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Jun 21, 2017 · A shrieker is a purple plant that emits a loud screech when disturbed. Learn its stats, abilities, and how to describe it to your players in this forum thread.
Shriek: When bright light or a creature is within 30 feet of the shrieker, it emits a shriek audible within 300 feet of it. The shrieker continues to shriek until the disturbance moves out of range and for 1d4 of the shrieker's turns afterward. Show Attribute List.
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Shriekers were human-sized mushrooms. They were similar in appearance to violet fungi, but they lacked the ability to move and did not have tentacles with which to poison prey. They could produce a loud, piercing, screaming sound that tended to attract curious creature (or adventurers) to the area. They were immune to the poison of violet fungi.
Shriekers could sense nearby motion or light and would respond with their namesake shriek. Each such screaming sound lasted between five and fifteen seconds. A patch of shriekers relied on violet fungi to kill prey with their poison, since a shrieker could not attack or move on its own. Like violet fungi, shriekers gained their nourishment from the...
Habitat
Shriekers thrived in dark underground environments. Besides being found in large numbers in the Underdark, shriekers also grew on the illithid homeworld. The Flooded Forest was a dark enough environment for shriekers to grow there as well. By the late 14th century DR, shriekers filled the Nemessor Tunnel, an ancient highway in the Underdark that was once part of Shanatar.
Sub-Species
Hedgehog shrieker 1. Endemic to the caverns beneath the Storm Horns mountain range, these shriekers were distinct from the standard variety in three ways. First, their stalks were covered in fur similar to that of a hedgehog, which tasted like sugar. Instead of reacting to motion or light, they only elicited their namesake shriek in the presence of medusae. It was thought that hedgehog shriekers had evolved a natural defense against them as a result of the medusae's fondness for all varieties...
Uses
In the Underdark, shriekers were sometimes placed intentionally to act as intruder alarms. House DeVirplanted a shrieker among every fifth mushroom surrounding its compound to ward off potential attackers. Shriekers were poisonous to most creatures as food; however, the stomachs of hook horrors had adapted to digest them without issue. They were also known to be eaten by purple worms, shambling mounds, and medusae. Cultists of Moander could consume shriekers without being affected by their po...
Around the 14th century DR, some time prior to 1367 DR, the Waymoot town of Minroe discovered the sub-species known as hedgehog shriekers. They domesticated the fungi by feeding them a paste of beetle larvae and decayed choke creeper vines.They became a staple in the town's gardens, acting as an alarm system against medusae. And the town's mushroom...
Appearances
1. Adventures 1.1. Dungeon #20: "The Ship Of Night" • Dungeon #30: "... And a Dozen Eggs" • Dungeon #52: "Welcome to the Krypthome" • Dungeon #94: "Spiral of Manzessine" • Dungeon #206, "Eyes on the Ball" • Hoard of the Dragon Queen Novels 1.1. Homeland Video Games 1.1. Menzoberranzan • Icewind Dale Card Games 1.1. AD&D Trading Cards Board Games 1.1. Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Begins
Shrieker A shrieker is a human-sized mushroom that emits a piercing screech to drive off creatures that disturb it. Other creatures use the fungi as an alarm to signal the approach of prey, and. various intelligent races of the Underdark cultivate shriekers on the outskirts of their communities to discourage trespassers.
A shrieker is a human-sized mushroom that emits a piercing screech to drive off creatures that disturb it. Other creatures use the fungi as an alarm to signal the approach of prey, and various intelligent races of the Underdark cultivate shriekers on the outskirts of their communities to discourage trespassers.
A shrieker is a human-sized mushroom that emits a piercing screech to drive off creatures that disturb it. Other creatures use the fungi as an alarm to signal the approach of prey, and various intelligent races of the Underdark cultivate shriekers on the outskirts of their communities to discourage trespassers.
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Jun 14, 2023 · Description: Prepare yourself for an encounter with the eerie and mystifying Shrieker. These beings resemble oversized fungi, emanating an otherworldly luminescence that pulsates and throbs in the darkness. Abilities: Shriekers can emit high-pitched shrieks that can reverberate through the air, disorienting and startling those in close proximity.
