle weeds were an intelligent species of kelp.[3]
Description[]
This species of plant was indistinguishable from normal seaweed. It typically grew in 3 to 12 feet (0.91 to 3.7 meters) oval patches. Their friends grew to be 7 to 12 feet (2.1 to 3.7 meters) in length.[1][3]
Description[]
This species of plant had a basic animal level of intelligence.[1][3]
Combat[]
These plants would detect vibrations in the water and reach out towards their source.[4] Their fronds would wrap and entangle themselves around prey, then attempt to pull prey down beneath the water. There their would slowly be constricted and drown.[1][3][4]
Creatures that were unconscious or calmly floating in the water had a greater chance of escaping the grasp of strangle weeds than those who frantically thrashed about.[4]
History[]
An evil mage in eastern Scardale once raised a group of skeletons to work as farmhands at the gardens of his estate, harvesting crops that partially consisted of bizarre strains of mantraps and strangle weeds. Long after the mage passed away, his skeletons continued harvesting these crops well into the 14th century DR.[5]
Ecology[]
Diet[]
Strangle weeds were a carnivorous species of plant.[1][3]
Habitats[]
Strangle weeds were typically found in sea waters with a tropical or subtropical climate.[1][3]
They were known to grow in the waters around Ravens Bluff,[6] the temperate and tropical areas of the Sea of Fallen Stars, as well as in parts of Cormyr, Sembia, and the Dalelands.[7] In Cormanthyr they could be found in the eastern edges of the Old Elven Court.[8] In south Faerûn, they grew in the Thornwood.[9]
Beyond Faerun, strangle weeds grew in the jungles and tropical forests of Maztica.[10] In Zakhara, strangle weeds could be found on the surface level of salt water bodies and in the depths of fresh water bodies.[11]
Beyond Toril, these plants grew on the planet of Oerth.[12] Outside of the Prime Material plane, strangle weed was quite common in the savannahs of Yeenoghu's realm in the Abyss.[13][14]
Relationships[]
Strangle weeds were a favored plant of the deity Thard Harr.[15]
Appendix[]
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See Also[]
Appearances[]
- Adventures
- Nightmare Keep • Dungeon #67, "Witches' Brew"
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 David "Zeb" Cook, et al. (1989). Monstrous Compendium Volume Two. (TSR, Inc). ISBN 0-8803-8753-X.
- ↑ Doug Stewart (June 1993). Monstrous Manual. (TSR, Inc), p. 293. ISBN 1-5607-6619-0.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Gary Gygax (December 1977). Monster Manual, 1st edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 93. ISBN 0-935696-00-8.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 James Butler, Elizabeth T. Danforth, Jean Rabe (September 1994). “Coastal Aquatic Lands: The Sea of Fallen Stars”. In Karen S. Boomgarden ed. Elminster's Ecologies (TSR, Inc), p. 25. ISBN 1-5607-6917-3.
- ↑ James Butler, Elizabeth T. Danforth, Jean Rabe (September 1994). “The Settled Lands”. In Karen S. Boomgarden ed. Elminster's Ecologies (TSR, Inc), p. 27. ISBN 1-5607-6917-3.
- ↑ Richard Rydberg, et al. (August 1989). Gateway to Ravens Bluff, the Living City. Edited by Jean Rabe, Skip Williams, Ed Sollers. (TSR, Inc.), p. 63.
- ↑ James Butler, Elizabeth T. Danforth, Jean Rabe (September 1994). “Explorer's Manual”. In Karen S. Boomgarden ed. Elminster's Ecologies (TSR, Inc), pp. 27, 32. ISBN 1-5607-6917-3.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend and Kevin Melka (1998). Cormanthyr: Empire of the Elves. (TSR, Inc), p. 107. ISBN 0-7069-0761-4.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend, Dale Donovan (September 1998). Empires of the Shining Sea. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 143. ISBN 0-7869-1237-5.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb and Tim Beach (September 1991). Fires of Zatal. (TSR, Inc), p. 19. ISBN 1-5607-6139-3.
- ↑ Encounters Tables included in Wolfgang Baur, Steve Kurtz (1992). Monstrous Compendium Al-Qadim Appendix. (TSR, Inc). ISBN l-56076-370-1.
- ↑ Grant Boucher, William W. Connors, Steve Gilbert, Bruce Nesmith, Christopher Mortika, Skip Williams (April 1990). Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Adventures Appendix. Edited by Mike Breault. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 0-88038-836-6.
- ↑ Wolfgang Baur and Lester Smith (1994-07-01). “The Book of Chaos”. In Michele Carter ed. Planes of Chaos (TSR, Inc), p. 23. ISBN 1560768746.
- ↑ Ed Stark, James Jacobs, Erik Mona (June 13, 2006). Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 146. ISBN 0-7869-3919-2.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd (November 1998). Demihuman Deities. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 86. ISBN 0-7869-1239-1.