Homebrew Awakened Shrub Species Details

Unfamiliar Race

Awakened shrubs are a relatively new race. As feats of great magic, they are seldom seen, especially in big cities. Many people understandably have strong reactions to a talking plant. There are no overarching stereotypes for these creatures' personality, besides an innate love of the wilderness and plants.

Blessed Adventurers

Many Awakened Shrubs will go into the adventuring business to sate their love of the great outdoors and curiosity about this strange new world they find themselves in. How they have been granted sentience varies from shrub to shrub, but commonly it was bestowed by a benevolent druid or god of the forests.

Awakened Shrub Traits

As a plant, you have many... differences from other races.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution and Charisma scores increase by 2.

Rooting

Instead of taking a long or short rest, you instead root yourself for the duration of your rest. While rooted, you have one-quarter cover , your speed is 0 and cannot be increased, but you are still fully conscious. A long or short rest also gives you the equivalent in pure nutrients of 1 days worth of rations and water.

Photosynthesis

You have immunity to Radiant damage. In addition, whenever you are hit with Radiant damage, you heal one hit point.

Access to the Mycelium

You can talk with plants, conveying simple ideas back and forth.

Leafy Camouflage

You have advantage on Stealth checks made to hide in forests and other leafy areas.

Ability Score Decrease

Your Strength score decreases by 1.

Creature Type

You are a plant.

Flamable

You have vulnerability to fire damage.