---
title: "Cactus Leshy"
obsidianUIMode: preview
noteType: pf2eMonster
cssClasses: pf2e
aliases: "Actor.p1VcPGHBF5a3N9eN" 
tags:
  - pf2e/creature/type/leshy
  - pf2e/creature/type/plant
  - pf2eMonster
  - pf2e/creature/level/2
statblock: inline
name: "Cactus Leshy"
level: 2
license: OGL
---

```statblock
columns: 2
forcecolumns: true
layout: Basic Pathfinder 2e Layout
source: "Pathfinder Bestiary 3"
name: "Cactus Leshy"
level: "Creature 2"

alignment: ""
size: "Small"
trait_01: [[leshy]]
trait_02: [[plant]]
modifier: 9
perception:
  - name: "Perception"
    desc: "+9; Low-Light Vision"
languages: "Common, Fey, Wildsong; speak with plants (succulents only)"
skills:
  - name: "Skills"
    desc: "Nature: +7, Stealth: +6, Survival: +7"
abilityMods: [3, 2, 4, -1, 3, 0]
speed: 25 feet
sourcebook: "_Pathfinder Bestiary 3_"
ac: 18
armorclass:
  - name: AC
    desc: "18; __Fort__ +10, __Ref__ +6, __Will__ +7"
hp: 30
health:
  - name: ""
  - name: HP
    desc: "30"
abilities_top:
  - name: ""

  - name: "Little Oasis"
    desc: "  If a cactus leshy is willing, a creature can harvest enough water from the leshy's inner cavity to fill a single waterskin without harming them. Doing so again before the leshy can replenish the water causes the leshy to immediately suffer from dehydration."

abilities_mid:
  - name: ""
  - name: "Spiny Body"
    desc: "  A cactus leshy is covered in spines. A creature that [[Conditions/Grabbed|Grabs]] the cactus leshy takes 1d8+3 piercing damage."

  - name: "Verdant Burst"
    desc: "  When a cactus leshy dies, a burst of primal energy explodes from its body, restoring 2d8 healing Hit Points to each plant creature in a 30-foot emanation. This area sprouts cacti, becoming difficult terrain. If the terrain is not a viable environment for the cacti, they wither after 24 hours."

attacks:
  - name: ""

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Spine"
    desc: "+11 ()\n__Damage__  1d8 + 3 piercing"

  - name: "**Ranged** `pf2:1` Spine"
    desc: "+11 (range increment 30 feet)\n__Damage__  1d8 + 3 piercing"

  - name: "Primal Innate Spells"
    desc: "DC 18, attack +10; __4th __  _[[Spells/Speak with Plants|Speak with Plants]]_"

  - name: "[[Bestiary Ability Glossary/Change Shape|Change Shape]]"
    desc: "`pf2:1` (concentrate,polymorph,primal) The cactus leshy transforms into a Small cactus. This ability otherwise uses the effects of [[Spells/One with Plants|One with Plants]].\n* * *\n\nThe monster changes its shape indefinitely. It can use this action again to return to its natural shape or adopt a new shape. Unless otherwise noted, a monster cannot use Change Shape to appear as a specific individual. Using Change Shape counts as creating a disguise for the [[Actions/Impersonate|Impersonate]] use of Deception. The monster's transformation automatically defeats Perception DCs to determine whether the creature is a member of the ancestry or creature type into which it transformed, and it gains a +4 status bonus to its Deception DC to prevent others from seeing through its disguise. Change Shape abilities specify what shapes the monster can adopt. The monster doesn't gain any special abilities of the new shape, only its physical form. For example, in each shape, it replaces its normal Speeds and Strikes, and might potentially change its senses or size. Any changes are listed in its stat block."

  - name: "Prickly Burst"
    desc: "`pf2:2`  **Frequency** once per day\n* * *\n\n**Effect** The cactus leshy shoots their spines in every direction. All creatures in a 10-foot emanation take 3d6 piercing damage (DC 18 Reflex check save)."
 
```

```encounter-table
name: Cactus Leshy
creatures:
  - 1: Cactus Leshy
```



These little plants are known for their nettlesome attitude. Their personalities mirror the spines that sprout from all over their bodies, making them cantankerous and slightly prickly, though they are unswervingly loyal to those who earn their trust. At home in dry and arid landscapes, cactus leshys store water inside their bodies in order to survive these harsh conditions.

Cactus leshys come in all different shapes and colors: tall and thin, with beautiful, vibrantly colored blooms on their heads; squat and rotund, with rows and rows of orderly spines; or seemingly haphazard, with flat segments stacked end to end as if they were balancing on one another.

* * *

Often found assisting practitioners of nature magic, leshys are sentient flora that protect the natural world and sacred spaces within forests, fields, and other environments. Leshys are nature spirits inhabiting bodies constructed of plant matter fused together by a primal ritual.
