Homebrew Deku Scrub Species Details
The Deku are creatures of the forests or jungles of Hyrule, though they can be found all over.
Deku Scrub Traits
The Deku Scrubs have unqiue abilities specific to themAbility Score Increase
Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.
Age
Deku can live for anywhere from one hundred to nearly five hundred based on their tree like biology, flowering around forty years of age and being considered an adult after.
Size
Deku Scrubs are small creatures, rarely growing past half a Hylian's size, though their leaves or branches can grow higher.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Buoyancy and Light Weighted Bodied
Any Deku Scrub can skip across water for up to half their Movement Speed, allowing them to skip across any source of water at least half their height or that they would be able to float in. However, if they end their turn on water, they will then sink and be considered swimming.
Additionally, their natural lightness allows them to have Advantage on Acrobatics Checks and Saving Throws involving falling or catching themselves, but also disadvantage on any Strength or Acrobatics Checks or Saving Throws involving being pushed aside or knocked down.
Deku Shot
Scrubs often grow a form of nut inside their body that they can then fire out of their mouth. This has been the main defense of the Deku Scrub in the wild and even after becoming civilized. This may be used as any time as one of your attacks or as bonus action per Proficiency Bonus, regained at a long rest. The Attack is a 1D8 + Proficiency Bonus + Constitution Modifier
Deku Flower Glide
Deku grow a number of flowers that they can use to temporally glide. As a bonus action you may glide down for up to half your movement speed. You may not use any items or spells during this, though you can use the Deku Shot as a Action. At the end of your turn your glide ends and take no damage up to 15ft of falling
Damage Resistance And Weakness
Deku's wooden bodies do not conduct Electricity on their own, though if wet the water will. Also being made of wood leaves them venerable to Fire.
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