Tumbleweed Leshy Courier
Level 3Attacks
Abilities
The tumbleweed leshy courier gains a +10-foot circumstance bonus to Speed while traveling during exploration mode.
Trigger The tumbleweed leshy courier is targeted with an attack by an attacker they can see
Effect The leshy gains a +2 circumstance bonus to AC against the triggering attack.
When the tumbleweed leshy courier dies, a burst of primal energy explodes from their body, restoring 2d8 healing vitality Hit Points to each plant creature in a 30-foot emanation. This area immediately fills with brambles and thistles, becoming difficult terrain. Any creature that moves through the area takes 1[piercing] damage per square traversed. If the terrain is not a viable environment for these plants, they wither after 24 hours.
The tumbleweed leshy courier transforms into a Small tumbleweed. This ability otherwise uses the effects of One with Plants. Additionally, when the leshy uses their Change Shape ability, they still have a Speed of 10 feet for the purpose of travel during exploration mode.
A tumbleweed leshy's ability to move quickly across long distances with ease allows them to act as messengers and go-betweens. Druids often entrust these couriers with delivering important messages to their home druid circles or other druids they're acquainted with. Some even induct the couriers into the circle to teach them Wildsong for secure communication and basic magic for self-defense.
Nature spirits inhabit bodies made of plants or fungi, blooming from primal magic to become the small people called leshies. They come in a truly immense number of diverse shapes and sizes, more so than most peoples of Golarion. This variety of forms means a leshy could have a place in nearly any type of setting for any type of story.