Tiny Fungus
Perception +6; motion sense 30 feet, no vision
Languages N/A
Skills Deception +6, Stealth +8
Str –5, Dex -5, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +3, Cha +2

Camouflage The scroll mold can change its coloration to match its surroundings. It doesn’t need cover to attempt to Hide with a Stealth check.
Motion Sense Scroll molds can sense nearby creatures through vibration and air or water movement.

AC 12, Fort +6, Ref +0, Will +9
HP 18; Immunities critical hits, precision, unconscious, visual

Speed 0 feet
Arcane Innate Spells DC +16, attack +8; 1st burning hands, color spray, illusory object (see nascent mind), longstrider, sleep; Cantrips (1st) chill touch, detect magic, electric arc, ghost sound (see nascent mind)
Nascent Mind The mind of a scroll mold is barely conscious and has difficulty imagining things it has not already perceived. As it has no sense of sight, visual illusions (such as those created by illusory object) tend to appear as a shifting, shapeless blobs. Auditory illusions (such as those created by ghost sound) tend to be distorted reflections of sounds the scroll mold has recently heard. Subtle Caster When using an innate spell, the scroll mold must expend 1 more action than that spell would usually require. However, it does not need to use somatic or verbal components, and the spell does not create obvious sensory manifestations that would make spellcasting obvious to those nearby. This ability obscures only the spell’s casting, not its effects, so an observer would still see a gout of flame or an arc of lightning emitting from the scroll mold.

Many students of the arcane have muttered to themselves about a case of scrolls “wandering off on its own.” Most of the time, they’ve simply misplaced the item. But now and again, when the conditions are right, their absurd ramblings are more right than they realize.

Scroll molds are colonies of color-shifting mold that have permeated and incorporated a decaying wooden scroll case into their masses, the scrolls within rendered slimy and blank. They are typically the result of magic scrolls left abandoned for too long in some musty basement or dank cavern. After extended exposure to the magic contained within the scroll case, a patch of otherwise ordinary mold develops strange new abilities—and the beginnings of consciousness.

Scroll molds can barely move. Instead, they rely on their spells, camouflage, and distractions to stay safe. They generally hide in out-of-the-way spaces, preferably damp and dark nooks and crannies, tuning their color to blend in with their surroundings. If they sense approaching creatures, they instinctively create illusions to distract other creatures from their location. If still approached, a scroll mold will often try to put interlopers to sleep before casting longstrider to slither away to a new hiding place. As a last resort, the scroll mold can use its few offensive spells, although doing so makes it obvious it is not merely a decaying scroll case to be left alone to decompose.