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PFS StandardCarved Beast

An untold number of stumps carved into roughly hewn animal shapes roam the Plane of Wood. The statue portion of these carved beasts is incapable of articulated movement, though the living wood at their base is fully animate. When left to their own devices, carved beasts prefer to roughly mimic the behaviors of the animals they resemble, like children playing with inarticulate toys.

Recall Knowledge - Elemental (Arcana, Nature): DC 22
Recall Knowledge - Plant (Nature): DC 22
Unspecific Lore: DC 20
Specific Lore: DC 17

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Carved BeastCreature 6

Medium Elemental Plant Wood 
Source Rage of Elements pg. 208 2.0
Perception +10
Skills Athletics +9, Nature +9, Stealth +10 (+13 when posing as a mundane wooden statue)
Str +2, Dex +4, Con +3, Int +0, Wis +1, Cha +2
Top-Heavy While the carved beast is not Dug In (see below), its unwieldy design leaves it vulnerable to falling over. The DC of any attempt to knock the carved beast prone is reduced by 5, and the beast takes a –5 status penalty to any check or save it attempts to resist being knocked prone. Additionally, whenever the beast fails to Trip opponents with its roots Strike, it critically fails instead. If successfully Shoved by an opponent, the beast must succeed at a DC 20 Reflex save or fall prone.
AC 16 (22 while Dug In); Fort +7 (+15 while Dug In), Ref +3, Will +11
HP 92; Immunities bleed, paralyzed, poison, sleep; Weaknesses axes 5, fire 10
Speed 25 feet
Melee [one-action] statue +9 [+4/-1] (shove), Damage 2d8+5 (3d8+5 while Dug In) bludgeoning plus KnockdownMelee [one-action] roots +11 [+6/+1] (finesse, trip), Damage 2d8+5 bludgeoningDig In [one-action] The carved beast digs its roots into the ground for better protection and purchase. While Dug In, the carved beast can't Stride nor use its roots Strike; however, this also negates the effects of top-heavy, grants the beast a +2 status bonus to its AC and Fortitude saves, and increases the damage of its statue Strike by 1d8. The carved beast can spend an action on its turn to end the effect; alternatively, the effect ends when the carved beast is moved by force, such as via a successful Shove attack.

Sidebar - Treasure and Rewards Carved Treasures

If an adventurer is careful while defeating a carved beast, the statue may be recovered intact from its defeated body and sold as a lesser art object. With a level-appropriate skill check, a character trained in Crafting can potentially increase the statue's quality to moderate or repurpose it into something else entirely, such as whittling a small bird shape into a decorative whistle.

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 2.0
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, Air, Elemental, Earth, Elemental, Earth, Elemental, Fire, Elemental, Fire, Elemental, Mephit, Elemental, Metal, Elemental, Scamp, Elemental, Water, 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.