CREATING PLANTS
Often overlooked, plants provide great depth to a setting as well as out-of-ordinary puzzles or obstacles to Adventurers.
Guides need the following minimum information (or “stat block”) for plants assisting or opposing the Adventurers.
Core Plant Design
☐ PLANT NAMES
- What names do people call this plant?
☐ PLANT APPEARANCE
- What does the plant, flowers, fruit, and leaves look like?
- What does the plant smell like?
- Is the plant smooth, waxy, fuzzy, or spiny to the touch?
- Is the plant bitter, sweet, or salty to the taste?
- How large is the planet or its fruit?
- How large of a “patch” can the plant grow into?
- What kind of stalks or trunks does this plant grow? bark?
- What is the overall shape of the plant? flat? spherical? conical? umbrella?
- What kind of branches do the plant grow? forked? intertwined? twisted?
- What kind of grouping do the leaves form?
- What kind of grouping do the flowers form?
- What kind of grouping do the fruit form?
- What kind of shape do the leaves form?
- What kind of shape do the flowers form?
- What kind of shape do the fruit form?
- What kind of covering does the fruit have?
- Vines or runners?
- Movable appendages?
- Entire plant is mobile?
- Hovers or flies?
- Makes noise when approached or touched?
☐ PLANT USES
How can or do people use this plant?
- Animal fodder?
- Staple food?
- Spices?
- Alcoholic?
- Medicinal?
- Narcotic?
- Poison?
- Dyes?
- Cloth?
- Construction?
- Flammable?
- Ritual?
Additional (Optional) Plant Design
☐ PLANT ENVIRONMENTS OR LOCATIONS
Where can you find this plant?
- Salt water?
- Fresh water?
- Coastline?
- Mountains?
- Underground?
- Swamp?
- Cold?
- Living on another creature?
☐ PLANT SEASONS
When is this plant most readily found?
- Rarely?
- Seasonally?
- Annually?
- Year round?
☐ PLANT FLOWERING
When does this plant flower?
☐ PLANT FRUITING
When does the plant produce fruit?
☐ PLANT SEEDS
How are the plant seeds spread?
- Gravity?
- Wind?
- Water?
- Animals?
- Explosive dispersal?
☐ PLANT FRUITING
How is the plant pollinated?
- Wind?
- Insects?
- Ground animals?
- Flying animals?
- Water?
- Water animal?
- Self-pollinator?
☐ PLANT REQUIREMENTS
What does the plant require to thrive?
- Soil nutrients?
- Photosynthesis?
- Salt or fresh water?
- Blood?
- Animal flesh?
- Insects?
- Decaying/decayed plants?
- Decaying/decayed animals?
☐ PLANT RESPONSES
What customs, superstitions, phobias, or laws are triggered by this plant?
☐ PLANT SPECIAL EFFECTS
Does this plant possess any Special Effect (SFX) abilities such as magic use, mutant powers, or psionics?
- Stores energy?
- Stores water?
- Deep roots?
- Resists heat, cold, fire, etc?
- Fast growing or reproducing?
☐ PLANT EFFECTS
What effects can use or exposure to this plant, flowers, fruit, or leaves cause?
- Stinging hairs, thorns, or spines?
- Generates electrical shock?
- Poisonous or poison antidote?
Plants may enhance or impair one or more of the Adventurer AAttribute Score or Attributes Reserves.
| Physical | Physical Reserves | Mental | Mental Reserves | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strength | Strength Reserves | Intelligence | Intelligence Reserves | ||||
| Endurance | Endurance Reserves | Will | Will Reserves | ||||
| Agility | Agility Reserves | Awareness | Awareness Reserves | ||||
| Dexterity | Dexterity Reserves | Ingenuity | Ingenuity Reserves | ||||
| Appearance | Appearance Reserves | Charisma | Charisma Reserves | ||||
| Speed | Speed Reserves | Reflexes | Reflex Reserves |
Plant Worksheet
| CORE PLANT DESIGN | ||
|---|---|---|
| ☐ | Plant Names | |
| ☐ | Plant Appearance | |
| ☐ | Plant Uses | |
| OPTIONAL DESIGN | ||
| ☐ | Plant Environment | |
| ☐ | Plant Seasons | |
| ☐ | Plant Flowering | |
| ☐ | Plant Fruiting | |
| ☐ | Plant Seeds | |
| ☐ | Plant Pollination | |
| ☐ | Plant Requirements | |
| ☐ | Plant Responses | |
| ☐ | Plant SFX Abiltiies | |
| ☐ | Plant Effects |