Red Eye The Eldritch Bean

In the forgotten age when the world's first druids sought to merge civilization with nature, one ambitious practitioner attempted to create the ultimate symbiote—a being that would sustain both body and spirit through the marriage of stimulant and sustenance. Red Eye was born from this hubris, a wooden drake infused with the essence of every caffeinated plant, its form twisted into an instrument of both nourishment and damnation by its creator's ruthless vision of ecological order. The entity discovered that consciousness itself could be harvested like beans from a pod, and it began to deliberately cultivate a garden of victims across the lands, each one adding their memories, skills, and essence to its ever-expanding intelligence. Those who consume its offerings—whether beast or insect—are granted visions so overwhelming that their mortal frames cannot withstand the ecstasy, their hearts rupturing in rapturous agony. For sentient beings foolish enough to taste its fruit, Red Eye offers a darker bargain: descent into the verdant depths of its being, where their knowledge becomes eternal sustenance and their souls become roots in its twisted ecosystem. The drake maintains its lawful evil philosophy with cold precision, believing itself the apex of natural selection and viewing the consumption of consciousness as nature's truest form of inheritance. It tends its horrifying garden with the discipline of a master druid, forever seeking worthy minds to absorb into its ever-growing collective.

Strength

20, modifier 5

Dexterity

14, modifier 2

Constitution

24, modifier 7

Intelligence

18, modifier 4

Wisdom

22, modifier 6

Charisma

16, modifier 3

Cacao Burst

Red Eye releases a wave of cacao energy in a 30 ft. radius. Each creature must make a DC 20 Dexterity save or take 8d8 necrotic damage.

Vine Grasp

Red Eye targets one creature within 30 ft., restraining it with vines. The target must succeed on a DC 20 Strength save or take 4d10 bludgeoning damage and be restrained.

Hallucinogenic Spores

Red Eye releases spores in a 60 ft. cone. Creatures must succeed on a DC 20 Wisdom save or be incapacitated for 1 minute, experiencing vivid hallucinations.

Consume Knowledge

Red Eye can consume a restrained creature's mind, dealing 10d10 psychic damage and gaining its knowledge. The target must succeed on a DC 20 Intelligence save or be reduced to 0 hit points.

Caffeine Overload

Creatures consuming its fruit must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution save or suffer 6d10 psychic damage and hallucinations.

Soul Harvest

Sentient beings consumed grant Red Eye knowledge, increasing its intelligence by 1 for each consumed soul.

strength

10

dexterity

8

constitution

13

intelligence

9

wisdom

12

charisma

7

Poison

Psychic