Perception +8; darkvision
Skills Athletics +10, Intimidation +7, Stealth +7 (+12 in forests)
Str +4, Dex +1, Con +3, Int –5, Wis +1, Cha +0
AC 19; Fort +12, Ref +6, Will +8
HP 45, negative healing; Immunities death effects, disease, mental, paralyzed, poison, unconscious; Weaknesses axe vulnerability, fire 5; Resistances bludgeoning 5, piercing 5
Axe Vulnerability An arboreal snag takes 5 additional damage from axes.
Putrid Sap (disease, necromancy, primal) If the arboreal snag takes damage from a piercing attack, nauseating green pus spurts from the wound. Creatures within 10 feet of the snag must succeed at a DC 20 Fortitude save or be sickened 1 (sickened 2 on a critical failure). Creatures that attempt this save are then temporarily immune for 1 hour.
Attack of Opportunity Trigger A creature within the monster’s reach uses a manipulate action or a move action, makes a ranged attack, or leaves a square during a move action it’s using. Effect The monster attempts a melee Strike against the triggering creature. If the attack is a critical hit and the trigger was a manipulate action, the monster disrupts that action. This Strike doesn’t count toward the monster’s multiple attack penalty, and its multiple attack penalty doesn’t apply to this Strike.
Speed 20 feet
Melee branch +12 (reach 10 feet), Damage 1d10+6 bludgeoning plus Grab
Melee root +12, Damage 1d8+6 bludgeoning plus Knockdown
Ranged rock +12 (brutal, range increment 30 feet), Damage 1d8+6 bludgeoning
Throw Rock The monster picks up a rock within reach or retrieves a stowed rock and throws it, making a ranged Strike.