Orc Facts: My cousin Lorbish can photosynthesize.

 

This subclass was created for the Subclasseptember 2022 challenge!

Restriction: Orcs Only

Only orcs can follow the Way of the Shining Cultivator. Your DM can lift this restriction to better suit the campaign. The restriction might not apply to your DM’s setting.

Gardening Body

At 3rd level, you adopt a mindset of growth, taken literally. As a bonus action, you magically gain the following benefits, which last for 1 minute:

• If you are smaller than Large, you become Large, along with anything you are wearing. If you lack the room to become Large, your size doesn’t change.

• You have advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws.

• Once on each of your turns, one of your attacks with a weapon or an unarmed strike can deal an extra Martial Arts die of damage to a target on a hit.

Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you finish a short or long rest. While you have no uses available, you can spend 1 ki point to use this feature again.

Cultivated Spirit

Also at 3rd level, your spirit strengthens, allowing you to generate ki from the depths of your body. As an action, you can regain a number of ki points equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum: 1). Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you finish a long rest, or until you spend 1 hour in direct sunlight to recharge it.

Sundancer

At 6th level, you learn to channel the sun’s energy in your movements, revitalizing yourself. Whenever you take the Dodge action in combat, you can spend one Hit Die to heal yourself. Roll the die, add your Constitution modifier, and regain a number of hit points equal to the total (minimum of 1). When you do so, you also gain a number of temporary hit points equal to the total.

Verdant Fellowship

At 11th level, your kinship with plants grows stronger. You can cast the speak with plants spell at will, without expending a spell slot or material components. Wisdom is your spellcasting modifier for this spell.

Bountiful Tracts

Starting at 17th level, your body can generate an abundance of flora. While your Gardening Body feature is active, vines wrap around your body, entangling nearby creatures. Creatures of your choice within 10 feet of yourself when you activate your Gardening Body must make a Strength saving throw against your Monk save DC or be restrained. A creature that fails this saving throw can repeat it at the end of each of their turns, ending the effect on a success.