Shrieker Fungus

Plant · Medium

A man-sized mushroom of the underground that screams when light or movement comes near it. It is harmless itself, but its cries bring every hungry thing in the caverns, and some cave dwellers plant them as alarms.

Danger
Harmless
How it is met
In colonies, day and night
Challenge
0
SRD 5.2.1 stat blocks
Shrieker Fungus

Where it is met

Fungal Cave, Fungal Mine, Fungal Tropical Rainforest, Fungal Temperate Forest, Fungal Taiga, Fungal Swamp, Fungal Bog, Fungal Mangrove

Stat blocks (D&D 5e)

Shrieker Fungus

Medium Plant, Unaligned

AC 5 · Initiative −5 (5)

HP 13 (3d8)

Speed 5 ft.

StrDexConIntWisCha
1 (−5), save −51 (−5), save −510 (+0), save +01 (−5), save −53 (−4), save −41 (−5), save −5

Immunities Blinded, Charmed, Deafened, Frightened

Senses Blindsight 30 ft.; Passive Perception 6

Languages None

CR 0 (XP 0; PB +2)

Reactions

Shriek. Trigger: A creature or a source of Bright Light moves within 30 feet of the shrieker. Response: The shrieker emits a shriek audible within 300 feet of itself for 1 minute or until the shrieker dies.

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