XP 2,400
N Medium plant
Init +3; Senses low-light vision, tremorsense 60 ft.; Perception -1
Defense
AC 16, touch 14, flat-footed 12 (+1 dodge, +2 natural, +0 size, +3 Dex)
hp 31 (7d8+0)
Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +1
Defensive Abilities Immune plant traits
Offense
Speed 30 ft.
Space 5 ft., Reach 0 ft.
Special Attacks explode
Statistics
Str 8, Dex 16, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 8, Cha 2
Base Atk +5; CMB +4; CMD 17 (21 vs. trip)
Feats Dodge, Following Step, Stealthy, Step Up
Skills Perception -1, Stealth +15
SQ camouflage, opportunistic stealth
Ecology
Environment any (forests and jungles)
Organization solitary, conflagration (2-8)
Treasure none
Special Abilities
Camouflage (Ex) Creepers gain a +4 bonus to stealth in areas with abundant greenery such as in a forest or jungle.
Explode (Ex) Creepers spread their spores in a violent eruption, preferrably one close enough to an unwitting creature to take them out so that the spores can grow in the corpse. Creepers can explode as a full-round action dealing 7d8 points of damage to all creatures within 15 feet at the beginning of the creeper's next turn. Affected creatures can make a DC 15 reflex save to halve the damage taken. Any ongoing effects affecting the creeper when it explodes apply to any creature that failed their save for the remaining duration. Creatures which are currently flat-footed against the creeper are denied their dexterity bonus. If no creatures are within 20 feet at the beginning of its turn, the creeper can make a DC 11 reflex save. On a successful save the creeper does not explode. If the creeper does explode it immediately dies.
Opportunistic Stealth (Ex) Creepers are skilled at making their way behind a potential target while they are distracted by combat. A creeper is treated as having sufficient cover from all target creatures to hide using stealth so long as the last directionally oriented action the target creature made in the last turn interacted with (such as by attacking or casting a spell on) a creature or area opposite the creeper. When in doubt about whether the creature or area is on the opposite side of the target from the creeper, trace an imaginary line from the center of the creeper's square to the center of the region of the creature or area the target last interacted with. If the line passes through opposite borders of the target's space (including corners of those borders), then the creature or area is opposite the creeper.