Homebrew Flora Colossus Species Details

 OTHERWORDLY SPECIES
Flora colossus are often confused with treats due to their physical resemblance. However, flora colossus are only native to the planet X. Few who traveled through planar dimensions end up on the planet of Tori. On Tori, they seldom live with treants due to a lack of shared language.
SENTIENT ARBOROFORMS
Flora colossus are humanoid in form with a thick, robust body structure that makes them extremely resistant to physical harm. They are able to regrow limbs and even their entire bodies from nothing more than a twig.
Flora colossus have complete control over their bodies, able to extend their limbs as vines to reach high places or as whip-like weapons, grow twigs on any part of their body as a threat display, change their body shape, grow leaves or flowers, and release bioluminescent airborne seeds.
INGOMPREHENSIBLE LANGUAGE
Few individuals in the known universe are able to converse with flora colossus due to their esoteric vocabulary. The language is tonal, where a spoken phrase can mean many things, and is incomprehensible to the untrained ear.
Most flora colossus' speech, as understood by speakers of Common, is "I am Groot" and as such is where the species and language name is derived
FLORA COLOSSUS NAMES
Flora colossus have names, but due to a lack of a written language, only speakers of Groot can know a flora colossus' true name. However, when a flora colossus speaks, their utterance is interpreted by speakers of Common to be "I am " followed by a word (typically "Groot") which is assumed to be the floral colossus' name. As such, most speakers of Common will call a flora colossus by this name.
Names (in Common): Groot, Shroot, Broot, Gark, Sark, Flora. Roota

Flora Colossus Traits

FLORA COLOSSUs TRAITS ABILITY SCORE INCREAsE Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1. AGE Flora colossus have life spans far beyond those of humans. Some flora colossus can live to be 1000 years old. ALIGNMENT Most flora colossus are neutral in alignment. SIZE Flora colossus size varies depending on its age.

ABILITY SCORE INCREASE

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

Barkskin

When you aren't wearing armor, your AC is 16. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield's benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor.

Powerful Build

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

Elasticity

  1. You can extend your limbs, allowing to interact with objects that are 10 feet away.

Vegetative Reproduction

  1. You can reproduce using a piece of leaf, root or sprig that is cut from you. The offspring will be identical to you in genetic composition though it will not retain your memories.

Mold Shape

Ability to mold your arm into any basic melee weapon or shield. Weapon maintains the stats of that common gear.

Regenative Growth

Even after loosing an arm or leg, you can easily regrow them within an hour.

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