# Drudge Pitcher

*Huge* *Plant* *unaligned*

- **Armor Class:** 16 (natural armor)
- **Hit Points:** 168 (16d12+64)
- **Speed:** walk 20 ft. climb 20 ft.
- **Challenge Rating:** 10 (5,900 XP)
- **Source:** Tome of Beasts 3, page 161

| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 20 (+5) | 8 (-1) | 18 (+4) | 5 (-3) | 10 (+0) | 3 (-4) |

- **Skills:** perception +0
- **Damage Vulnerabilities:** fire
- **Damage Immunities:** necrotic
- **Damage Resistances:** bludgeoning, piercing
- **Condition Immunities:** blinded, deafened, exhaustion
- **Senses:** blindsight 60' (blind beyond), passive Perception 10
- **Languages:** —

### Special Abilities

- **Undead Creator:** When a creature dies while trapped inside it's pitcher pitcher regains 11 (2d10) hp and corpse of creature rises as a zombie. This works like the animate dead spell except zombie stays under pitcher's control for 1d4 days. At end of this duration or when pitcher is destroyed corpse melts into a puddle of necrotic slime.

### Actions

- **Multiattack:** Five Vine Slams. It can make one Pitcher Swallow in place of two Vine Slams.
- **Vine Slam:** Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, 15 ft., one target, 12 (2d6+5) bludgeoning damage.
- **Pitcher Swallow:** Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, 15 ft., one target, 12 (2d6+5) bludgeoning damage + 7 (2d6) necrotic. If target is a Large or smaller creature scooped up into the pitcher (DC 16 Dex negates). A creature scooped up into a pitcher is blinded and restrained has total cover vs. attacks and other effects outside pitcher and takes 10 (3d6) necrotic at start of each of pitcher's turns. Pitcher has 4 pitchers each of which can have only one creature at a time. If pitcher takes 30+ damage on a single turn from a creature inside one of its pitchers pitcher must make DC 14 Con save at end of that turn or spill that creature out of the pitcher. Creature falls prone in a space within 5 ft. of pitcher. If pitcher dies a creature in a pitcher is no longer restrained by it and can escape using 15 ft. of movement.