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=== Combat ===

Dancing wildstraw is usually a pest, but when provoked to hostility they swarm in great numbers, letting allies not in the midst of combat use their dance magic.  They typically leave creatures who take a move action to dance alone unless they remain hostile or are commanded otherwise, as they consider non-dancing creatures a bigger threat.  They fear fire, knowing their bodies are weak and flammable.

'''Dance Magic {{Su}}:'''  In groups dancing wildstraw's dancing takes on a dangerous new form.  If there are at least three dancing wildstaws within 15 ft of each other they can take a 1 round action to dance and produce any one of the following effects.  Effects which have a point of origin treat any one of the dancers as its source.  Disrupting the dance by preventing one of the dancers from acting disrupts the action:

*''Allergy Season:'' They produce a cloud identical to ''[[SRD:Obscuring Mist|obscuring mist]]'' but not thick enough to obscure sight.  All non-fey and non-plants are subject to itching and runny noses causing a -2 penalty on attack, ability and skill checks, AC, and Concentration checks.  There is no save, it lasts as long as you are in the cloud and 1 round after, and the cloud lasts for 1 minute or until dispersed.  This is a poison effect, creatures immune to poison are unhindered.

*''Assisting Dance:'' They may make a single attempt to Aid Another all dancing wildstaws in a 60 ft radius spread.

*''Create Dancing Wildstaw:'' If there are the unburned remains of at least three dancing wildstaws or three 5 ft patches of straw, grass, or other similar materials within 60 ft they can combine them and summon a new dancing wildstaw adjacent to any one of the dance members.

*''Simple Witchcraft:'' They may cast any 1st level or lower [[SRD:Druid Spell List|druid spell]] at CL 3rd, and the save DCs are [[Wisdom]] based.  However the duration for all effects past Instantaneous become Concentration + 3 rounds, or its original duration, whichever is less, and one of the dancers is considered the caster for the effect.

'''Tendrils:'''  Dancing wildstraw attack by whipping out long thin fibers that act as thin slashing whips.  They deal 1d4+4 slashing damage with a 18-20/x2 critical, and are so sharp their base damage (1d4) ignores any hardness or DR (except DR/-).

'''Hinderance {{Ex}}:'''  Dancing wildstraw takes 50% less damage from bludgeoning and piercing attacks.

'''Immunities {{Ex}}:'''  Dancing wildstraw is immune to critical hits and sneak attacks, mind-affecting effect, paralysis, poison, polymorphing, sleep, and stunning.  However they are still subject to morale effects, bypassing their usual immunity.

'''Nimble Strength {{Ex}}:'''  Dancing wildstraw are deceptively strong, using their [[Dexterity]] in place of [[Strength]] for all purposes.

'''Woodland Stride {{Ex}}:'''  Dancing wildstraw has woodland stride as a [[SRD:Druid|druid]].

'''Skills:'''  Dancing wildstraws have a +4 racial bonus on Balance, Perform Dance, and Tumble checks, and may use their [[Dexterity]] instead of [[Charisma]] for Perform checks.  They also have a +8 circumstance bonus to Hide checks to blend in with any sort of tall grass or crop field.

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Alignment	Usually Any Chaotic +
Author	Eiji-kun +
Challenge Rating	4 +
Environment	Plains, Feywild +
Identifier	3.5e Monster +
Level Adjustment	— +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Size	Small +
Subtype	Augmented Fey +
Title	Dancing Wildstraw +
Type	Plant +