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Crossroads Plants: Bat Seed Bush

Oct 12th, 2020 by

Illustration of a flock of purple bat-like shapes silhouetted against pink and purple clouds at sunset.

 

Safety Rating: Mildly dangerous.

Environment: Tropical forests.

Details: Bat Seed Bush is a shade-loving bush with broad, pointed leaves. It has dramatic purple seed pods that open to release seeds with gray-purple bat wings. These seeds fly off in flocks that gather together in the treetops for mutual protection.

Anytime that the flock spots someone approaching them, the bat seeds start flying in a mesmerizing pattern that entrances or disorients anything that sees it. Bat seed flocks have been known to cause collisions and make travelers lose their way. Even those who resist the mesmerizing magic of the bat seed flock find that the pattern seriously limits visibility, making safe travel more difficult. As a result, most people do their best to avoid bat seed flocks.

Lore: Some flying predators, like eagles and hawks, take advantage of bat seed flocks. These predators perch near a flock, waiting for a hapless animal to be mesmerized or disoriented by its magic. Continue Reading »

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Crossroads Plants: The Blustering Tree

Oct 12th, 2020 by

Illustration of a tree that has a trunk with diamond shaped holes in it. Original photo is CC BY-SA 3.0.

 

Safety Rating: Harmless.

Environment: Deserts.

Details: This harmless tree protects itself by imitating the Swarm Tree. Like the Swarm Tree, it has a distinctive hollow trunk that has a lot of little holes going through it. This gives its trunk a basket-like appearance. There is a constant buzzing sound coming from the tree, as if there is a wasp nest inside it. If anyone approaches, the buzzing gets louder.

Lore: The Blustering Tree is frequently found growing near a Swarm Tree. The two key signs that a tree is a Blustering Tree rather than a Swarm Tree is the fact that there are no insects going in or out of the holes in its trunk (determined using the Perception skill) and the presence of Air Magic that is used to create the buzzing sound (determined using the Arcana skill or Analytic Magic).

 

The Blustering Tree is part of the Crossroads Setting for the tabletop role-playing game, Magic Goes Awry. Click here to go to the list of wild and whimsical magical plants from the Land of Crossroads.

 

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Crossroads Plants: Stone Root

Oct 11th, 2020 by

Illustration of a plant with plates of gray, stone-like bark protecting its roots. Its green heart-shaped leaves trail over nearby orange stone. Original photo by Andrew massyn – Own work, Public Domain.

 

Safety Rating: Harmless

Environment: Deserts.

Details: This small succulent bush with heart shaped leaves stores water in large bulbs within its roots. It protects these bulbs by encasing them in armor-like bark made of stone plates. Over many years of growth, these stone roots build up into mounds that collect wind-born debris, building up the soil. A number of small desert animals find shelter in the cracks between its stony roots.

Photo Inspiration: Dioscorea elephantipes.

 

Stone Root is part of the Crossroads Setting for the tabletop role-playing game, Magic Goes Awry. Click here to go to the list of wild and whimsical magical plants from the Land of Crossroads.

 

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Crossroads Plants: Eyestalk Bush

Oct 11th, 2020 by

Close up illustration of white berries with black dots on red stalks. Original photo by Robert E. Wright – uploaded from en wiki, CC BY-SA 3.0.

 

Safety Rating: Mildly Dangerous.

Environment: Temperate forests.

Details: Eyestalk Bush has white berries growing on red stalks. These berries have black dots that make them look like little eyeballs. When a person or animal approaches the bush, the eyes rotate toward them as if the bush is staring at them and they experience its fear-inducing magic.

Lore: It is believed that this magical fear effect is used to scare off herbivores.

Magical Fear: Anyone that gets close to this bush must roll their magical defense.

  • 0 Successes: A failure means that the character must move at top speed away from the Eyestalk Bush until they can’t see, hear, or otherwise perceive it anymore.
  • 1 Success: A partial success means that this bush is so creepy that the character can’t get any closer to it than they currently are, but they don’t have to move away from it.
  • 2 Successes: A full success means that the character is not afraid of this bush.
  • 3 Successes: An outstanding success means that the character is not afraid of this bush and has become resistant to emotion altering magic for the rest of the scene. This means that they are prepared on any mental defense rolls made to resist Emotion Magic. Alternatively, instead of becoming resistant, the character can shield another character from this fear effect.

Inspiration: Doll’s Eyes, also known as White Baneberry Plant, has red stalks that have white berries with black dot on them.

 

Eyestalk Bush is part of the Crossroads Setting for the tabletop role-playing game, Magic Goes Awry. Click here to go to the list of wild and whimsical magical plants from the Land of Crossroads.

 

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Crossroads Plants: Night Light Fungus

Oct 11th, 2020 by

Illustration of two broad, flat mushrooms that are glowing a warm golden color.

 

Safety Rating: Beneficial.

Environment: This fungus is most common in tropical forests, but can also be found in temperate forests.

Details: The mushrooms of this bioluminescent fungus shed a bright light that makes them convenient to use for nighttime illumination in those regions where they grow well. Night Light Fungus grows on decaying wood, so long term use of this fungus depends on providing it with a sufficient food supply. While wild Night Light Fungus glows green, a number of varieties that glow different colors have been bred.

Inspiration: This fungus was inspired by the different species of bioluminescent fungi in our world. They glow brighter in the night (increased glowing is triggered by the drop in temperature at night). The wood itself glows faintly.

 

Night Light Fungus is part of the Crossroads Setting for the tabletop role-playing game, Magic Goes Awry. Click here to go to the list of wild and whimsical magical plants from the Land of Crossroads.

