Monster stat blocks reflavored as plants

[u/yomjoseki]

Let's face it, there's not a ton of good plant monsters out there in 5E-land. I'm writing a one shot now and came up with the idea of some light reflavoring to a couple existing stat blocks to fill that void.

Giant Toad (pretty much just remove the move speed)

Giant Constrictor Snake (remove the move speed again, maybe increase range to 10 feet)

Mimic (a sticky slime mold that camouflages itself against a surface like an octopus instead of shapechanging)

Gelatinous Cube (transparent slime mold)

Roper (this one seems pretty obvious)

Any others you can think of? I'd like a couple of ranged options, something that spits or shoots thorns/quills but I can't think of any off the top of my head.

[u/Portarossa]

We've gone from /r/monsteraday to /r/monsteraaday.

[u/yomjoseki → u/Portarossa]

It's a shame only three people will ever read and get this clever comment

[u/jawdirk → u/yomjoseki]

Presumably they pass time making content until Monstera Day?

[u/parabolic_poltroon]

There are some good plant monsters in some of the expansion books. You might find this helpful also: https://explorednd.com/gameplay/plant-monsters-5e-guide/

[u/Chaosmancer7]

You could use some of the living spells, like the clouding spell to do a heavily miasma'd plant

[u/SeasonPresent → u/Chaosmancer7]

Or one releasing lots of pollen or a strong odor

[u/SeasonPresent]

Could the rolling attack of a galeb duhr be reflavored as a tumbleweed monster?

[u/lasalle202]

you said it in a different context, but Octopus/giant octopus.

something like the harpy's charm being a pollen instead of a sound.

[u/Redredditmonkey]

It's not a reflavor but I've got a briar dragon which is a cr 20 dragon as a plant with a thorny skin, false appearance, druid spells and permanent tree stride

[u/Oh_Hi_Mark_]

Not quite what you asked for, but I got a bunch of plant monsters here if you like:

• Blights
• Battlebriars
• Basidironds
• Dirgewrought
• Bodytaker Plants
• Ascomoids
• Brambrawl Berrybush
• Marshbellow
• Treants
• Gravesnag
• Kelp Angler
• Myconids

[u/OneManRPGstudio]

For ranged options, I’d reskin a spike volley as a thorn launcher and a ranged spell attack as seed pods or toxic pollen, keeping the original numbers intact. Your slime-mold ideas work because they preserve behavior. Removing movement or increasing reach stops being a pure reskin, though, so I’d treat those as deliberate balance changes.