Shambling Mound (Siege of Dragonspear)

Being the only truen1n2 shambling mounds in the, these true neutral hostile plants of neither sex may be encountered at only a few places in Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear.

Locations



 * Underground River: three of them at two places in the southwestern area; two further ones will come to aid Ferrusk in the Corrupted Grove in the southeast


 * Dead Man's Pass: two of them northeast of the Cave
 * Bloodbark Grove: one in the far northeast


 * Dead Man's Pass: one of them northeast of the Cave

Gameplay

 * Shambling mounds move faster than the party, with a factor of 10 opposed to 9.
 * They attack twice per round from an extended melee range of 2&#8239;ft and at a speed of 0 with a THAC0 of 10, while dealing 2d8+8 crushing damage, strength modifiers included. This attack counts as being made by a magical weapon with an enchantment of 3; thus, it can hurt party members and e.g. summoned creatures that are immune to normal weapons and to those with an enchantment of only 2 or below.
 * Unless it has freedom of action, a successful hit will entangle the target for a duration of 3 rounds, immobilizing it and worsening its armor class by 2; this cannot be dispelled.
 * Unlike other shamblers, these can be hurt with magical and normal weapons, regardless enchantment.
 * They still have quite a number of immunities and resistances:
 * they cannot be damaged with crushing weapons and will absorb 50% of all other physical damage
 * they are more than a 100% resistant to electrical damage and will even be healed by it
 * they are 100% resistant to fire and 50% to cold damage
 * they are immune to
 * they are protected  from the following spells:
 * Their effective armor class is 0, while having at least 80 hit points, of which they regenerate 2 per round. Saving throws resemble that of a fighter by the same level, namely eight: 10, 12, 11, 12, 13.
 * The creatures' morale is rather high, 18, and won't fail.
 * Unlike, again, other shamblers in the Enhanced Editions, these are not able to detect illusions.