Homebrew Dryad (Watcher) Species Details

Dryads resemble highly humanoid beings only made out of smooth, brown-green wood, and with grass and leaves for hair. In some cases, you will see that some Dryads have both hair and eyes that change with the seasons. Specifically, you are a Watcher, more of a Medium-Sized creature.

Dryad (Watcher) Traits

Humanoids made of Wood. Guardians of the Forest. Watchers of Nature.

Ability Score Increase

Your Wisdom score increases by 2.

Age

You age just like a tree, very slowly, which means you can live anywhere from a few hundred years to a few thousand.

Alignment

Dryads tend to be lawful and are rarely evil, following and protecting the "law" of the forest.

Size

Dryads come in many sizes, ranging from a little under 6 feet to almost 8 feet tall. Your size is dependant on subrace.

Barkskin

You have a naturally occurring tough skin covering you from head to toe. When unarmored, your Armor Class is equal to 12 + your Dexterity modifier.

Forest Blend

You have advantage on Stealth checks made to hide amongst foliage, trees and other plant life.

Plant

Your creature type is both fey and humanoid. Given that your physiology is primarily composed of plant matter, you are vulnerable to fire damage.

Photosynthesis

Being a plant-based life form, you create your food through photosynthesis, being in bright sunlight will regenerate hit points equal to your proficiency bonus at the end of each hour you spend this way, likewise, if you aren't in sunlight for a number of days equal to your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier you will start to decay, taking one level exhaustion at the end of each long rest until you do so. You cannot recover these levels of exhaustion by long resting but you can by meditating in sunlight during the same amount of time as a long rest.

Tree Stride

Over time you have learned the skill of using trees as a type of transportation. Once a turn, you can use 10 feet of your movement to step magically into one living tree within your reach and emerge from a second living tree within 60 feet of the first tree, appearing in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the second tree. Both trees must be Medium or larger.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan. Some Dryads that deal with druids folk know Druidic themselves.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 1.

Nature Whisperer

You are one with the forest and it speaks to you. You can communicate with beasts and plants through Sylvan.