Plant, Sunflowers
plant · CR 2 · from Net Monstrous Compendium · by Elf Sternberg
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Climate/Terrain | Temperate Fields |
| Frequency | Rare |
| Organization | Patches |
| Activity Cycle | Day |
| Diet | Carnivore and sunlight |
| Intelligence | Non- (0) |
| Treasure | See below |
| Alignment | Neutral |
| No. of Appearing | 100-9,050,580,200 (100 per sq. yard) |
| Armor Class | 10 |
| Move | 0 |
| Hit Dice | 1 hit point each |
| THAC0 | 20 |
| No. of Attacks | 0 |
| Damage/Attack | 0 |
| Special Attacks | Heat focus (see below) |
| Special Defenses | Nil |
| Magic Resistance | Nil |
| Size | S to G (1 sq. yard to 31 sq. miles) |
| Moral | N/A |
| XP Value | 35 |
(From an idea by Larry Niven)
Description
Sunflowers are silver-faced, semi-carnivorous plants. In large patches the sunflowers not on the edge of the patch have depleted the soil. Sunflowers respond to outside stimuli, and focus sunlight on anything flying overhead, frying it to crisp if they can. They do 1d6 per exponent of 10 sq yards; i.e., 1000 sq yards do 3d6, One square mile (2,919,542 sq yds) does 6d6 points of damage. Range is 300", but at double range they do 1/4 damage, at triple range, 1/8 damage.
On a calculator, take the log 10 of the sq. yardage, and round to the nearest whole.
[This chart assumes rounding down]
| Square Yards | Number of Plants | Damage (3000') |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 9 | 100 - 900 | 0d6 |
| 10 to 99 | 1,000 - 9,900 | 1d6 |
| 100 to 999 | 10,000 - 99,000 | 2d6 |
| 1,000 to 9,999 | 100,000 - 990,000 | 3d6 |
| 10,000 to 99,999 | 1,000,000 - 9,90,000 | 4d6 |
| 100,000 to 999,999 | 10,000,000 - 99,000,000 | 5d6 |
| 1,000,000 to 9,999,999 | 100,000,000 - 990,000,000 | 6d6 |
| 10,000,000 to 99,999,999 | 1,000,000,000 - 9,900,000,000 | 7d6 |
| 100,000,000 to 999,999,999 | 10,000,000,000 - 99,000,000,000 | 8d6 |
| 1,000,000,000 to 9,999,999,999 | 100,000,000,000 - 990,000,000,000 | 9d6 |