Blackened decaying tumbleweed

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Blackened decaying tumbleweed
Level 39
Family Tumbleweed family creatures
Body Type Plantlife
Classification(s) corporeal undead
Area(s) Found Frozen Bramble
BCS Yes
HP 380
Speed
Attack Attributes
Physical Attacks
Stinger (attack) 201 252 AS
Combat Maneuvers
Tumbleweed roll
Defense Attributes
Armor
Brigandine Armor (natural) ASG 12N
Defensive Strength (DS)
Melee 265
Ranged
Bolt
Unarmed Defense Factor
UDF 250
Target Defense (TD)
Bard Base
Cleric Base
Empath Base
Paladin Base
Ranger Base
Sorcerer Base 130 to 160
Wizard Base
Minor Elemental 137 to 167
Major Elemental
Minor Spiritual 123 to 153
Major Spiritual
Minor Mental
Treasure Attributes
Coins
Gems crystallized black thorn
Magic Items
Boxes
Skin desiccated stem
Other
Description
Not exactly the best representative of its Species, let alone its Genus, none-the-less, the inclusion of this particular tumbleweed would make a fine addition to anyone's tumbleweed collection.  Just for its uniqueness if nothing else.  Of course unlike most tumbleweed, this one might object to being collected, VIGOUROUSLY.
Assess
The decaying tumbleweed is medium in size and about three feet high in its current state.

Hunting Strategies

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Combat Messaging

Stinger (attack)
A blackened decaying tumbleweed stabs at you with its stinger!
  AS: +201 vs DS: +777 with AvD: +29 + d100 roll: +24 = -523
   A clean miss.
Roll Maneuver
[SMR result: -224 (Open d100: 15)]
With a quick leap to the side, you narrowly avoid being struck as the tumbleweed carries past!  The tumbleweed comes to a sudden stop and twirls a moment before stopping to face the direction it came from!

Other Information

Appearance
You see a fairly typical decaying tumbleweed.
It appears to be in good shape.
It has nothing at this time.
Spawning
Bits of foliage fall from a blackened decaying tumbleweed as it rolls in!
Entering
A blackened decaying tumbleweed spins in kicking up snow as it arrives!
Leaving
A blackened decaying tumbleweed rolls west.
Death
You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the decaying tumbleweed's body and rises into the heavens.
A blackened decaying tumbleweed twists unnaturally as it decomposes into itself.
Decay
A dead and rotted decaying tumbleweed rolls quietly out of sight.

Other Messaging

A blackened decaying tumbleweed bounce up and down smashing its bottom into an even more corrupted mess than it already was.
A blackened decaying tumbleweed spins rapidly in place in hopes possibly of not allowing damage to build up on any one side.
A blackened decaying tumbleweed draws in on itself.


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