Tangle vines

Tangle vine
Tangle vine, from Ultima VI manual
Only appearance:	Ultima VI

Even Britannia's flora can sometimes be very dangerous – flora such as the tangle vine. These plants are hostile to travellers but immobile.

Description

This plant has a central flower pod and a multitude of rapidly growing appendages covered in sharp thorns and thistles. Careful adventurers must avoid these quickly growing vines, for if they can penetrate to the central pod, the tangle vine can be quickly defeated. The vines themselves make for a less valuable target, since unless the central pod is destroyed, new vines will grow back.

These plants can be found anywhere in the wilderness, but not underground where plants do not grow.

Lore

“	Though this plant resembles a common hedge of briars and thistles, wary adventurers take care to avoid tangle vines. The sharp thorns that adorn this creeping foliage radiate from a well-protected central flower pod. As if swiftly growing limbs weren’t threat enough, the flower pod gives off a sleep-inducing fragrance whenever it is threatened. – from Compendium (Ultima VI)

See Also

• Ultima VI monster data