XP 400

While not actually a plant, this animal's reliance on its specific hunting patterns makes it more of an environmental encounter than a wandering monster. The vine viper is a mottled green snake with a leaf-shaped head and scaling that resembles shadowed leaves. Its main hunting tactic is simple and effective: it coils itself around the branch of a tree, hanging its head among the vines near the ground, and waits for prey to come into striking distance. It attacks any Medium or smaller creature that comes within range (in other words, that enters its square or an adjacent square).

The vine viper has the same statistics as a venomous snake with the following exception:

When hanging among jungle vines, the vine viper has a racial Stealth modifier of +12. It is not at all uncommon for certain breeds of vine viper to grow very large and deadly (acquiring the advanced and/or giant simple templates (Large version built below)).

XP 400
N Medium animal
Init +5; Senses low-light vision, scent; Perception +9

AC 14, touch 11, flat-footed 13 (+1 Dex, +3 natural)
hp 13 (2d8+4)
Fort +5, Ref +4, Will +1

Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft., swim 20 ft.
Melee bite +2 (1d4–1 plus poison)

Str 8, Dex 13, Con 14, Int 1, Wis 13, Cha 2
Base Atk +1; CMB +0; CMD 11 (can't be tripped)
Feats Improved Initiative, Weapon Finesse^B
Skills Acrobatics +9, Climb +9, Perception +9, Stealth +9 (+17 when hanging among jungle vines), Swim +9; Racial Modifiers +4 Perception, +4 (+12 when hanging among jungle vines) Stealth, +8 Acrobatics; modifies Climb and Swim with Dexterity

Poison (Ex)

Bite—injury; save Fort DC 13; frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d2 Con; cure 1 save.

XP 600
N Large animal
Init +4; Senses low-light vision, scent; Perception +9

AC 16, touch 10, flat-footed 16 (+6 natural, -1 size)
hp 17 (2d8+8)
Fort +7, Ref +3, Will +1

Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft., swim 20 ft.
Melee bite +1 (1d6+3 plus poison)

Str 12, Dex 11, Con 18, Int 1, Wis 13, Cha 2
Base Atk +1; CMB +3; CMD 12 (can't be tripped)
Feats Improved Initiative, Weapon Finesse^B
Skills Acrobatics +8, Climb +9, Perception +9, Stealth +4 (+12 when hanging among jungle vines), Swim +9; Racial Modifiers +4 Perception, +4 Stealth (+12 when hanging among jungle vines), +8 Acrobatics

Poison (Ex)

Bite—injury; save Fort DC 15; frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d2 Con; cure 1 save.