Understandably, getting in close and allowing someone to slash them to scatter their Spores isn’t terribly efficient, which is also why they can spread them via their Puffball. A Leshy’s far-off allies are also much, MUCH more difficult to target unless the victim manages to close in, giving their friends “cover” without actually giving them physical cover. Spores aren’t immediately useful to the Fungus Leshy itself, because it’s a melee battler and will thus be within 10 feet of its attacker, but if the Leshy has an ally? THEN they really shine, because any ranged attack coming from more than 10 feet away denies the victim their Dex bonus to AC. Anyone attacking a Fungus Leshy causes a cloud of noxious spores to erupt from the creature’s wounds, these spores clinging to the eyes and clouding the victim’s vision, making it impossible for them to see anything past 10 feet for a full minute. It’s much better in a support role because of its Spores. Not especially dangerous, but a Fungus Leshy is hardly made for actually fighting.

They have a bog standard claw-claw-bite attack, their claws so small that they only deal 1d3 damage each, and their bite 1d6. I say “wrath,” but even at level 2, a Fungus Leshy is unlikely to put up much more than a round or two of battle. Fungus Leshy are no more violent or ill-tempered than any typical human, though anyone needlessly destroying their fungus gardens will be met with their tiny wrath. Left to their own devices, Leshy merely tend to the growth of the plants and fungi around them, caring for them as gardeners. Leshy are essentially plant golems, and thus match the alignment of their creator rather than any true alignment for themselves.

These tiny critters look nasty and vicious, but they’re a member of the Leshy race, a race of tiny plant-based constructs infused with a ‘soul’ of nature’s spirit.

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