![[PumpkinKingPathfinder-v2.webp]] # The Pumpkin King _Archfey Lord of Mischief | [[Shadow Court]] | [[Androlynne]]_ ## Summary Towering archfey with a flaming pumpkin head who claims the [[Autumn Court]] throne during equinoxes. During the War of Shadow and Light, he allied with [[Mab]] and the [[Court of Darkness]], enslaving [[Viktor Mazan]] and the lycanthropes of [[Brokenstone Vale]]. He is not [[Aster]]'s subordinate — he is her rival. [[Oberon]] weighed the two of them against each other and reasoned that Aster "would make a better Autumn ruler than the Pumpkin King" (`Fey 18`), which makes him a third party to the succession, still pressing his own equinox claim with animated scarecrows and baelfire. %% ## Now Pledged to the corrupted Princess [[Aster]] within her shadow kingdom in [[Androlynne]], spreading fear across the Feywild with his animated scarecrows and baelfire mastery. ## Appearance Towering archfey crowned with a flaming pumpkin head, master of animated scarecrows and baelfire. ## Stats *Official bestiary stat block — Tome of Beasts 2.* *Huge Fey, Chaotic Neutral* **AC** 15 (natural armor) | **HP** 138 (12d12 + 60) | **Speed** 30 ft. **CR** 10 (5,900 XP) | **Proficiency Bonus** +4 | STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | 20 (+5) | 8 (-1) | 21 (+5) | 12 (+1) | 14 (+2) | 18 (+4) | **Saving Throws** Dex +3, Wis +6 **Damage Vulnerabilities** fire **Damage Resistances** bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks not made with cold iron weapons **Condition Immunities** blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened **Senses** darkvision 60 ft., Passive Perception 12 **Languages** Common, Elvish, Sylvan ### Traits **Legendary Resistance (3/Day).** If the Pumpkin King fails a saving throw, they can choose to succeed instead. **Magic Resistance.** The Pumpkin King has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. **Innate Spellcasting.** The Pumpkin King's innate spellcasting ability score is Charisma (save DC 16, +8 to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components. - At will: entangle - 3/day each: plant growth, spike growth - 1/day each: blight, insect plague ### Actions **Multiattack.** The Pumpkin King makes two vine attacks. **Vine.** Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (3d6 + 5) bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 16). **Harvest Dance (1/Day).** A 15-foot-radius swirling vortex of gourds and vegetables extends out from the Pumpkin King, moves with they, and spreads around corners. The vortex lasts for 1 minute. Until the vortex ends, the area is difficult terrain for creatures other than the Pumpkin King, and when a creature enters the area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn in the area, it must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw, taking 10 (3d6) bludgeoning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. ### Legendary Actions The Pumpkin King can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The Pumpkin King regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. **Move.** The Pumpkin King moves up to their speed without provoking opportunity attacks. **Vine Attack.** The Pumpkin King makes one vine attack. **Fire-Fallow (Costs 2 Actions).** Magical fire ignites from within the Pumpkin King's pumpkin head, flickering out from their eyes and twisted mouth. Each creature within 10 feet of the Pumpkin King that can see them must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened until the end of its next turn. The fire remains until the start of the Pumpkin King's next turn. While this fire lasts, a creature that touches or hits the Pumpkin King with a melee weapon while within 5 feet of the Pumpkin King takes 5 (1d10) fire damage. **Cast a Spell (Costs 3 Actions).** The Pumpkin King casts a spell from their list of innate spells, consuming a use of the spell as normal. %%