Leshy Husk

Family: Leshy

Small plant (husk), chaotic evil

Armor Class 12 (natural armor)
Hit Points 13 (3d6 + 3)
Speed 30 ft.

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
11 (+0)	12 (+1)	12 (+1)	6 (-2)	11 (+0)	10 (+0)

Skills Nature +2, Stealth +3
Damage Vulnerabilities fire
Condition Immunities charmed, frightened
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages Common, Sylvan
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)
Proficiency Bonus +2

SPECIAL TRAITS

• False Appearance. While the leshy remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a Small dead tree or tree detritus (such as a fallen log).
• Necrotic Burst. When the leshy dies, it explodes in a burst of necrotic energy. Each creature within 30 feet of it must make a DC 11 Constitution saving throw, taking 2 (1d4) necrotic damage on a failed save. The area is filled with corrupted saplings, becoming difficult terrain. The saplings rot within a week.
• Speak with Trees. The leshy can communicate with trees as if they shared a language.

ACTIONS

• Pike. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d10) piercing damage.
• Blighted Seedpod. Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, range 30/120 ft., one creature. Hit: 2 (1d4) bludgeoning damage plus 2 (1d4) necrotic damage, and the leshy regains hit points equal to the necrotic damage dealt.

ABOUT

Diminutive leshies are often the prized friends of druids, rangers, and other nature lovers. Not so with leshy husks, whose corruption has left them devoid of whatever charm and grace they may have once possessed.

Their drooping branches, gray foliage, and cracked bark skin make leshy husks stand out noticeably from their unwarped kin. Nevertheless, leshy husks excel at ambush tactics, and they ably sneak through the blighted swamps, slashed-and-burned forests, and salted plains in which they typically dwell.

As with all husks, leshy husks vary widely in their abilities depending on which type of leshy they sprouted from. The leshy husk presented here was once a tree leshy.

Stronger husks, including dryad and arboreal husks, sometimes take along leshy husks as minions and servants.

Most such husk masters are smarter or more ambitious than typical husks of their kind, and their goals often include domination of the local area or the ruination of a nearby settlement.