5e mandrake1/25/2024 Against folk they find vile, they will attack, often in great numbers. Against folk they find irksome, they will avoid. Most mandragoras get along well with light-hearted fey races and goodly humanoids. Planting a berry and providing it proper care yields a new mandragora sprout that matures in 8 years. The berries are poisonous, and are treated as a dose of mandragora's blood poison. A typical mandragora produces from 2 to 4 of the berries (roll 2d2 to determine randomly). These flowers grow into reddish-orange tomato-like berries ready for harvest by late summer. In early spring, on the tops of their heads, mandragoras sprout several flower stalks with pale violet flowers. Male mandragoras put off flower stalks, but do not produce berries. Mandragoras, unlike their mandrake cousins, do come in male and female plants. They have capillaries that pump poison blood, eyes to see and a mouth to speak and breathe with. Unlike most plant creatures, the mandragora does have some anatomy. Since plants lack muscles and skeletons, the mandragora's internal anatomy is vague. They are lighter in color compared to their mandrake cousins, ranging from light browns and grays, to pale greens and ivories. Their legs, rather short and stumpy with stubby little toes, carry them with surprising agility.Ī mandragora's hide is surprisingly smooth, shedding dirt easily. Mandragora's have long arms that reach nearly to the ground as they stand, ending in slender root fingers. A mandragora's mouth is nothing more than a large slit through its head filled with tiny sharp teeth. These leaves ruffle and flinch with the mandragora's behavior. A tuft of long, broad leaves sprouts from the tops of their heads, often covering their small black eyes. Their bulbous head takes up nearly a third of their height. Mandragoras stand about as tall as halflings, but are rounder, with a simplistic, roughly humanoid appearance. Their body is the humanoid-shaped root of the plant, with the leaves growing at the top of their heads. Mandragoras, for being closely related to the mandrakes, are smaller and "cleaner". Mandragoras spend most of their time buried in the ground, resting and regaining their strength. Some madragoras have mean streaks, especially wild ones, and have been known to play cruel pranks on folks, biting them to deliver their poison and then waiting for them to fall unconsciousness, where the mandragora then buries the individual up to his neck in the ground. Their life is vitalized by the sun and the magic in the soil.Īs if touched by a fey spirit, mandragoras are typically bright and cheerful optimists, ready to laugh, frolic and enjoy life and nature. Mandragoras spring from the deep uncharted areas of the wild and wondrous world. Summary::Small and cheerful fey-like rootfolk with poisonous bites.
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