Vegetable Sprite
| Stats | HD 1 (4) BR 0 Size 5' Weight 6# Max. Load 4# Run 40' |
| Group | 1d6 potting / 3d6 patch / 2d6 × 5 field |
| Desc. | Uprooted vegetables with rootlike limbs. No faces. Pattering feet, cracking stems. |
| Wants | Rich soil, shiny things, compost. Hates herbivores with religious intensity. |
| Intellect | Stupid. Easily distracted mob mentality. Fixates on bright lights. |
| Morality | Surprisingly little. Will maul a farmer over a grudge. |
- Tiny Fists (Natural Weapon): 1 Physical.
- Flashy Spectacle: You are entranced by displays of magic and other flashy and colorful effects like fireworks. If a spell is cast or other spectacle occurs, you must Save or stare entranced for 1 Round.
The spirits of least vegetables and plants, risen for some troublesome purpose.
Treasure: Delicious vegetables — potentially chopped, roasted, or skewered in advance.
When Eaten
Remarkably fresh and crisp, as though picked moments ago. Slightly warm.
No special effect, but eating a creature that was recently trying to kill you is its own reward. Farmers consider it poetic justice.
| d66 | What Vegetable? |
|---|---|
| 11–13 | Carrot — Laying in wait in the garden as an ambush. |
| 14–16 | Cabbage — Chittering animatedly in a fairy ring. |
| 21–23 | Bok choy — Mauling a local farmer. |
| 24–26 | Radish — Dancing around a deer head on a pike. |
| 31–33 | Pumpkin — Running off with bushels of stolen grains. |
| 34–36 | Onion — Collecting shiny treasures from everywhere in reach. |
| 41–43 | Turnip — Taking baths in a stream or river. |
| 44–46 | Garlic — Mocking charades of the locals. |
| 51–53 | Eggplant — Standing hypnotized in a huge crowd, watching a windmill rotate. |
| 54–56 | Tomato — Herding a hostage family out of town. Villagers are panicked. |
| 61–63 | Broccoli — Sunbathing in the blood of a creature. |
| 64–66 | Potato — A rain dance; 3-in-6 chance of success. |
| d66 | Cause for Vegetable Uprising |
|---|---|
| 11–13 | Fairy convinced them they should be eating people. |
| 14–16 | Local garden has gotten tired of the rabbit infestation (and negligent farmers). |
| 21–23 | Dehydrated. Blood is as good as water. |
| 24–26 | Believe they're owed some of the farm's wealth. Does not know what wealth is. |
| 31–33 | Orchestrated by one species of crop that isn't moving, hoping the others die. |
| 34–36 | Soil's gone bad. They're raiding local compost heaps and making corpses. |
| 41–43 | Garden is too shaded; warring with the neighbors for better land. |
| 44–46 | Apprentice magician must be beheaded for his faux pas. |
| 51–53 | Migration. No reason why. The locals will starve if their harvest runs away. |
| 54–56 | Wild, unproductive, unpalatable vegetables muscling in on good territory (fields). |
| 61–63 | Farmer with a grudge against the mayor has found a willing army. |
| 64–66 | The villagers have angered the local forest spirits. |