Potted Violet Etheroot

The potted violet etheroot can sense the emotions of creatures within 120 feet as an imprecise sense. Emotion sense is a precise sense against creatures under an emotion effect. A creature under the effects of Calm or the serenity effect of the etheroot's Incite Emotion ability can't be noticed via emotion sense.

A constant spell affects the monster without the monster needing to cast it, and its duration is unlimited. If a constant spell gets counteracted, the monster can reactivate it by spending the normal spellcasting actions the spell requires.

The potted violet etheroot is rooted in a soulfired pot, which was glazed within a hellish kiln and which, like normal objects, has Hardness and grants the etheroot resistance to fire. This Hardness reduces any damage the etheroot takes by an amount equal to the Hardness. Once the potted violet etheroot is reduced to less than half its Hit Points, or immediately upon being damaged by a critical hit, its soulfired pot breaks, it loses its resistance to fire, and its AC is reduced to 23. Breaking the pot also increases the etheroot's speed to 25 feet.

Requirements The etheroot's last action was a success with a Strike using its stalked bite.

Wounds caused by the potted violet etheroot's stalked bite can create an intense emotional response. The creature damaged by the etheroot's stalked bite is subjected to an effect of the etheroot's choice from the following (DC 22 will save; duration 1 minute unless otherwise stated): • Despair : Target must attempt a Will save as if subjected to the Wave of Despair spell. • Fear : Target must attempt a Will save as if targeted by the Fear spell. • Hope : Target is affected as if subjected to the Courageous Anthem cantrip and must attempt a Will save to determine duration. Critical Success The target is affected for 4 rounds. Success The target is affected for 3 rounds. Failure The target is affected for 1 round. Critical Failure The target is unaffected. • Serenity : Target must attempt a Will save as if subjected to the Calm spell.

The potted violet etheroot makes two Strikes with two different tentacles, each limb targeting a different creature. This counts as two attacks toward the etheroot's multiple attack penalty for further actions, but the penalty doesn't increase until after both attacks are made.

Requirements The monster's last action was a successful Strike that lists Knockdown in its damage entry Effect The monster attempts to Trip the creature. This attempt neither applies nor counts toward the monster's multiple attack penalty.