Random Plant Effects

A system for determining

toxicity, helpful benefits,
and other quirks in fruit,
leaves, berries, and bark
I created a campaign with an unknown jungle, rife with plant life which had the power to hurt and heal.
Start by rolling a d20 to determine if the plant contains something harmful, neutral, or helpful (or more
than one of the above!).

1: two dangers 4: Roll twice 7-15: 1 neutral 18: Roll three times
2: 1 danger, 1 benefit 5: 1 danger 16: 1 benefit, 1 neutral 19: 1 benefit
3: 1 danger, 1 neutral 6: 2 neutral 17: 1 benefit, 1 danger 20: 2 benefits

Next, roll 1d10 for each applicable column in the second table. For example, the climbing vine with
delicious flowers might also have fruit that induces nausea, or a plant with an inert property (such a tree
thats easy to climb) might coincidentally have bark that is hallucinogenic on contact. If a part of a plant
isnt appropriate, either reroll or just modify the existing plant part (e.g. if a character is specifically
looking for fruit but you roll for something that describes flowers, the effects can be applied to the fruit
of that plant instead.).
d10 Color Dangers Neutral Benefit
1 Yellow Fruit when eaten: causes anaphylactic Fruit stains Fruit is pungent;
shock within 30 seconds. Requires fingers orange masks scent when
healing, antitoxin, or emergency for 1d6 days applied to skin
tracheotomy. Character lose 1 WIS & 1 INT
for every minute after 3 minutes since
their airway closes. Looks identical to a
beneficial plant without close
examination!
2 Orange Fruit causes nausea: -1 CON for 3d20 Fruit is sour Fruit neutralizes
minutes poison
3 Red Berries are diarrhea inducing. -3 CON and Berries bounce Berries each heal
-2 CHA for 1d12 hours. when thrown 1d4 HP
4 Purple Bark is hallucinogenic upon contact Bark has spongey Bark grants
texture resistance to poison
for 1d4 hours when
steeped as a tea
5 Blue Scent of flowers is paralyzing, CON save Flowers are Smelling flowers
DC 18 or be gradually immobilized over delicious grants immunity to
the next minute for 2d12 hours inhaled poisons for
2d6 turns. Picked
flowers remain
potent for 6 hours.
Grants advantage
(not immunity)
against green dragon
breath
6 Green Touching any part of the plant causes Entire plant Berries turn
itching for 3d20 hours, 25% chance that smells terrible character invisible
actions are wasted, cannot concentrate on for 1d6 minutes
spells, etc.
7 Brown Flowers inflict poisoned condition until Fruit is spicy Leaves heal 3d4
healed or neutralized damage when
placed on a surface
wound
8 Black Bark is covered in spines, deals 2 damage Leaves smell like Leaves neutralize
and character has disadvantage on all they'd be itches/stings when
weapon rolls until healed if they touched amazing in a applied topically.
it with their hands beef stew

9 White Leaves contain poison barbs, deal 2d4 Leaves smell like Fruit provided
damage if not handled with the utmost cherries advantage on CON
care throws for next hour
10 Pink Fruit is harmless, seeds deal 5d6 damage Seeds glow in Several small seeds
after 2-3 minutes per fruit consumed. the dark provide nourishment
for a full day