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Volume III · Monster ManualBuild 25

Treant

Creatures of the Crooked Mile

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Treant
Implemented development through Build 25Reviewed 28 October 2026

Treant · Physical

The forest has stood still long enough. Roots and branches now have a much more immediate argument to make.

Reference statistics

Basic difficulty · ordinary profile before temporary states and encounter adjustments

HP
90
Armor class
18
Attack
+7
Damage
d6+2
Initiative
6
Strikes
2

Weaknesses Fire

Resistances Earth

Polymorph immunity No authored immunity

Traits and special behavior

Two strikes. Wild Growth eligible 30% check consumes action: +2 AC/+2 ordinary damage for two subsequent completed personal turns; cooldown 4 rounds, no refresh while active. Uses alternate art; Polymorph remains allowed.

See the condition reference for the shared effects, and enemy tuning for difficulty-wide chance adjustments.

Statistics by difficulty

DifficultyHPACAttackDamageStrikes
Basic9018+7d6+22
Advanced14323+11d6+42
Expert17929+13d6+52
Master21231+15d6+62
Master+24033+16d6+82

Includes explicit tier overrides and the final maximum-HP multiplier. Damage is the ordinary die and bonus, before final outgoing multipliers. Rage, growth, buffs, encounter adjustments and special action damage are not baked into this table.

Current appearances

AdventureLocationEncounter roster
The Burning CityThe Walled GardenTreant × 2

Detailed reference

These panels retain the exact authored configuration, including unscaled base values. For tier overrides, −1 Attack or damage bonus and zero HP or strikes mean “inherit”; tier indices run from 0 (Basic) to 4 (Master+). Field values and message templates are shown as reference data, not additional rules.

Creature configuration
Stable identifier
hostileTreant
Name
Treant
Plate Name
Treant
Role
Treant
HP
90
Armor class
18
Attack
7
Damage die
6
Damage bonus
2
Initiative
6
Artwork registry index
39
Visual Scale
1.65
Preserve Aspect
Yes
Attack Text
{actor} strikes at {target}.
Weaknesses
  1. Fire
Resistances
  1. Earth
Strikes per action
2
Tier Damage Multiplier
0.5
Growth
Name
Wild Growth
Artwork
JournalArt/Adventures/BurningCity/Creatures/TreantWildGrowth
Armor
2
Damage
2
Duration
2
Chance
30
Cooldown
4
Tier Adjustments
  1. Tier index (0–4)
    1
    HP
    65
  2. Tier index (0–4)
    2
    HP
    54
    Attack
    6
    Damage bonus
    1
  3. Tier index (0–4)
    3
    HP
    47
    Attack
    6
    Damage bonus
    1
  4. Tier index (0–4)
    4
    HP
    40
    Attack
    6
    Damage bonus
    1
Keep In Combat Frame
Yes
Registered Combat Art
Yes
Attack Sound
combat.treantStrike
Encounter configurations (1)

Whole encounter rewards and modifiers are shown here; they are not rewards for defeating this creature alone. Legacy fields remain visible for configuration audits.

  1. Stable identifier
    garden-treants
    Enemies
    1. hostileTreant
    2. hostileTreant
    Gold
    75
    Xp
    65
    Opening
    The trees uproot themselves. Fire bites through their bark.
Artwork and presentation
Resource
JournalArt/Adventures/BurningCity/Creatures/Treant
Registrations
  1. Resource
    JournalArt/Adventures/BurningCity/Creatures/Treant
    Height Units
    1.65
    Body Height
    0.966797
    Ground Y
    0.019531
    Center X
    0.500488

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