Homebrew Free Dryad Species Details

Appearance: Their skin tones can range from a light tan to a dark oak tan to shades of green, their hair colours are vast, from vibrant greens to earthy browns to autumn reds to snow-white, and everything in between. The eyes of a dryad, however, have a much more limited range, from emerald green to citrine yellow to ruby red.

Faith: Finding a dryad who worships a god is rare but all dryads hold a belief of Gaia or as they refer to her The All-Mother

Size:  Dryads stand on average from 5 foot 4 to 6 foot 4 with some reported cases of some 8 to 9-foot tall ones.

Age: They mature by the age of 15 springs and can live upwards of 1000 years.

Alignment: Because they are part of nature, they tend to be neutral in alignment as long as their trees continue to thrive and those trees they look after are alive. However, you will never an evil-aligned Dryad as such actions would harm the trees

Fey Ancestry: They have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep

Speak with Beasts and Plants. The dryad can communicate with beasts and plants as if they shared a language.

Reclusive Fey. Dryads act as guardians of their woodland demesnes. Shy and reclusive, they watch interlopers from the trees. A dryad struck by the beauty of a stranger might investigate more closely, perhaps even try to lure the individual away to be charmed.

Free Dryad Traits

Unbound from their host trees, these dryads can move without fear of weakening, but without their host they are weakened slightly

Unbound

As their tree has been destroyed the Dryads are able to leave the area where their tree once stood, they still are attuned to nature but are unable to use Tree Stride.

Ability Score Increase

+1 to Dex

+2 to Wis

The Last Gift of Gaia

Pure Unbound Dryads still hold enough magic to cast druidcraft and once a day they can cast barkskin.

Language

They can speak Common, Elvish, and Sylvan

Woodland Magic.

The dryad can communicate with beasts and plants as if they shared a language.

Fey Ancestry

Fey blood flows through their veins granting them a bonus against magic simular to their innate fey charm this also grants them immunity to sleep