Homebrew Dryad Species Details

All dryads are bound to a tree which they call their home. This connection is the source of the dryads' everlasting agelessness and also their greatest vulnerability, for they are deeply harmed by the destruction of their trees.

As an adventurer, your dryad character is not necessarily bound to a single tree like most of its kin. Any wooded locale you come across may potentially be a home to you, whether it be a sylvan woodland or a park within a bustling city.

Dryad Traits

Guardians of the Forest. Watchers of Nature.

Age

You age just like a tree, very slowly, which means you can live anywhere from a few hundred years to a few thousand.

Ability Score Increase

Your Wisdom score increases by 2. Your Dexterity score increases by 1.

Alignment

Dryads tend to be lawful and are rarely evil, following and protecting the "law" of the forest.

Size

Dryads come in many sizes, ranging from a little under 5 feet to almost 8 feet tall.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Plant

Your creature type is both fey and humanoid. Given that your physiology is primarily composed of plant matter, you are vulnerable to fire damage.

Forest Kin

You have advantage on Stealth checks made to hide among the trees, foliage and other plants.

Speech of Beast and Leaf

You have the ability to communicate in a limited manner with beasts and plants. They can understand the meaning of your words, though you have no special ability to understand them in return. You have advantage on all Charisma checks you make to influence them.

Dryad Magic

You can cast the charm person and entangle spells with this trait. Once you cast either of these spells with this trait, you can't cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast these spells using any spell slots you have.

Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells (choose the ability when you select this race).

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan.