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Monsters
Innate Spellcasting. The dryad’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14). The dryad can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will
: druidcraft
3/day each: entangle, goodberry
1/day each: barkskin, pass without trace, shillelagh
Magic Resistance. The dryad has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Speak
Monsters
Innate Spellcasting. The dryad’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 17). The dryad can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will
: druidcraft
3/day each: dispel magic, entangle, plant growth, spike growth
1/day each: moonbeam, grasping vine, wall of thorns
Magic Resistance. The dryad has advantage on saving throws against spells and
Compendium
- Sources->Monster Manual
Dryad Travelers entering a forest might catch a glimpse of a feminine form flitting through the trees. Warm laughter hangs on the air, drawing those who hear it deeper into the emerald shadows
is forbidden. A dryad can emerge from the tree and travel the lands around it, but the tree remains her home and roots her to the world. As long as the tree remains healthy and unharmed, the dryad
Compendium
- Sources->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Conclave Dryad The lush forests that once grew on Ravnica are gone, but the dryads remain, striving to bring the sprawling city and the verdant green of nature into harmony. Dryads believe that their
stonemasons and woodshapers to create Selesnya enclaves. Summoned Mount. When leading its guild into battle, a dryad rides a magically summoned creature woven of living branches, vines, and grasses and
Monsters
Dryad leaf vanes
11
Drake scale vanes
12
Stirge wing vanes
Archer’s Eye (3/Day). Immediately after making an attack roll or a damage roll with a ranged weapon, the archer can
Monsters
or chopping down a dryad;dryad's grove for firewood. These actions are especially sweet to a bheur if they are unwarranted, such as a greedy merchant hoarding excess food for the winter while others
Spells
, and more creatures appear: twice as many with a 6th-level slot and three times as many with an 8th-level slot.
Sample Creatures
CR
Creature
1/4
Blink Dog, Sprite
1/2
Satyr
1
Dryad
2
Sea Hag
Backgrounds
spell cast on it)
2
Centaur
3
Dryad
4
Faerie dragon
5
Pixie
6
Satyr
7
Sprite
8
Unicorn
Spells
1/2
Ape, Black Bear, Crocodile, Giant Goat, Giant Sea Horse, Giant Wasp, Reef Shark, Satyr,Warhorse
1
Brown Bear, Dire Wolf, Dryad, Giant Eagle, Giant Hyena, Giant Octopus, Giant Spider, Giant
Monsters
; petty rivalries, Arasta was once one of Nylea’s most beloved dryad companions. Phenax’s bitterness saw her transformed into an arachnid monstrosity and driven into the darkest depths of the
Backgrounds
my former guild and joined the Selesnya along with a close friend.
4
The dryad at the head of my enclave has taken an interest in my activities.
5
A sibling is an instructor at the guild
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Challenge 1 (200 XP) Animated armor
Brass dragon wyrmling
Brown bear
Bugbear
Copper dragon wyrmling
Death dog
Dire wolf
Dryad
Duergar
Faerie dragon (young)
Fire snake
Compendium
- Sources->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
’ rivalry drew Phenax’s attention. Assuming the form of a dryad, Phenax goaded and taunted the hunters. Though amusing at first, Phenax’s words cut deep, making the hunters careless. Thus, when the
dryad suggested a blindfolded test of marksmanship, the hunters agreed. Once blinded, Phenax positioned the hunters to shoot one another. In the moment they fired, though, Nylea noticed Phenax’s trick
Compendium
- Sources->Monster Manual
, you can place it anywhere you want. After all, “fish out of water” stories are memorable, and sometimes it’s fun to surprise players with gricks hiding under the desert sands or a dryad living in a giant mushroom in the Underdark.
Compendium
- Sources->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Source 0 Small nature elemental (awakened shrub) MM 1/8 Twig blight MM 1/4 Axe beak MM 1/4 Needle blight MM 1/2 Scout MM 1/2 Soldier GGR 1/2 Vine blight MM 1 Dire wolf MM 1 Dryad MM 1 Horncaller GGR 2
Druid MM 2 Huge nature elemental (awakened tree) MM 2 Pegasus MM 2 Priest MM 3 Archer VGM 3 Knight MM 3 Veteran MM 5 Earth elemental MM 5 Shambling mound MM 5 Wood woad VGM 9 Conclave dryad GGR 9 Treant MM 12 Archdruid VGM 12 Wurmcaller (archmage) MM 14 Wurm GGR 18 Trostani GGR
Compendium
- Sources->The Book of Many Things
Rare Birds Cacophonous squawking comes from a stall marked by a pennant reading “Merriweather’s Beautiful Birdies.” A dryad hurries from birdcage to birdcage, feeding an array of feathered friends
. “Now, now, settle down,” she yells to an exceptionally loud parrot.
Merriweather the dryad showcases her collection of birds from this stand. She has owls, chickadees, hawks, hummingbirds, and more
Compendium
- Sources->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
its accompanying description in chapter 3). Arcane Herbology covers techniques for using flora in potions, spells, and rituals. The course’s professor is Verelda Lang (chaotic neutral dryad; see chapter 7), an arcano-biologist whom the characters might recall from their first year of instruction.
