A tendriculos can rear up to a height of 15 feet. It weighs about 3,500 pounds.
Prowling deep forests or waiting in vegetated areas (looking like nothing more than a small hillock), a tendriculos attacks savagely, showing no
fear. It attempts to swallow as much flesh as it can, as quickly as it can.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a tendriculos must hit a creature at least one size smaller than itself with its bite attack. It can then attempt to start a
grapple as a
free action without provoking an
attack of opportunity. If it wins the
grapple check, it establishes a hold and can try to swallow the opponent in the following round. A tendriculos can also use its
improved grab ability on a tendril attack. If it wins the
grapple check, it establishes a hold, picks up the opponent, and transfers it to the mouth as a
free action, automatically dealing bite
damage.
Swallow Whole/Paralysis (Ex): A tendriculos can try to swallow a grabbed opponent by making a successful
grapple check. Once inside the plant's mass, the opponent must succeed on a DC 20 Fortitude save or be paralyzed for 3d6 rounds by the tendriculos's digestive juices, taking 2d6 points of acid
damage per round. A new save is required each round inside the plant. The save DC is Constitution-based. A swallowed creature that avoids
paralysis can
climb out of the mass with a successful
grapple check. This returns it to the plant's maw, where another successful
grapple check is needed to get free. A swallowed creature can also cut its way out by using a
light slashing or piercing weapon to deal 25 points of
damage to the tendriculos's interior (AC 14). Once the creature exits, the plant's regenerative capacity closes the hole; another swallowed opponent must cut its own way out. A Huge tendriculos's interior can hold 2 Large, 8 Medium, 32 Small, 128 Tiny, or 512 Diminutive or smaller opponents.
Regeneration (Ex): Bludgeoning weapons and acid deal normal
damage to a tendriculos. A tendriculos that loses part of its body mass can regrow it in 1d6 minutes. Holding the severed portion against the mass enables it to reattach instantly.