Dragon Peppers (5e PlantFungi)
Dragon pepper[edit]
| “ | The first time ay ate one o does devil teeth I spewed lightnin' outa me throat, it 'urt like hell afta though. | ” |
| —Pirate CorkHood | ||
Physical Description[edit]
Dragon peppers, unlike other peppers, come in a large variety of colors with down-facing leaves better suited for forests and rainy conditions
Stories[edit]
Dragon peppers are feared for their 'supposed' connection to demons and curses but as of yet no proof of unholy origin has occurred. What is known is that these plants share an odd property to burst out in gas, acid or other energy when eaten.
Ecology[edit]
Most humans avoid dragon peppers but some nomadic tribes use them as tribute to Tiamat or some other Dragon god/messiah.
Growth and Harvest[edit]
Dragon peppers come from a bush found in forests and jungles. Due to their superstition, few farms can be found and some over religious cities outlaw them altogether. The pepper spreads its seeds by bursting its peppers sending deadly seed shrapnel in all directions.
Edibility[edit]
When eaten will cause 1 of 5 effects dependent on color
- Red: when eaten the user will exhale fire in a 20-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity save, taking 2d6 damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.
- Blue: when eaten the user will exhale lightning in a 25-foot line. If the line successfully hits a creature it will target all creatures in a 10ft radius causing the same damage to them. Each creature that got hit must make a Dexterity save, taking 2d6 damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.
- Green: when eaten the user will exhale poison gas in a 20-foot line with a 10ft sphere blooming at the end of it. Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity or Constitution save, taking 2d6 damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.
- White: when eaten the user will exhale ice in a 15-foot cone. The ground touched by your cone becomes difficult terrain for 3 rounds. Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity save, taking 2d4 damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.
- Black:when eaten the user will exhale a bubble of acid that blooms in a 10ft bubble 15ft in front of the user. Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity save, taking 3d6 damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.
Rare or exclusive breeds[edit]
- Fey pink: when eaten the user will exhale petals, glitter and confetti in a 25 foot cone. All invisible creatures will be seen and all creatures affected will get -5 to stealth and be blinded for 1d4 rounds. Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity save, taking 1d4 force damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.
- Fey purple: when eaten the user will exhale purple fog in a 15 foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a Wisdom save or be charmed for 2d4 rounds on a failed save, or half as many rounds on a success. If the creature can't be charmed they will not attack this turn and instead be knocked prone.
- Fey magenta: when eaten the user will exhale magenta dust in a 15 foot sphere. Each creature in that area is affected as if [sleep] had been cast.
- Underdark black: when eaten the user will exhale darkness in a 15 foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a Wisdom save or be frightened for 2d4 rounds on a failed save, or half as many rounds on a success. If the creature can't be frightened they will not attack this turn and instead be knocked prone.
- Underdark indigo: when eaten the user will exhale dark necrotic tendrils in a 15 foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity and wisdom save, taking 3d6 damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success. This pepper deals 2d4 necrotic to the user as well.
Other Common Uses[edit]
The pepper is extremely beloved in the black market but due to scarcity is rarely sold. You may mimic the pepper's effect if you store it in a bottle and ferment it creating a grenade of sorts.
Relevant Products[edit]
Dragon pepper potions can be bought or made and will act like they were consumed but instead of a mouth they come from the bottles opened cork. Dragon peppers usually go for 1gp a pepper and the potions 3gp but shopkeepers will be very unwilling to buy them, unlike black market traders who will happily buy them. To make a dragon pepper potion you need 1 Dragon pepper 1 of its leaves a bottle to keep it in and sugar water, put the pepper and leaf in with the sugar water and wait 12 hours for the pressure to build up.
A bush that grows magic peppers
Age.
Size.
Random Height and Weight[edit]
| Base Height |
Height Modifier* |
Base Weight |
Weight Modifier** |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3′ 36'' | +1 | 0.5 lb. | × (0) lb. |
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*Height = base height + height modifier | |||
Suggested Uses[edit]
A unique item to give players a shock when they first "accidentally" mistake it for another pepper and will use in drastic situations.
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