Homebrew Dryad Species Details
You appear to be a beautiful woman with delicate features seemingly made of soft wood. Your hair is made of leaves and foliage that change color with the seasons. During the spring and summer months, your hair is lush and green, while during autumn it is red and eventually brown in the winter.
Dryad Traits
Your dryad character’s magical nature grants them a variety of innate abilities which they share with other dryads.Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common, Elvish, and Sylvan.
Ability Score Increase
Your Charisma score increases by 2 and your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Age
As a dryad, your spirit is bound to a tree. You remain young and alluring as long as the tree is healthy. If the tree is ever killed or destroyed, you can live on in a wilting, maddened state for roughly a year before dying.
Alignment
Dryads are generally benign, being more inclined toward good or neutral alignments. Only those who were particularly cruel and determined to destroy a dryad's forest see the full wrath of these fey.
Size
Dryads are between 4 and 6 feet tall. Your size is medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision
You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Speak with Beasts and Plants
You can communicate with beasts and plants as if you shared a language.
Magic Resistance
You have advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Innate Spellcasting
You know the druidcraft cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the charm person spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the barkskin spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
Fey Presence
Your creature type is fey.
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