Image promptmedium fey skirmisher, lithe elfin vine-and-thornwood body, slim thorn-blade, thorn-darts, mid-leap headlong dash, bounding through tangled corrupted forest, over brambles and branches, leafy thorny hair, mossy greens bark-browns, forest gloom, motion-blur trail, fleet elusive pose, dark fantasy, grimdark, painterly digital art, dramatic chiaroscuro lighting, muted desaturated palette with corrupted-crimson accents, weathered post-Cataclysm atmosphere, intricate high detail, cinematic composition

Bramble Runner

Medium Fey, Chaotic Neutral
CR 3SkirmisherForest / Feywild
AC 15
STR
12
+1
save +1
DEX
18
+4
save +6
CON
14
+2
save +2
INT
11
+0
save +0
WIS
14
+2
save +2
CHA
13
+1
save +1
Skills Acrobatics +6, Stealth +6, Survival +4
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 12 · Languages Sylvan

Traits

Woodland Stride. Unaffected by nonmagical plant-based Difficult Terrain. Nimble Escape. Takes Disengage or Hide as a Bonus Action. Skirmisher's Advantage. If the Bramble Runner moved at least 20 feet this turn, its attacks deal +7 (2d6) extra damage.

Actions

Multiattack. Two Thorn Blade attacks. Thorn Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +6, reach 5 ft. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) Slashing damage. Thorn Dart. Ranged Attack Roll: +6, range 30/120 ft. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) Piercing damage, and the target makes a DC 13 CON save; on a failure, its Speed is reduced by 10 ft. (1 turn).

Reactions

Evasive Roll. When hit by an attack, moves half its Speed (doesn't provoke Opportunity Attacks). This doesn't cancel the attack.

Key

Area spells (it can't dodge those) and create Difficult Terrain magically (Spike Growth — Woodland Stride only bypasses nonmagical plants!).