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Glowspore Mushrooms
Description: These mushrooms are illuminated by
thousands of glowing spores, and can be used as lanterns
by undercity travellers. While they are safely edible, if
incorrectly prepared they can confer the same properties to
those that eat them.
Appearance: Slender green mushrooms with long stems
and small bell shaped caps.
Habitat: Grow happily almost anywhere in the Undercity,
often scattered in beds of other fungi. These mushrooms
are known to form great beds in areas of plentiful biomass,
and can overtake areas of rot-farm as a result.
Effect: The mushrooms glow, providing bright light in a
5-foot radius and dim light for an additional 15 feet. If the
mushroom is picked, it ceases glowing after 24 hours. If a
living creature consumes a lamplight mushroom it must
make a DC 12 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save,
the creature glows green for the remainder of the 24 hours
since that mushroom was picked. The creature provides
bright light in a 5-foot radius and dim light for an additional
15 feet, and has disadvantage on all Dexterity (Stealth)
checks for the duration. This effect can be prevented by
boiling the mushroom for one minute or more.
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Wolf's Fang
Description: Named for its gory appearance, this bark
fungus carries Ravnica's deadliest neurotoxin. The poison
incapacitates one who consumes it, then continues to work
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through them until they are killed. If poisoned this way, and
individual needs help nearby, as they will not be able to
save themselves.
Appearance: Triangular pale fungi covered in glistening
red droplets that resemble blood. The underside is covered
in pointed spines, which, combined with the blood-like
droplets, give fungus its name.
Habitat: Bark of large plants, such as tree stumps. While
most common in the undercity, it often grows in above-
ground woodlands, such as those tended to by the
Selesnya, who quickly destroy it when they find it.
Effect: If a living creature consumes wolf's fang fungus,
it must make a DC 20 Constitution saving throw. On a
failed save, the creature is incapacitated for the duration of
the poisoning, taking 1d12 poison damage every 5 minutes.
Whenever the creature suffers this damage, it may repeat
the save, ending the effect on itself on a success.
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Zombie Fungus
Description: This fungus uses living creatures to spread
its spores, by overriding their brains with a desire to reach
the ideal location to spread its spores. When the infected
creature has reached the top of the nearest tall structure,
the fungus grows out of the creature, nurtured on the
victim's nutrients, until it is able to release spores that drift
down to the ground, where they will eventually grow into
more fungi.
Appearance: Long thin stems, which occasionally end in
rounded heads.
Habitat: Mangrove Roots
Effect: If a living creature inhales the spores of a zombie
fungus, it must make a DC 18 Constitution saving throw.
On a failed save, the gains the following effects:
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The creature ignores any threats to it.
The creature cannot be charmed or frightened.
The creature focuses on climbing the nearest tall
structure, and gains advantage on all Strength
(Athletics) checks made to climb. When it reaches the
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highest point, the creature locks itself in place, gaining
the paralysed condition.
Each hour, the creature's maximum hit points are
reduced by 3d10. When its hit point maximum is
reduced to zero, the creature dies.
When the creature dies, its body remains locked in its
current position, and zombie fungus sprout from its
mouth, eyes, and any other weaker points in its body,
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do not have the same effect, but grow into new zombie
fungus if they land in dark, damp areas.
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Monsters
The undercity is home to a huge variety of fauna that are
all-but unknown to the surface dwellers. Creatures from
the undercity that find their way to the surface are often
treated as legendary monsters (and are promptly slain by
the Boros Legion), but many unknown monstrosities dwell
far out of sight and out of mind of all but the golgari.
Groodions, large disgusting omnivores, and mossdogs,
predatory fungi resembling wolves, are common, even
enough to be known about on the surface. Other larger
creatures are lesser known; stiltstriders and korozda
monitors are two giant beasts that are regularly
domesticated by the golgari, but can also be found
throughout the undercity.
New Undercity Monsters
Challenge Creature
2 Stiltstrider
3 Mossdog
4 Groodion
5 Korozda Monitor
8 Giant Adephage
18 Nightmare Sphinx
20 Sewer Leviathan
Fungal Infestations
As the undercity is heavily overgrown with fungi, a journey
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into Ravnica's underground depths will inevitable be
through tunnels lit by the glow of bioluminescent
mushrooms. As such, the monsters that inhabit the
undercity can often be found under the effects of fungi.
