Aritrend

Aritrend was once a familiar bound to a negligent hedge mage who abandoned their post during a plague of supernatural origin, leaving the creature to fend for itself in the rotting libraries of a forgotten tower. Starving and delirious, Aritrend consumed the spore-laden remains of a sentient fungal colony that had been imprisoned within the mage's grimoire, forever altering their essence and granting them access to profane knowledge that transcended mortal comprehension. The transformation twisted Aritrend's form into something between beast and garden, their fur deepening to crimson while the parasitic bloom took root across their spine, each spore a vessel for arcane power that neither fully consumed nor fully rejected the host. Recognizing the opportunity within their new condition, Aritrend sought out the Infectious Collective—a faction of beings who viewed contamination not as curse but as communion—and pledged their allegiance to spreading the systematic corruption of the natural order. Now Aritrend wanders the mortal realm as a feral emissary, bound by strict codes of their pact despite their wild nature, methodically converting settlements into spore-gardens while their fungal symbiote whispers forbidden truths that reshape reality itself. The creature exists in perfect equilibrium between predator and pestilence, neither fully animal nor fully entity, serving forces that promise to remake existence into something gloriously, irrevocably changed.

Strength

14, modifier +2

Dexterity

16, modifier +3

Constitution

20, modifier +5

Intelligence

18, modifier +4

Wisdom

15, modifier +2

Charisma

22, modifier +6

Fungal Infestation

Aritrend targets one creature within 30 ft. The target must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or take 4d10 poison damage and be poisoned for 1 minute.

Arcane Spore Burst

Aritrend releases spores in a 20 ft. radius. Each creature must make a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw, taking 3d8 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.

Corrupting Touch

Melee Spell Attack: +11 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2d10 necrotic damage and the target must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed until the end of its next turn.

Whispers of the Fungal

Aritrend can cast *Suggestion* at will, requiring no spell slots. The target must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed for 1 minute.

Spore Garden Creation

As an action, Aritrend can create a 30 ft. radius spore garden in an unoccupied space within 60 ft. for 1 hour, granting advantage on stealth checks to creatures within.

Fungal Communion

Aritrend can communicate telepathically with fungal entities within 1 mile.

Spore Resilience

Aritrend has resistance to poison and psychic damage.

strength

+5

dexterity

+6

intelligence

+8

wisdom

+5

constitution

+10

charisma

+11

Poison

Psychic