Homebrew Woodling Species Details

Woodlings are pieces of driftwood, tree branches and stumps, as well as other pieces of trees that have magically been given sentience. They are usually between 2 and 3 feet tall, have rotund bodies, and short stumpy limbs. There is a large leaf that covers the front of their bodies that acts like a face and a representation of what kind of tree they came from.

Woodlings are exceptionally good at hiding, especially in heavily wooded areas. They can also speak with and teleport between trees. There are not many Woodlings because they have no means of reproducing, so whenever a new Woodling spawns, it is seen as a miracle by other Woodlings that has to be celebrated.

Woodling Traits

Woodlings have racial traits that reflect their time spent surviving in forests and swamps as well as their magical origin.

Ability Score Increase

When determining your character's ability scores, increase your Dexterity score by 2 and one other score of your choice by 1.

Plant Camouflage

Woodlings has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks it makes in any terrain with ample obscuring vegetation.

Tree Stride

Once on each of its turns, Woodlings can use 10 feet of its movement speed to magically step into one living tree within 5 feet of it and emerge from a second living tree within 60 feet of it that it can see, appearing within 5 feet of the second tree. Both trees must be large or bigger.

Plant Communicator

Due to the Woodlings' magical attunement to the forest, they can cast the Speak with Plants spell once per long rest.