Homebrew BAMBOO SPIRIT FOLK Species Details

SPIRIT FOLK
Spirit folk are the descendants of humans and various spirits of nature. Spirit folk have three distinct races —bamboo, river, and sea spirit folk. All tie very strongly to the natural world as well as to the society of humans.
A TIMELESS PERSPECTIVE
Spirit folk tend to be serene and calm, attuned to their surroundings and at peace with the world. Their spirit ancestry gives them an awareness of the spirit world, and they show little desire to manipulate that world through magic. They manifest a love and enjoyment of life that many humans can only envy.
Perhaps because of their strong ties to the natural world, spirit folk tend to seek balance between extremes. They tend toward neutral alignments.
Spirit folk share the religious habits of humans, venerating a host of spirits and Fortunes. They typically venerate their human ancestors as well as their spirit forebears.
SLENDER AND GRACEFUL
Spirit folk look human. Their eyes are slender, and their mouths are small. Their eyebrows are very thin, and their complexions are very pale or golden. They have no facial or body hair, but the hair on their heads is thick and luxurious. Some have more unusual qualities like golden hair or slightly pointed ears. They appear in all the diversity of humans, and many come close to the ideal of human beauty in their society.
LIVING AMOUNG US
Spirit folk live among humans, but usually near regions of untouched wilderness—uncut bamboo groves, pure streams and rivers, and deep ocean waters. Unlike hengeyokai, they are more tightly integrated into human communities, bound by family ties. They do not usually join in communities with other spirit folk.
Spirit folk typically live as part of human society, and are accepted as equals in human communities, even when their true ancestry is known. They are members of human clans, citizens of human nations, and have blood relations who are entirely human. At the same time, they are part of the spirit world, and never feel completely at home in the mundane life of a human village.
As spirits, spirit folk often get along well with hengeyokai, and they may have friends and allies among other spirit races as well.
EXPLORATION AND ADVENTURE
Some spirit folk feel their difference from their human neighbors more acutely than others of their kind, and take up the life of an adventurer in order to find their own way in the world. Sometimes, sheer wanderlust drives a spirit folk to explore the world.
SPIRIT FOLK NAMES
Spirit folk usually have human names, though their given names often reflect their ancestry. They might later assume distinctive names to capture their heritage, such as Lung, Wave, Moon, River, or Jade. River spirits will tend to have the same name of the river they are linked to or incorporate it somehow into their name.

BAMBOO SPIRIT FOLK Traits

This spirit folk normally live near forests (bamboo or otherwise) or jungles. Bamboo spirit folk have these characteristics.

Creature Type

You are a Humanoid. 

Size

You are Medium.

Speed

Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Spirit Folk Spells

They can cast invisibility, Speak with Animals, Animal Friendship, and protection from good and evil once every long rest. 

Darkvision

You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

Wilderness Lore

You are proficient in the Survival skill.

Mask of the Wild

You can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly obscured by foliage, heavy rain, falling snow, mist, and other natural phenomena.

Forest Spirit

You have advantage on saving throws against spells and affects that are nature related in some aspect (DM’s discretion).