{"id":232,"date":"2008-08-19T16:29:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T16:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=232"},"modified":"2014-11-20T20:26:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T20:26:34","slug":"ritual-and-creature-brier-brambles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=232","title":{"rendered":"Ritual and Creature: Brier Brambles"},"content":{"rendered":"
This ritual will be featured in the 4th edition conversion of the upcoming adventure Anointing the Seer<\/span>, which is due out this month. Once released we will include a free 4th edition conversion of the adventure for everyone who gets a copy at RPGnow.com<\/a>. In the meantime keep your eyes here for more tidbits.<\/div>\n


\nRitual: Brier Brambles
\nLevel: <\/span>10
\nCategory: <\/span>Warding
\nTime: <\/span>10 minutes
\nDuration: <\/span>Permanent
\nComponent Cost: <\/span>400 gold
\nMarket Price: <\/span>1200 gold
\nKey Skill: <\/span>Arcana or Nature<\/p>\n

Sowing glowing seeds upon the earth before the doors and speaking the words of this ritual, a dense mass of thick, thorny vines springs up from the earth and blocks the way. “That should keep them from following us!”<\/span><\/div>\n

This ritual summons a group of stationary magically animated vines that prevent passage. Upon completion of the ritual a Brier Bramble and a number of Offshoots grow up in the locations of your choosing within 10 squares of the caster. The number of Offshoots is dependent on your Arcana or Nature check.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Arcana or
\nNature Check<\/td>\n		Number of
\nOffshoots<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19 or lower<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20-24<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25-29<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30-34<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35-39<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40 or higher<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
The brambles obey simple commands from the ritual caster to the extent of their limited abilities (“crush him, don’t crush her”, “part and let me pass” “destroy any goblins that come this way” and so forth).<\/div>\n

The Brambles persist for 24 hours or until destroyed. The ritual caster can extend the duration for another 24 hours by spending a healing surge. If the effect is sustained for a year and a day, it becomes permanent.<\/p>\n

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Brier Brambles: Level 5 soldier<\/span>
\nlarge magical beast (plant)<\/span><\/span> – XP 200
\nInitiative <\/span>+4 Senses <\/span>Perception +3
\n
\nHP<\/span> 68; Bloodied<\/span> 34
\nAC<\/span> 21, Fortitude <\/span>21, Reflex <\/span>19, Will <\/span>19
\nVulnerable<\/span> fire (takes ongoing 5 fire damage [save ends] when damaged by fire).
\nSpeed <\/span>0
\n
\nPowers<\/span>
\n<\/span>Thorny Lash <\/span>– (standard melee; at will) –
\n+12 vs. AC; 1d10 + 4 damage.<\/p>\n

Crushing Embrace <\/span>– (standard melee; encounter, recharge 4-6) –
\n+10 vs. Reflex, 3d8 + 4 damage and target is grabbed. While grabbed target takes ongoing 5 poison damage until unconscious, at which point the briers hold them without doing further harm.<\/p>\n

Firmly Rooted<\/span> –
\nThe brier brambles cannot be pushed, pulled or slid.<\/p>\n

Alignment Unaligned – Languages none<\/span>
\nStr 18 (+2) Dex 15 (+5) Wis 15 (+1)
\nCon 15 (+3) Int 1 (-1) Cha 1 (+0)<\/p>\n

Brier Brambles Offshoots: Level 4 minion<\/span>
\nlarge fey magical beast (plant)<\/span><\/span> – XP 50
\nInitiative <\/span>+4 Senses <\/span>Perception +3
\n
\nHP<\/span> 1; a missed attack never damages a minion.
\nAC<\/span> 20, Fortitude <\/span>19, Reflex <\/span>18, Will <\/span>18
\nSpeed <\/span>0
\n
\nPowers<\/span>
\n<\/span>Thorny Lash <\/span>– (standard melee; at will) –
\n+10 vs. AC; 1d10 + 4 damage.<\/p>\n

Crushing Embrace <\/span>– (standard melee; encounter, recharge 4-6) –
\n+8 vs. Reflex, 3d8 + 4 damage and target is grabbed. While grabbed target takes ongoing 5 poison damage until unconscious, at which point the briers hold them without further harm.<\/p>\n

Firmly Rooted<\/span> –
\nThe brier brambles cannot be pushed, pulled or slid.<\/p>\n

Alignment Unaligned – Languages none<\/span>
\nStr 17 (+5) Dex 14 (+4) Wis 14 (+4)
\nCon 14 (+4) Int 1 (-2) Cha 1 (-2)<\/p>\n

Tactics: <\/span>Brier Brambles are simple combatants due to their immobility. They will simply attack whoever they are told to attack when they are approached.<\/p>\n

Brier Brambles Lore
\n<\/span>A character knows the following with a successful Arcana check:
\nDC 15:<\/span> These magical brambles will attack anyone approaching, but cannot move from where they are rooted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This ritual will be featured in the 4th edition conversion of the upcoming adventure Anointing the Seer, which is due out this month. Once released we will include a free 4th edition conversion of the adventure for everyone who gets a copy at RPGnow.com. In the meantime keep your eyes here for more tidbits. Ritual: Brier Brambles Level: 10 Category: Warding Time: 10 minutes Duration: Permanent Component Cost: 400 gold Market Price: 1200 gold Key Skill: Arcana or Nature Sowing glowing seeds upon the earth before the doors and speaking the words of this ritual, a dense mass of thick, thorny vines springs up from the earth and blocks the way. “That should keep them from following us!” This ritual summons a group of stationary magically animated vines that prevent passage. Upon completion of the ritual a Brier Bramble and a number of Offshoots grow up in the locations of your choosing within 10 squares of the caster. The number of Offshoots is dependent on your Arcana or Nature check. Arcana or Nature Check Number of Offshoots 19 or lower 2 20-24 3 25-29 4 30-34 5 35-39 6 40 or higher 7 The brambles obey simple commands from the ritual caster to the extent of their limited abilities (“crush him, don’t crush her”, “part and let me pass” “destroy any goblins that come this way” and so forth). The Brambles persist for 24 hours or until destroyed. The ritual caster can extend the duration for another 24 hours by Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[224],"tags":[640,606,638,274,273],"class_list":["post-232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4th-edition","tag-creature-type-plant","tag-creature-heroic-soldier","tag-creature-heroic-soldier-minion","tag-rutial-level-10","tag-soldier-creature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1271,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions\/1271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}