Homebrew Forest Golem Species Details

Forest golems have just as broad a variety of statures as they do sizes, with some bulky and broad-shouldered while others are far more slender and even thin largely depending on the growth of the flora that lives on their bodies.

As forest golems grow elderly and pass on, they are reborn anew with their old memories shattered to give way for a new life.

The forest golems are a mysterious race, none are known to have knowledge of the precise origins of the Forest Golems, what purpose these Golems were created with or even whether they were created artificially or by natural workings of the world. Even the Forest Golems themselves know little of their ancestries, typically referring to such things with indifference.

The Forest Golems' elusive tendencies have prevented them from being broadly documented, and due to this fact, as well as their indifference towards any knowledge of their past, the history of the Forest Golems is shrouded in mystery.

Forest Golem Traits

Ability Score Increase. Elder Knowledge. Golem Nature. Natural Armour. Natures Camouflage. Oaken Strength. Shrink. Languages.

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength score increases by 1, and your Constitution score increases by 2.

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 can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Elder Knowledge

Due to your attunement to nature and longevity, you gain proficiency in the History and Nature skills

Golem Nature

Your creature type is construct and plant. You do not need to eat or breath, however, you require twice as much water as other characters.

Natural Armour

You cannot wear armor due to your unusual frame and attunement to metal. While unarmored your Armor Class is equal to 12 + your Constitution modifier

Natures Camouflage

While standing still, you have the ability to blend in with the boulders, trees and plants of the forest. You can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly obscured by foliage, heavy rain, falling snow, mist, and other natural phenomena.

Oaken Strength

While your size category is Medium, you count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Shrink

Over the course of an hour, you can alter your composition to shrink to half your size, your size becoming Medium. You can return to your normal size the same way.

Languages.

You can speak and understand Common, and one other language of your choice