b'Patch of Pumpkin Jacks \n'b'  Large   swarm of Small plants ,  neutral evil  \n'b'  Armor Class  15 (natural armor) \n'b' Hit Points  90 (12d10 + 24) \n'b' Speed  30 ft.\n'b' STATS STR: 16 (+3) DEX:  16 (+3)  CON:  15 (+2)  INT:  7 (-2)  WIS:  10 (+0)  CHA:  17 (+3)  \n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'  Saving Throws   Dex  +6,  Cha  +6 \n'b' Skills   Perception  +6,  Survival  +3 \n'b' Damage Resistances  acid \n'b' Damage Immunities  poison \n'b' Condition Immunities   charmed ,  frightened ,  grappled ,  paralyzed ,  petrified ,  poisoned ,  prone ,  restrained ,  stunned  \n'b' Senses   darkvision  60 ft., passive  Perception  16 \n'b' Languages  Sylvan \n'b' Challenge  5 (1,800 XP) \n'b' Proficiency Bonus  +3 \n'b' SPECIAL TRAITS \n'b'\n'b'  Regeneration . The patch regains 10  hit points  at the start of its turn. If the patch takes fire damage, this trait doesn\xe2\x80\x99t function at the start of the patch\xe2\x80\x99s next turn. The patch dies only if it starts its turn with  0 hit points  and doesn\xe2\x80\x99t  regenerate . \n'b'  Swarm . The patch can occupy another creature\xe2\x80\x99s space and vice versa, and the patch can move through any opening large enough for a Small pumpkin jack. The patch can\xe2\x80\x99t regain  hit points  or gain  temporary hit points  except from its Regeneration trait. \n'b'\n'b' ACTIONS \n'b'\n'b'  Multiattack . The patch makes two Claw attacks. \n'b'  Claw .  Melee Weapon Attack : +6 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the patch\xe2\x80\x99s space.  Hit : 10 (2d6 + 3) slashing damage, or 6 (1d6 + 3) slashing damage if the patch has half of its  hit points  or fewer, plus 7 (2d6) poison damage. \n'b'  Cackle (Recharge 4-6) . The patch unleashes a chilling laugh. Each creature of the patch\xe2\x80\x99s choice within 60 feet of it that can hear it must make a DC 14  Charisma  saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 18 (4d8) psychic damage and is  frightened  for 1 minute. A  frightened  creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the creature is  restrained  for 1 minute unless it is immune to the  frightened  condition. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and isn\xe2\x80\x99t  frightened . \n'b'\n'b' TACTICS \n'b' Pumpkin jacks are hunters by nature, filled with a zeal for the destruction of life like the murders that brought them into existence. They are found primarily on the Material Plane, but equally if not, more dangerous breeds have been birthed by murder in the Shadow Realm, Fey Realm, or on any plane that has the soil necessary to gestate the creatures. \n'b' Other creatures known for their murderous zeal have trained pumpkin jacks, keeping the plants as pets and physical warnings of their own personal power. Battles fought with hatred in soldiers\xe2\x80\x99 hearts have birthed entire pumpkin jack patches. While single pumpkin jacks are capable of instilling  fear  in their adversaries with their cackle, patches can freeze foes in their tracks with their murderous chorus. \n'b' ABOUT \n'b' The mixture of blood and soil where pumpkins grow can create something truly terrifying. If the mix is just right and the moon is clear, a pumpkin jack might emerge. Seen from afar, these creatures seem to be lights dancing in the breeze. But when a jack gets closer, their horrific visage becomes clear. \n'b' Pumpkin jacks look like bipedal creatures sewn together from vines. They are most likely to grow in soil beneath where murders have occurred. The more gruesome the murder, the more likely a pumpkin jack will appear. \n'b' Many believe that these creatures require pumpkin seeds to be created, but the truth is that the pumpkin color of its head mostly comes from the gore of a murder mixing with the soil to create its orange hue. \n'b'  Fatal Instinct . The emotion behind the death that spawns a pumpkin jack fuels a murderous drive within it. \n'b' Pumpkin jacks born on other planes take on aspects of those environments in the most aggressive way possible. \n'b'  Poisoned by Hate . The deeds that give rise to a pumpkin jack are heinous, committed by those with  poisoned  souls. \n'b' The poison of these acts courses through the veins of a pumpkin jack, making their strikes even more painful. Some wicked souls have harvested this bile from the jacks to use as a potent poison.'