Drainberry Bush

Drainberry bushes are floating bushes that originate from the First World, with long, thorny vines and dense clusters of bright-red berries. Their hollow thorns quickly siphon blood, which is how the carnivorous plants feed, and they rapidly turn consumed blood into fresh batches of delicious berries. They exude a faint white glow that's a result of stored vitality energy.

Drainberry bushes exhibit unusually high intelligence and have an astute sense of value. When creatures attempt to harvest their berries, they typically become insulted by the lack of bartering. Creatures that attempt to converse with drainberry bushes find the plants telepathically convey only short and simple phrases: most commonly, "Money please," "Deal good," "Deal no good," "Want that," (with a gesture toward an item it covets), "Thank you, customer," and if necessary, "No refunds." Though a drainberry bush considers the market value of its berries to be 25 gp, it greatly prefers interesting art objects as payment—even ones of significantly lower value.