b'Blackthorn Dryad \n'b'  Medium   fiend ,  neutral evil  \n'b'  Armor Class  16 (natural armor)  Hit Points  85 (10d8+40)  Speed  30 ft.\n'b' STATS STR: 18 (+4) DEX:  15 (+2)  CON:  18 (+4)  INT:  11 (+0)  WIS:  12 (+1)  CHA:  18 (+4)  \n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'  Saves   Con  +7,  Wis  +4  Skills   Perception  +4,  Stealth  +8  Damage Resistances  cold; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks that aren\xe2\x80\x99t silvered  Damage Immunities  fire, poison  Condition Immunities   poisoned   Senses   darkvision  120 ft., passive  Perception  14  Languages  Infernal, Sylvan, telepathy 120 ft.  Challenge  8 (3,900 XP) \n'b' SPECIAL TRAITS \n'b'\n'b'  Devil\xe2\x80\x99s Sight . Magical  darkness  doesn\xe2\x80\x99t impede the blackthorn\xe2\x80\x99s  darkvision . \n'b'  Innate Spellcasting : The blackthorn\xe2\x80\x99s innate spellcasting ability is  Charisma  (spell save DC 15). The  dryad  can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'  At will : druidcraft \n'b'  3/day each :  entangle , goodberry \n'b'  1/day each :  barkskin ,  pass without trace ,  shillelagh  \n'b'\n'b'  Magic Resistance . The blackthorn has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. \n'b'  Speak with Beasts and Plants . The blackthorn can communicate with beasts and plants as if they shared a language. \n'b'\n'b' ACTIONS \n'b'\n'b'  Multiattack . The blackthorn makes two attacks with its thorny vines. \n'b'  Thorny Vine .  Melee Weapon Attack : +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target.  Hit : 11 (2d6 + 4) slashing damage. The target is  grappled  (escape DC 14) if the blackthorn isn\xe2\x80\x99t already grappling a creature. Until this grapple ends, the target is  restrained  and takes 7 (2d6) piercing damage at the start of each of its turns. \n'b'  Animate Vines (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest) . Up to four vines, bushes, trees, or other living plants the blackthorn can see within 60 feet of it magically sprout razor-edged thorns and animate under the blackthorn\xe2\x80\x99s control, provided that the plants aren\xe2\x80\x99t being worn or carried. Each animated plant is an object with AC 20, 20  hit points ,  resistance  to bludgeoning damage, and immunity to psychic and lightning damage. When the blackthorn uses Multiattack on its turn, it can use each animated plant to make one additional thorny vine  attack  (for a total of up to six attacks). An animated plant can grapple one creature of its own but can\xe2\x80\x99t make attacks while grappling. An animated plant reverts to its inanimate state if reduced to  0 hit points  or if the blackthorn is  incapacitated  or dies. \n'b'  Fey Charm . The blackthorn targets one humanoid or beast that she can see within 30 feet of her. If the target can see the blackthorn, it must succeed on a DC 15  Wisdom  saving throw or be magically  charmed . The  charmed  creature regards the blackthorn as a trusted friend to be heeded and protected. Although the target isn\xe2\x80\x99t under the blackthorn\xe2\x80\x99s control, it takes the blackthorn\xe2\x80\x99s requests or  actions  in the most favorable way it can. Each time the blackthorn or its allies do anything harmful to the target, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success. Otherwise, the effect lasts 24 hours or until the blackthorn dies, is on a different plane of existence from the target, or ends the effect as a bonus action. If a target\xe2\x80\x99s saving throw is successful, the target is immune to the blackthorn\xe2\x80\x99s Fey Charm for the next 24 hours. The blackthorn can have no more than one humanoid and up to three beasts  charmed  at a time. \n'b'\n'b' ABOUT \n'b' Blackthorns are the accursed offspring of dryads and those chain devils that corrupt mortals and fey alike with terrible bargains, generally involving cruelly tormenting chosen enemies. Always female, blackthorns have lithe, slender figures like their dryad mothers but ragged skin like blighted bark, with blackened vines of razor-sharp thorns in place of the chains of their chain devil fathers. \n'b'  Leafblighter . Blackthorns bond with a tree as a dryad does, but they are parasitic rather than symbiotic with their bonded tree, gradually withering and choking it with clinging vines over the course of 1d6 weeks. Once the host tree dies, the blackthorn is frightened of all non-plant creatures until she bonds with a new tree. \n'b'  Bound by Fey Bargains . A blackthorn dryad can be summoned with conjure fey or similar magical effects as if she were a fey of the same Challenge level.'