Homebrew Dryad (mythology based) Species Details
Dryad (origin- Greek mythology) the spirit of the oak wood and guardian of the forest. It emulates humans in order to communicate with them, often doing so by crafting a form we find attractive and best suited to the nature of the forest. However, do not mistake them as forest-dwelling people with supernatural blessings of the forest, nor as creatures that simply have adapted to a wooded environment. They neither live as men, nor think like them.
Often mistaken as hemmadryads (the spirit of a single tree), they are the embodiment of the collective mind of all creatures and plants that comprise the oakenwood.
Dryad (mythology based) Traits
Spirit of the woodInnate spellcasting
Dryads know the Druidcraft cantrip. Dryads can also use druidcraft to make simple tools, garments, weapons and acutraments out of living organisms.
Once a day they can cast Goodberry with no material components. Once cast, they cannot do so again until they take a long rest.
Dryads can use their own voice in combination with a druidic focus as a substitute for a bardic focus.
Nature's Ward
Plants and animals view the Dryad as friendly and will not intentionally harm them and may even aid them.
All natural organisms with a willpower less than an 8 fall in this category. Domesticated creatures can be forced to harm by their masters making a successful Animal Handling roll (at dissadvantage.) Familiar and animal companions are immune to this.
Furthermore, the Dryad knows Sylvan as a language, but also this language extends to simpler creatures and plants. The dryad knows the ways these organisms communicate and can interpret it as well, though the messages might be extremely simple due to the organisms that communicate them.
Masterful Knowledge
Proficiency in Perception, Survival, and Nature.
Ability modifiers
Dryads gain
+2 to Wisdom, making them masterful druids, clerics of nature, and rangers.
+1 to Charisma to help them speak on behalf of their wood, or to manipulate adversaries on a non-confrontational level.
Resistance to all weather, from the frigid cold of winter, to a torrential downpour, to the scorching sun on their skin all day, Dryads have no use for shelter (or clothing for that matter.) They are immune to all natural weather related conditions as well as natural diseases.
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