This is a short and cheap PDF from Rusted Irons games. They haven't put up much that I've seen but I previously reviewed a Witch title that brings a lot of variability to one of the classes that I find boring as a whole.
In here is The Blood Rose Swarm, a CR 2 creature that is a swarm of angry roses. If they have some other vegetation to crawl over they can move fast for a plant and can fascinate creatures with it's scent. Overall its a nice little creepy critter but this product is a bit deceptive in that it offers a bit more than the monster. It also comes with four alchemical items where three of them interact with plants, so if you have a plant companion somehow they are pretty handy. disappointingly they aren't specified as coming from the blood rose swarm or at least crafted from it's remains, which would have made this pdf ten times more interesting. There is a new poison that specifically does come from the swarm but it's not that terribly interesting because poisons rarely are.
There are two natural hazards which look handy. an easy Sinkhole and a Rockslide. Also some terrain types, a think I think should be more common in a lot of products. Lastly there are two magic items, one of which I don't understand why it hasn't been done before; Its magic beans that instantly grow into a climbable beanstalk.
Overall it packs quite a punch for such a small product. I've seen similar products with the same price tag do so much less and still be really good so I will say this is a 5 out of 5 stars. Its not something I will say is super necessary but having it in you folder of monsters isn't bad to have as a GM and if you have a plant theme something to run you'll probably come running to this for material.
You can find this product here at Paizo.com.
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