Spider Cactus

''You spot a small cluster of cacti with a variety of green and purple needles. The cacti are bright green, rising to the height of an adult elf.''

Tactics
When the spider cactus attacks, it only attacks one victim at a time. Although a spider cactus has many feeding spines, it can only bring one to bear against a single target at any one time, the others serving as replacements.

Anyone within 15 feet of the spider cactus becomes a target of its tethered needles in its quest for water. Spider cacti have eight purple needles that they use as tethered darts and 18 green spines used for feeding. Because of the valuable nature of its feeding spines, a spider cactus will not attempt to feed unless its target has been paralyzed.

Description
Spider cacti look like normal, harmless cacti. Projectile needles connected to tethers attack victims who get near. The victim is then dragged into the cactus, where the feeding needles make a slow feast of the hapless victim.

Spider cacti are barrel shaped and are about 2 to 3 feet across, and usually reach from 6 to 7 feet tall. They are usually bright green in color, with some streaks of white along the barrel. They have purple and green needles.