Groodions are voracious, and while their diet makes
them innately resilient, they can be found under the effects
of any type of fungi, such as searching for a route upwards
when under the effects of zombie fungus, or glowing after
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consuming glowspore mushrooms. Korozda monitors are
host to a variety of fungal species growing on their dead
skin, carrying fungi with potentially deadly effects that the
colossal lizards are immune to after centuries of symbiosis
between them and their fungi.
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Many chambers of the undercity are flooded by vast pools
of stagnant water. These underground wetlands are
populated by pale-leaved undercity mangroves, zombie
fungus, and algae, and are breeding grounds for many of
the undercity insects that spawn in water.
Due to the lack of sunlight, many of the plants in these
swamps are predatory, known collectively as woodwraiths
(using the rules for awakened trees). Woodwraiths are
ambush predators, indistinguishable from the other trees
until they attack.
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Sewers
Ravnica's sewers are jointly-managed by the Izzet League
and the Golgari. Rumours persist of sewer leviathans
lurking in these winding channels, but alleged sightings of
these monsters are dismissed as misidentification or the
witnesses' eyes playing tricks on them.
Corpsefloat Valves
The Golgari manage areas of sewer under their control
using walls of fungal growth that function as sluices,
blocking tunnels to aid the Golgari in using the Undercity's
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waterways for transport, creating controlled flows for the
easy moving of goods, either in small barges, or by floating
them in the water - transporting bodies in this manner is
what gives these valves their name.
A corpsefloat valve appears as a wall of fungi and
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vegetation, and can be opened using the druidcraft cantrip.
Depending on from which side it is opened, an unwitting
caster may find themself suddenly riding the flow of water
into a much larger waterway, or washed away by an
incoming deluge of sewer water. A character caught in
either situation can make a DC 13 Strength saving throw,
provided they have something to grab onto, to resist the
flow of water on a successful save, or be washed away on a
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The Deep Undercity
The deeper that one travels into the undercity, the further
from a city it seems. The deepest caves as wild and
untamed as the Gruul-dominated rubblebelts on the
surface, eroded architecture that went out of style millenia
ago being replaced by naturally eroded tunnels through
uncut rock. Tunnels this far down are unfamiliar to most of
the golgari, and the environments vary like nowhere else of
Ravnica. Chambers of massive crystals, tunnels heated by
magma, extinct volcanic tunnels, and deep black lakes are
only some of the unusual features in these cavers out of the
city's reach.
These depths are sparsely lit by occasional glowing
mushrooms, and are home to scattered kraul populations,
as well as some of the forgotten creatures that rarely
venture any closer to the surface. Natural life in the deep
undercity favours smaller creatures, as the tightened
spaces provide protection from predators. The size
restriction naturally does not apply to burrowing creatures
like the giant adephage and wurms. As with the rest of the
undercity, fungi, mosses, slimes and molds are common,
and make up the majority of non-animal life, with many
species adapted to the varied environments, even up to
seperate species evolving in individual chambers to make
the most of their unique resources. On rare occasions,
Simic krasis (of any category) are known to find their way
into the deep undercity through the tunnels that open into
the undersea.
Travelling these depths requires careful planning, and
appropriate equipment, as a journey may lead through
flooded caverns, down vertical shafts, and across flows of
molten rock.
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Giant Adephage
Colossal burrowing beetles, giant adephages are known for
the pheremonic trails that lead more of their kind into
combat when one is attacked.
Burrowing titans. The giant adephage is one of the
largest species of beetle on Ravnica, rivaling in size the
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great beasts that walk the surface. One would assume that
their titanic size would make living in the undercity difficult
for such creatures, but their capability to burrow means
that the tighter passages of the undercity are never left
small enough to pose them a challenge when they have
passed.
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Giant Adephage
Gargantuan beast, unaligned
Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 126(11d12 + 55)
Speed 30ft., burrow 20ft.
