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unseenmage
2020-09-20, 08:51 AM
My players shoo. Git. Scram. You know the drill. Spoil this stuff for yourselves at your fun's own peril.

Am working on a Cerebric Fungus (https://aonprd.com/MonsterDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Cerebric%20Fungus) NPC for my players to bump into (possibly even today yikes!) and I want to have it carrying around some alien seedlings and transplants which it is looking for a good place to start a garden with.

Does PF have some examples of non-creature alien plants that could be a threat to Golarion ecosystems? I know I could just brew something up but its nice to know what already exists to both save time and square what I create with what already canonically exists.

Suggestions for how this largely flavor encounter should go down are also more than welcome.

Palanan
2020-09-20, 09:22 AM
I recently ran a very similar encounter, even starring a cerebric fungus. Are you looking for Pathfinder plant creatures that could be alien, or for plants which are canonically alien to Golarion?

unseenmage
2020-09-20, 09:45 AM
I recently ran a very similar encounter, even starring a cerebric fungus. Are you looking for Pathfinder plant creatures that could be alien, or for plants which are canonically alien to Golarion?

Plants that are canonically alien to Golarion would be best but I'll take suggestions as well.

I've considered some Spellgorging Plants (https://www.aonprd.com/Rules.aspx?Name=Spellgorging%20Plants%20(CR%201)&Category=Hazards%20and%20Disasters) and maybe a couple partially grown cultivated magic plants (https://www.aonprd.com/FeatDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Cultivate%20Magic%20Plan ts) too.

Mr.Sandman
2020-09-20, 10:34 AM
There are a few good options you could snag from Starfinder and restat, like the
Begedhi (https://www.starjammersrd.com/game-mastering/bestiary/enemies-by-type/plant/begedhi) or you could snag a Seedling Marlboro (https://www.finalfantasyd20.com/bestiary/plants/malboro-family/malboro-seedling) from FFd20 perhaps?

Palanan
2020-09-20, 12:50 PM
In my version of this encounter, I used the weedwhip (https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/plants/weedwhip/) and the xtabay (https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/plants/xtabay/), among several others.

I can try to look through my notes for the others, but it may not be until later on today.

unseenmage
2020-09-20, 01:38 PM
There are a few good options you could snag from Starfinder and restat, like the
Begedhi (https://www.starjammersrd.com/game-mastering/bestiary/enemies-by-type/plant/begedhi) or you could snag a Seedling Marlboro (https://www.finalfantasyd20.com/bestiary/plants/malboro-family/malboro-seedling) from FFd20 perhaps?

Cactaur Cutting (https://www.finalfantasyd20.com/bestiary/plants/cactuar-family/cactuar-cutting/) is perfect! Tiny size and completely adorbs.

I'm definitely using the Malboro at some point. Just not for this context... probably.

unseenmage
2020-09-20, 08:44 PM
My players were very pleased to receive a cactuar cutting as their reward for guarding the Happy Plant Salesman cerebric fungus through the adventure.

And bonus, now they own a leshy manual made from a FF crystal Myrrh tree and there's a planar tear leading to d20 FF-verse that we may, or may not explore next session.