Awakened Shrub

Small plant, unaligned

False Appearance. While the shrub remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a normal shrub.

Actions

Rake. Melee Weapon Attack: +1 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 (1d4 - 1) slashing damage.

An awakened shrub is an ordinary shrub given sentience and mobility by the awaken spell or similar magic.

Copies of the awakened shrub (10 XP each) against a party of four characters of the same level. Build mixed fights in the encounter builder.

Number of Awakened Shrub for each difficulty, party of four
Party level	Easy	Medium	Hard	Deadly
Level 1	5–7	8–10	11–13	14–20
Level 2	8–13	14	15–19	20
Level 3	11–14	15–20	—	—

The Awakened Shrub is challenge 0, worth 10 XP, with a proficiency bonus of +2.

10 hit points (3d6), with AC 9.

Against four level 1 characters, 8–10 is medium and 11–13 is hard by the encounter XP budget.