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PFS StandardVegetable Lamb

Vegetable lambs are gaining popularity as the first elemental to be summoned by spellcasters in training, as they're docile until provoked and easy to control. Casters must take care, however, to not let them germinate in the Universe; they're a highly invasive species that can devour an entire forest within a decade.

The healing and nourishing food that grows from vegetable lambs is appealing for adventurers and sedentary magical scholars alike. The taste is similar to the plants of the same kind that grow on Golarion, but not entirely. Many have noted that there's a slight similarity to meat—a bit of umami one wouldn't find in an ordinary flower.

Recall Knowledge - Elemental (Arcana, Nature): DC 15
Recall Knowledge - Plant (Nature): DC 15
Unspecific Lore: DC 13
Specific Lore: DC 10

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Vegetable LambCreature 1

Small Elemental Plant Wood 
Source Rage of Elements pg. 204
Perception +4
Skills Athletics +5, Nature +6
Str +3, Dex +1, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +0, Cha +3
Nature's Bounty (healing, plant, primal, vitality) Each day, a vegetable lamb grows 1d4 edible flowers (such as artichoke, broccoli, or dandelion) among the green cotton covering its body. These vegetables can be picked without hurting the lamb. A living creature can eat the vegetable with an Interact action to regain 1d6+4 Hit Points.
AC 14; Fort +6, Ref +3, Will +8
HP 28; Immunities bleed, paralyzed, poison, sleep; Weaknesses fire 3, slashing 2
Speed 20 feet
Melee [one-action] headbutt +8 [+3/-2], Damage 1d6+2 bludgeoningMelee [one-action] hoof +6 [+1/-4], Damage 1d6 bludgeoningCottonseed Burst [two-actions] The vegetable lamb releases a cloud of cottony green pollen in a 10-foot burst centered on itself. All creatures caught in the burst that need to breathe, apart from the lamb, must succeed at a DC 15 Fortitude save or be slowed 1 by coughing (slowed 2 on a critical failure).

All Monsters in "Elemental, Wood"

NameLevel
Carved Beast6
Elemental Thicket11
Living Grove5
Moss Sloth2
Nursery Crawler3
Painted Stag9
Pine Pangolin7
Snapdrake8
Twins of Rowan13
Vegetable Lamb1
Whipping Willow4

Elemental, Wood

Source Rage of Elements pg. 204
At first glance, wood elementals might not seem to have the same destructive potential as their cousins from the Planes of Fire, Water, or Air, but don't be fooled. The woods can be a dangerous place.

Though some resemble animals, the elemental beasts presented here are still plants, and their life cycles reflect it. Vegetable lambs grow on rooted stalks, from which they can't be removed until they've matured (or perhaps ripened), leaving them dependent on their immediate surroundings for food. Moss sloths are little more than lumps of green fluff for the first century of their existence, only gaining limited mobility once they can grow their defensive wooden claws.

Elemental

Related Groups Elemental, Air, Elemental, Earth, Elemental, Fire, Elemental, Mephit, Elemental, Metal, Elemental, Water, Elemental, Wisp
The Elemental Planes—primordial realms defined by aspects of air, earth, fire, or water—are home to a diverse group of beings known as elementals. Spellcasters on the Material Plane call upon elementals for aid, though these enigmatic creatures can also travel to the world of mortals via interplanar gateways and rifts. The elementals on these pages exemplify the creatures of the Elemental Planes, but this list is by no means exhaustive.

Sidebar - Additional Lore A Brain By Any Other Name

Even if Lady Shumunue taught the wood elementals' ancestors to mimic animals, a wood elemental's consciousness is contained not in a brain but in its root system. Entities like nursery crawlers, living groves, and carved beasts use this to their advantage. That an elemental's wooden body can be carved and crafted, apparently without lasting harm, implies that they might not feel pain so long as their roots remain undamaged.

Sidebar - Additional Lore Wild But Unwild

Many wood elementals are created by kizidhar and other powerful creatures on the Plane of Wood and placed in rote roles. Populating nature preserves and sprawling estates, they can be unsure how to behave if released into the wild. They're essentially born domesticated and will likely act far differently than the wild creatures they mimic, even in natural environments. Their natural predators are few, putting the elementals at less risk, although they're still sometimes eaten by giant termites or captured by some as pets.