 

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Crossroads Plants: Memory Flower

Oct 11th, 2020 by

Illustration of trumpet shaped flowers with yellowish bases that shade into a peachy pink.

 

Safety Rating: Harmless.

Environment: Mountains.

Details: Also known as the Glue Flower, this alpine vine has variegated pink and orange trumpet-shaped flowers that have magical properties. To each person they smell just like the best thing that person has ever smelled and that smell brings with it a magical compulsion to stick their nose in the flower to enjoy the smell. Anyone who does so soon finds that the flower’s bright yellow pollen has glued itself to their nose and forehead.

Memory Flower’s usual pollinator is the Brown Slime Mouse, which is a small slime creature the size and shape of a mouse. Its slime is a translucent light brown, which helps it camouflage, and it has a long, stretchy nose that it uses to drink nectar from flowers. The Memory Flower’s pollen is coated in a strong glue to help it stick to the Brown Slime Mouse’s head.

The magically attractive scent of the Memory Flower also entices a wide range of other creatures to pollinate it. Many sapient species prize the Memory Flower and its memory invoking scent. As a result, Memory Flower is one of the most frequently cultivated magical flowers.

Lore: This flower has many uses. The pollen is used to make a powerful glue, while an extract made from the stigmas can be used to dissolve even the most powerful glues, and the flower petals are used in both perfume making and in Mind Magic treatments for memory loss. Continue Reading »

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Crossroads Plants: Floating Mangrove

Oct 11th, 2020 by

Illustration of a small mangrove island at the seashore that is dramatically backlit by the setting sun.

 

Safety Rating: Beneficial.

Environment: Oceans.

Details: This is a mangrove tree that is adapted to float on the ocean. They have an exceptionally wide, raft-like root structure that contains many small, tough air pouches which collectively keep the tree afloat. These roots securely entwine with the roots of other Floating Mangroves, along with any floating debris that they come across. Over time a group of Floating Mangroves can build up an entire floating island.

Lore: There are many aspects of mangrove biology that allow them to thrive while their roots are submerged in salt water. Floating Mangroves have specialized aerial roots that hang down from their branches. These aerial roots take in oxygen for their submerged roots, as well as processing nutrients out of the air.

Inspiration: The biology of mangrove trees and the coconut palm (specifically the way that coconuts float on the ocean to reach new locations).

 

Floating Mangrove is part of the Crossroads Setting for the tabletop role-playing game, Magic Goes Awry. Click here to go to the list of wild and whimsical magical plants from the Land of Crossroads.

 

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Crossroads Plants: Armadillo Vine

Oct 11th, 2020 by

Illustration of a curled up stem with triangular leaves that is slowly unfurling.

 

Safety Rating: Beneficial.

Environment: Tropical forests.

Details: Armadillo Vines grow on the sides of pathways, extending their long stems with their feathery leaves out into the sunny patch in the middle of the path. Whenever one of their leaves is touched, the whole vine will suddenly curl up, pulling itself out of harm’s way. Because Armadillo Vines often overlap each other, brushing up against the leaves of just one Armadillo Vine can cause a sequential reaction that clears an entire pathway. Then, once the pathway is again free of treading feet, the Armadillo Vines slowly uncurl themselves back out across the path.

The name Armadillo Vine comes from the scaly gray bark on this vine’s stems which make it look like an armadillo when it is curled up.

Lore: Because of their sensitivity to being touched, Armadillo Vines don’t grow next other types of moving plants. This makes them a useful tool for travelers looking to find safe routes through dangerous areas. The presence of open Armadillo Vines in a pathway is also an indication that nothing large has recently moved through that area.

Inspiration: The shy plant (mimosa pudica) that folds up its leaves when they are touched.

 

Armadillo Vine is part of the Crossroads Setting for the tabletop role-playing game, Magic Goes Awry. Click here to go to the list of wild and whimsical magical plants from the Land of Crossroads.

 

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Crossroads Plants: Floating Pond Bromeliad

Oct 10th, 2020 by

Illustration of a bromeliad with green outer leaves and red inner leaves with a small pond in its center. The pond has lily pads and three white flowers.

 

Safety Rating: Harmless.

Environment: Cliff sides in tropical forests.

Details: This enormous bromeliad from the Cloud Mountains hovers in the air. It has long trailing roots which anchor it so that it doesn’t float away, though it does shift around in the air with the direction of the wind. Floating Ponds are typically found anchored to the sides of cliffs.

When full grown, a Floating Pond’s enormous red-green leaves form a cup so big that it holds an entire pond, with the largest ones reaching the size of an average swimming pool. These ponds are teaming with life, including water plants, insects, frogs, and even fish. In the Cloud Mountains, Winged Fish can sometimes being seen gliding between Floating Ponds.

Inspiration: Saxicolous bromeliads.

 

Floating Pond Bromeliad is part of the Crossroads Setting for the tabletop role-playing game, Magic Goes Awry. Click here to go to the list of wild and whimsical magical plants from the Land of Crossroads.

 

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Crossroads Plants: Fog Flower

Oct 10th, 2020 by

Illustration of a small white flower with a haze of fog around it among the underbrush.

 

Safety Rating: Mildly dangerous.

Environment: Wetlands.

Details: This small herb grows near bogs. It has little, white, star-shaped flowers that trail wisps of fog. In the dry season, Fog Flower creates nighttime fogs as a way to get water. The fog usually burns away by midday, but it returns in the evening and continues through the night and into the morning. This fog makes traveling through bogs more dangerous, especially if paths are not well marked.

 

Fog Flower is part of the Crossroads Setting for the tabletop role-playing game, Magic Goes Awry. Click here to go to the list of wild and whimsical magical plants from the Land of Crossroads.

 

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