Compendium
- Sources->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
as studying how best to either avoid a fight with such creatures or battle them and emerge triumphant. The class’s professor is Verelda Lang (chaotic neutral dryad professor from Witherbloom College
Compendium
- Sources->Infernal Machine Rebuild
in garden plots around this unique domicile.
“Our cottage,” Mother Stag says. “Our dryad trees—some of the last in these woods that haven’t yet succumbed to Banrion’s corruption.”
Mother Stag
to target Banrion specifically.) Crowns of the Forest The dryad-hags also lend each character a woven crown of willow branches—an uncommon magic item called a crown of the forest. They insist that the
Compendium
- Sources->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
D&D book to select a character’s race, if the DM approves. For nonplayer characters, you’re as likely to meet a pixie, a dryad, a giant, a treant, or another fantastical creature on campus as you are
Compendium
- Sources->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
being pursued by a vengeful ninuno (dryad) for her mother’s broken oath. The merchant is desperate for the characters to intervene and placate the spirit. 2 A binukot named Panfilio offers to handsomely
Compendium
- Sources->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
gnarled dryad influenced by Carceri seeks to entrap creatures within the root-snarled, prison-like cavern beneath her grove.
Compendium
- Sources->Basic Rules
sorcerers can’t name the origin of their power, while others trace it to strange events in their own lives. The touch of a demon, the blessing of a dryad at a baby’s birth, or a taste of the water from
Compendium
- Sources->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
usually appears as a green-skinned dryad with woody extremities. Her hair is made of vines and leaves that change with the seasons. She might also appear as a majestic specimen of any animal, most
Compendium
- Sources->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Aftermath If Banrion is bridled, she must obey the characters as they deliver her to the dryad-hags. Assuming the characters don’t uncover the hags’ deception (or if they don’t care), the unicorn’s
Compendium
- Sources->Infernal Machine Rebuild
are not to be trusted, and characters (not to mention players) are often wise to be suspicious even at the best of times. You can adjust the encounters with the dryad-hags according to the players
the scene, playing the part of a helpful dryad. Read or paraphrase the following: You hear the sound of a singing voice approaching, heralding the arrival of an elderly dryad bearing the features of
Compendium
- Sources->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
mentor was a wise treant who taught you to think in terms of years and decades rather than days or months. 2 You were tutored by a dryad who watched over a slumbering portal to the Abyss. During your
Compendium
- Sources->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Elementals
Arclight phoenix
Blistercoil weird
Fluxcharger
Galvanice weird
Fey
Conclave dryad
Trostani
Fiends
Cackler
Master of cruelties
Rakdos
Sire of insanity
Giants
Bloodfray
Compendium
- Sources->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
to take her bath. During this time, the cursed spirits of the dryads arise to destroy Red Ruth’s lair as punishment for her crimes. This force consists of two dryad spirits (use the banshee stat
cave, disappearing into her lair without so much as a goodbye. Treasure The dryad spirits have no treasure, but the undead tree has a dead gnome skeleton lodged in a hollow cavity in its trunk. The
Compendium
- Sources->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. In ages long past, Nylea loved her dryad companion, Arasta, as a sister and the two spread wonders across Theros. One day, Phenax, envious of the pair and stung by some forgotten slight, transformed
retreated and has terrorized the gods’ servants ever since. To this day, Nylea remains deeply pained by Arasta’s loss. Knowing that only Phenax can undo the curse he laid upon the dryad, Nylea often sends her champions to learn the secret of what might restore her friend.
Compendium
- Sources->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Buttered campestri 3 Centaur 4 Doomed dryad 5 Grandfather tree 6 Jabberwock’s trail 7 Owlbear and chariot 8 Pixies Blink Dogs The characters spot 1d6 + 2 blink dogs 60 feet ahead of them. Characters who
characters in the direction of Loomlurch if that’s where they aim to go. Doomed Dryad A hostile dryad and seven awakened shrubs emerge from the undergrowth and surround the characters. Any character
Compendium
- Sources->Candlekeep Mysteries
from their bonds, the dryads are appropriately grateful. If the characters ask how they got here, they sheepishly explain that the hag caught the two of them and a third dryad named Hanah unawares while
three times as long. If the characters rescued Trekaila and Argentia in area H2 before coming here, the dryads follow closely behind the characters, eager to find their missing dryad companion, Hanah
Compendium
- Sources->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Melwythorne Neutral Good Dryad First Year (Witherbloom)
Towering over most students, Melwythorne strikes an imposing figure, especially given the branches that grow from his head like antlers
Compendium
- Sources->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
leaves. A character who succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (History) or Intelligence (Religion) check knows that a ninuno is a spirit of the land, similar to a dryad, who serves as an intermediary
will of the gods or their servants.” Lungtian Lungtian The ninuno Lungtian (chaotic good dryad) was once a human and one of the first binukots of Kalapang. In this earlier life, they fought to
Compendium
- Sources->Player's Handbook
sorcerers can’t name the origin of their power, while others trace it to strange events in their own lives. The touch of a demon, the blessing of a dryad at a baby’s birth, or a taste of the water from