Homebrew Floroid Species Details

 

A race of humanoid plantoids, where they come from is not yet fully established, yet is it thought that they originate from a magical experiment gone wrong (or right?).

Human Origins

Floroids are usually seen as humans at a distance, in fact, many evil floroids use this to their advantage to lure and trap unsuspecting humans by posing as a lost traveler, or a fair maiden in need of rescue.

Basically Immortal

Floroids are near-immortal, some of their lifespans reaching the triple digits. This is not without its drawbacks, as when a floroid becomes too old, it must root itself to be able to survive without starving. Once a floroid has done this, they will lay still for decades, maybe centuries, until they are near-indistinguishable from the forest around them.

 

Appearance

Floroids come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from a tiny little bud that looks like a goblin, to a huge centuries-old wise tree that could pass off as a mountain. What unites them all is their floral hair. Their hair can be any plant that's native to their birthplace, could be a bunched-up vine-like hair, a rafflesia-like protrusion, or even a bed of daisies.

Alignments

Floroids can be any alignment, they do not naturally incline towards any of them, though most of them are lawful, or good, due to their contact with nature.

Floroid Traits

Floroids are able to control their plant-body at will.

Roots

Using your roots, you can do one of the following as an action:

• Grapple an enemy. The enemy must roll a dexterity save or be grappled by your roots. Reach: 10ft.
• Pick up an item that is at most 20ft. away. The item cannot be heavier than 5lbs.
• Attack an enemy for 1d4 physical damage. The target must roll a dexterity save. On a successful save, deal half of that.

Additional actions must be cleared by the DM.

Ability Score Increase

Your ability scores each increase by 1.

Age

Floroids are very venerable, some of them reaching the triple digits. They are physically immortal, but it takes them at least two decades to reach maturity.

Size

Humans vary widely in height and build, from barely 2 feet to well over 10 feet tall. Your size can be small, medium, or large.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 15 feet. You may burrow underground to move at 10 feet. Climbing vertically using your roots is 5 feet.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Floroids do not talk much, but they can still speak in common, and many of them adopt the languages of nearby civilizations.