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Spitting Sawfly

Spitting sawflies are enormous, bloated insects covered in tumor-like knots of spores. These ravenous pests sow disease and spores wherever they go, heralding the infestation of creeping cones.

Recall Knowledge - Beast (Arcana, Nature): DC 32
Unspecific Lore: DC 30
Specific Lore: DC 27

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Spitting SawflyCreature 10

Rare Medium Beast Mutant Wood 
Source Pathfinder #203 Shepherd of Decay pg. 80
Perception +19; darkvision, wood scent (precise) 30 feet
Skills Acrobatics +22, Athletics +20
Str +4, Dex +6, Con +5, Int -5, Wis +3, Cha +1
Wood Scent A spitting sawfly can smell plants and wood as a precise scent at the listed range.
AC 30; Fort +19, Ref +22, Will +16
HP 175; Immunities acid; Resistances poison 10
Speed 20 feet, climb 20 feet, fly 40 feet
Melee [one-action] mandibles +22 [+17/+12] (finesse, poison), Damage 2d12+10 piercing plus seizing venomRanged [one-action] acid spit +22 [+17/+12] (poison, range increment 30 feet), Damage 4d8 acid plus seizing venomConsume Essence [one-action] (healing, manipulate, primal) Frequency once per day; Requirements The spitting sawfly is adjacent to a creature with the wood trait or to a coiled conifer; Effect The sawfly feasts upon the targeted creature or the coiled conifer's sap, regaining 5d6 Hit Points. A targeted creature must attempt a DC 29 Fortitude save or become drained 1 (drained 2 on a critical failure).Creeping Sprout (disease) A creature afflicted with creeping sprout is treated by the spitting sawfly as if it has the wood trait; Saving Throw DC 29 Fortitude; Stage 1 carrier with no ill effect (1d4 days); Stage 2 drained 1 (1d4 days); Stage 3 12d6 acid damage, creeping cone swarm emerges (disease ends)Plant Spores [one-action] The spitting sawfly plants spores in an adjacent creature that's paralyzed or unconscious, exposing it to creeping sprout disease.Seizing Venom (incapacitation, poison) Saving Throw DC 29 Fortitude; Maximum Duration 6 rounds; Stage 1 off-guard and slowed 1 (1 round); Stage 2 off-guard and slowed 2 (1 round); Stage 3 paralyzed (1 round)

All Monsters in "Blight Bonded"

NameLevel
Coiled Conifer13
Creeping Cones10
Spitting Sawfly10

Blight Bonded

Source Pathfinder #203 Shepherd of Decay pg. 80
The Plane of Wood contains many unique ecosystems formed around species of wondrous trees; when Ayrzul's Blight mutates one of these trees rather than killing it, it can have a cascading effect on the tree's biome. Multiple species often mutate in tandem, becoming warped mockeries and a vector for Ayrzul's Blight. These “blight bonded” creature families are parasites and predators and typically form twisted symbiotic relationships.

Sidebar - Related Creatures Other Blight Bonds

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