Green Man
Pathfinder Remaster. Stats use the Pathfinder Remaster rules from Pathfinder Monster Core 2.
The Green Man is a Level 24 creature, with Armor Class 51 and 525 hit points. The Green Man is a primordial avatar of the natural world that embodies the raw, inexorable power of plant life.
Stat Block
- Edition: Pathfinder Remaster
- Size: Medium
- Type: plant
- Level: 24
- Armor Class: 51
- Hit Points: 525
- Speed: 40 ft., climb 40 ft.
- STR: 12
- DEX: 9
- CON: 11
- INT: 7
- WIS: 10
- CHA: 8
- Fortitude Save: +43
- Reflex Save: +39
- Will Save: +42
- Perception: +42
- Senses: darkvision, plantsense 60 feet
- Skills: Acrobatics +39, Athletics +40, Deception +40, Diplomacy +40 (+44 vs. plants), Intimidation +40 (+44 vs. plants), Nature +48, Stealth +41, Survival +44
- Traits: rare, leshy, plant
- Resistances: bludgeoning 20, piercing 20
- Weaknesses: axe vulnerability 20, fire 20
Abilities & Attacks
Green Tongue. A green man can communicate with plants, with the effects of Speak with Plants, and can use Diplomacy to Make an Impression on plants and Request things from plants. Plantsense 60 feet. A green man can sense life force via plants. This allows them to observe a living or undead creature's vital essence within 60 feet of the green man, but they can also use this precise sense to observe any living or undead creature within 60 feet of any plant matter within 120 feet of the green man. This allows the green man to see living things through solid plant matter, as well as seeing through other barriers if there are plants on the other side. Green Caress (aura, incapacitation, plant, primal). 60 feet. Living creatures in the area other than plants slowly transform into non-creature plants. The green man can exclude creatures from this effect, but they must be aware of a creature's presence and location to do so. A non-plant creature in the area must attempt a DC 45 Fortitude save immediately before the start of its turn. Critical Success The creature is unaffected, or if it is slowed by green caress, it reduces its slowed value by 2. Success The creature is unaffected, or if it is slowed by green caress, it reduces its slowed value by 1. Failure The creature becomes Slowed 1, or if it was already slowed by green caress, increases the slowed value by 1, as their body transforms more and more into a non-creature plant. If the creature ever becomes slowed to the point they have no actions left for their turn, they become an inanimate plant, a condition that can only be reversed by Primal Phenomenon or similarly powerful magic. Critical Failure As failure, except the creature becomes Slowed 2 (or increases the condition value by 2). Root In Place (reaction). Trigger A creature within the green man's reach uses a move action or leaves a square during a move action it's using. Effect The green man lashes out to hold the foe in place. The green man makes a vine Strike against the triggering creature. If the attack hits, the green man disrupts the action. If the creature was Flying when its action was disrupted, it falls. Absorb Magic (1 action). The green man's vines leach away magic and transform it into life essence for the green man. On a successful vine Strike, the green man attempts to counteract one spell active on the target (typically one vexing the green man, or determined randomly if they aren't aware of specific effects), with a counteract rank of 10 and a modifier of +38. If the effect is counteracted, the green man gains 30 temporary Hit Points that last for 10 minutes. Embed. The green man's thorns embed themselves into any creature they damage, taking root into the ground. A target damaged by a thorn has its Speeds halved, and it can't Step, Fly, or otherwise leave the ground until the thorn is removed. Removing a thorn requires 3 Interact actions, which don't have to be consecutive. If the creature performing the final action doesn't succeed at a DC 45 Medicine check as part of that action, the target takes 10d6 piercing damage upon the thorn's removal. Focus Vines (2 actions). The green man focuses all their vines against a single vexing foe, making a single vine Strike. On a success, the target takes 5d10 additional damage and is affected by Absorb Magic three times. Even on a failure, the target takes the normal effects of a hit with a vine Strike, but on a critical failure, the vines miss completely. Green Grab. A green man can use their Improved Grab action against a creature of any size. Green Rituals. A green man can perform all their rituals without secondary casters, relying on their own primal ties to the vital essence in spirits of nature. A green man's Awaken Animal and Primal Call rituals work on plants instead of their usual range of choices. Most green men also know the ritual to create various types of leshys and possibly even magic allowing the creation of arboreals or more powerful plant creatures. Vine Forest (2 actions). The green man lashes out with all six vines to attack many opponents. They make up to six vine Strikes, each against a different target; this counts as one attack for their multiple attack penalty, increasing only after all the attacks are made. Improved Grab (free action). Trigger The monster's last action was a successful Strike that lists Improved Grab in its damage entry, or the monster has a creature Grabbed or Restrained. Effect If used after a Strike, the monster attempts to Grapple the creature using the body part it attacked with as a free action. This attempt neither applies nor counts toward the creature's multiple attack penalty. The monster can instead use Improved Grab as an action and choose one creature it's grabbing or restraining with an appendage that has Improved Grab to automatically extend that condition to the end of the monster's next turn.
Common Questions
How much HP does a Green Man have?
525 hit points.
What level is a Green Man?
Level 24.
What is a Green Man's Armor Class?
AC 51.
How fast can a Green Man move?
Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft.
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