Firethorn shoot

Firethorn shoot Level 44 Family Plant family creatures Body Type Plantlife Area(s) Found Fhorian Village BCS Yes HP 260 Speed

Attack Attributes Physical Attacks Ensnare (attack) 244 AS Stinger (attack) 254 AS Misc. Offensive Spells Tangleweed (610)

Defense Attributes Armor Double Leather (natural) ASG 8N Defensive Strength (DS) Melee Ranged Bolt Unarmed Defense Factor UDF Target Defense (TD) Bard Base Cleric Base Empath Base Paladin Base Ranger Base Sorcerer Base 167 Wizard Base Minor Elemental 176 Major Elemental Minor Spiritual Major Spiritual Minor Mental

Treasure Attributes Coins Gems Magic Items Boxes Skin a pulsating firethorn shoot Other

The firethorn shoot is comprised of a light brown, round, bamboo-like stalk rising off flexible roots.  Near the top, several leafy green fronds, laden with thorns, curl away from the main stalk.  A mobile, half-intelligent plant, the firethorn shoot ambles about looking for carriers in which to implant its thorny seeds in the hope that they will be taken far from the original plant to grown a new firethorn shoot.  Unfortunately, the implantation process often kills the carrier.

Hunting strategies

Take care with your defense, firethorn attacks have a nasty habit of flaring extremely powerful fire crits upon successful attack (similar to kiramon electric crits)

Other information

Skinning a Firethorn results in a pulsating firethorn shoot - which, when eaten, cures poison.

Tangleweed

>A firethorn shoot suddenly flails about wildly with surprising speed!
Dozens of long thorns suddenly grow out from the ground underneath your feet!
[SMR result: -125 (Open d100: 65)]

References

• Shoot on Wikipedia

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