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STR DEX CON INT WIS
24 (+7) 10 (+0) 21 (+5) 3 (-4) 11 (+0) 5 (-2)
Saving Throws Con +8, Wis +3
Senses Darkvision 120 ft., Tremorsense 120ft.,
passive Perception 10
Languages -
Challenge 7 (2,9000 XP)
Tunneler. The adephage can burrow through solid
rock at half its burrow speed and leaves a 15-foot-
diameter tunnel in its wake.
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Never really alone. One giant adephage is a terrifying
threat, but the true danger comes from their ability to leave
pheremonic trails as they burrow, which attract others of
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of this, but it ensures that they are never alone when in
danger, ensuring the survival of the species.
Follow the tunnels. The tunnels left in the wake of a
giant adephage often open convenient shortcuts through
the undercity. Some golgari reclaimers keep a close eye on
these tunnels, as on rare occasions a giant adephage may
open a long-forgotten chamber disconnected from the rest
of the undercity, perhaps even dating from before the
signing of the guildpact.
Pheromonic Trail. The giant adephage's pheromone
trail may lead another of its kind towards it. When
the giant adephage is in combat, roll 1d8 at the start
of a giant adephage's turn in initiative. On a 1,
another giant adephage burrows out of the ground
120 feet away from this giant adephage, and enters
combat, rolling initiative.
Titanic Emergence. When the adephage ends its
CHA movement by emerging after burrowing, all creatures
within 5 feet of the point where it ends that
movement must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity
saving throw or fall prone and take 13 (3d8)
bludgeoning damage.
Actions
Multiattack. The giant adephage makes one attack
with its mandibles and two with its trample.
Mandibles. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach
10ft., one target. Hit: 18 (2d10 + 7) slashing
damage.
Trample. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach
10ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d6 + 7) bludgeoning
damage.
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Groodion
Groodions are among the most disgusting creatures on
Ravnica, grotesque armor-plated monstrosities that eat
whatever they can, leaving a trail of toxic drool in their
wake.
Misshapen monsters. Groodions can vary greatly in
their shape, "groodion" being a catch-all term for
unidentified creatures of the undercity that share a few
basic features: resilience, claws, insatiable hunger, and
toxic drool. It's hard to tell with some groodions if they even
have eyes, as they may be hidden beneath translucent
armor plating.
Voracious omnivores. The eating habits of groodions
are indiscriminate - any biological matter thay have access
to is something they'll consider food. As a result, groodions
have what is likely the toughest digestive system on
Ravnica. Their drool is enough to kill anything not already
dead as they eat it, and their internal organs being virulent
enough to break down anything the groodion eats mean
that eating the meat of a groodion should never be advised.
Toxic drool. While the saliva of groodions does serve the
same function as other creatures' saliva, aiding digestion,
groodion's drool is a potent weapon, even before the first
bite. Many variations of groodion have been known salivate
in an inordinate quantity onto their food before eating. This
is also applied when hunting live prey, the groodion using
its drool to coat the area around it, creating a slippery toxic
deathtrap.
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Large monstrosity, neutral evil
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 114 (12d10 + 48)
Speed Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
16 (+3) 9 (-1) 19 (+4) 7 (-2) 11 (+1) 8 (-1)
Saving Throws Con +8
Skills Stealth +3
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Damage Immunities Acid, poison
Condition Immunities Prone
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages -
Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)
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Indomitable digestion. The groodion has
advantage on Constitution saving throws against
any effect that would result from it eating
something.
Steadying Claws. The groodion suffers no
penalties from difficult terrain, and is immune to
the effects of its drool, the spell grease, and other
similar effects that would make it slip.
Actions
its bite and two with its claws.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage. If
the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC
14 Constitution saving throw or take 7 (2d6)
acid damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach
10ft., one target. Hit 7 (1d6 + 4) piercing
damage.
Drool (Recharge 5-6). The groodion excretes toxic
drool on the ground to cover a 20-foot square,
within 5 feet of it. That area becomes difficult
terrain. When the groodion takes this action, each
creature standing in the affected area must
succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw or fall
prone and take 7 (2d6) acid damage. A creature
that enters the area or ends its turn there must
also succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw
or fall prone and take 7 (2d6) acid damage. The
area remains under this effect for ten minutes.
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