I hope you enjoy the treewretch. See you tomorrow with the anniversary's penultimate monster!
Diseased earth surrounds
this horrific, twisted tree covered with milky eyes and toothy maws. Several dead
bodies dangle from the tree’s branches and twitch in a mocking dance.
Treewretch CR 28
XP 4,915,200
CE Gargantuan plant
Init +11; Senses blindsight 60 ft., low-light
vision; Perception +37
Aura unholy aura
DEFENSE
AC 47, touch 17,
flat-footed 36 (+11 Dex, +30 natural, –4 size)
hp 682
(35d8+525); regeneration 20 (fire)
Fort +33, Ref +24, Will +24
Defensive Abilities
blood tears, husks, scream of pain; DR 20/cold iron, epic, and good; Immune acid, electricity, plant traits;
Resist cold 20
Weaknesses
vulnerability to fire
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
Melee 3 bites +40
(2d10+17/17–20
plus grab), 5 slams +40 (3d6+17/19–20 plus grab)
Ranged 2 rocks
+34 (2d10+25)
Space 20 ft.; Reach 20 ft. (30 ft. with slam)
Special Attacks destruction
strike, razor teeth, rock throwing (240 ft.), swallow whole (8d6 acid and
bludgeoning, AC 25, 68 hp)
Spell-Like Abilities
(CL 25th; concentration +34)
Constant—unholy aura
At will—destruction (DC 28), horrid wilting (DC 29), wail of the banshee (DC 30)
3/day—quickened wail of the banshee (DC 30), waves of exhaustion
1/day—cursed earth[UM] (DC 30)
STATISTICS
Str 45, Dex 32, Con 38, Int 15, Wis 37, Cha 28
Base Atk +26; CMB +47 (+49 bull rush, +51 grapple); CMD 68 (70 vs. bull rush, can't be
tripped)
Feats Awesome
Blow, Bleeding Critical, Combat Reflexes, Critical Focus, Devastating
Strike[UC], Greater Spell Focus (necromancy), Greater Vital Strike, Improved
Bull Rush, Improved Critical (slam), Improved Vital Strike, Lightning Reflexes,
Power Attack, Quicken Spell-Like Ability (wail
of the banshee), Spell Focus (necromancy), Toughness, Vital Strike, Weapon
Focus (bite), Weapon Focus (slam)
Skills Intimidate
+44, Knowledge (arcana) +30, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +30, Perception +37,
Spellcraft +30
Languages Aklo,
Sylvan
ECOLOGY
Environment any
land
Organization solitary
(unique)
Treasure double
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Blood Tears (Su) Three
times per day as a standard action, a treewretch can weep tears of acidic
blood. This grants it resist 20 against fire and adds 2d6 acid damage to its slam
attacks. These benefits last for 1d4+1 rounds or until the treewretch takes
more than 20 points of fire damage (before applying its fire resistance).
Destruction Strike
(Sp) If a treewretch confirms a critical hit, it can use its destruction spell-like ability as an
immediate action. The effect is lessened, however, and only inflicts 10d6 points
of damage on a failed save and no damage on a successful save.
Husks (Ex) A
treewretch can expend two uses of its Combat Reflexes feat to interpose one of
the dead bodies hanging from it against a ranged attack. When it uses this
ability, it makes a combat maneuver check, and if the result of the check
exceeds the result of the ranged attack roll, the husk takes the damage. The
treewretch begins combat with 2d6 husks and loses a husk if it takes more than
20 points of damage from the intercepted attack (otherwise, the husk fully
regenerates after the attack). The treewretch can spend a move action or forgo
one of its slam attacks to add a dead creature within reach to its husks.
Razor Teeth (Ex) A
treewrtech’s critical threat range for its bite attack is 17–20.
Scream of Pain (Su)
If a treewretch is struck with a slashing or piercing weapon, it unleashes a scream
that deals 1d6 points of sonic damage per 10 points of damage dealt to all
creatures within 20 feet (DC 36 Reflex halves). A confirmed critical hit with a
slashing or piercing weapon allows the treewretch to use its wail of the banshee spell-like ability
as an immediate action. This counts against the number of quickened wail of the banshee uses it has, but it
can still use this ability even if it no longer has uses of quickened wail of the banshee.
Seeking to create their own Abyssal version of Yggdrasil,
several powerful demons tended a single tree on the Prime Material Plane that
defiantly stood after they laid waste to the forest surrounding it. The tree
gained intelligence and absorbed the malevolence of its demon caretakers. The
treewretch learned about the demons’ plans to move it to the Abyss. Having no
desire to leave its terrestrial home, it destroyed the demons and scattered its
seeds throughout the Prime Material Plane, where one descendent of the original
tree lives on multiple different worlds. The demon lords overseeing the
experiment viewed it as a failure and decided to leave the trees where they rooted
to sow death and mayhem.
A treewretch is a slow-moving creature, but it is incredibly
reactive when it comes to combat. It grabs the bodies of creatures it has slain
and uses them to deflect attacks from those who attack it from afar. It makes
no effort to hide itself from detection, so it spends little time in forests
except to devastate them. Demons are also drawn to a treewretch, despite the
fact the creature is just as likely to kill them as any mutual foes, and lurk
about the treewretch’s branches.
Upon a treewretch’s death, it explodes in a shower of foul-smelling
seeds, which shoots to all corners of the world; one (and only one) takes root in
a remote location and becomes a new treewretch after a week of growth. A
treewretch is 28 feet tall and weighs 12 tons.
