Homebrew FPB Leshy Species Details
Leshies are immortal nature spirits placed in small plant bodies, seeking to experience the world.
Leshies are immortal spirits of nature temporarily granted physical forms. As guardians and emissaries of the environment, leshies are “born” when a skilled druid or other master of primal magic conducts a ritual to create a suitable vessel, and then a spirit chooses that vessel to be their temporary home. Leshies are self-sufficient from the moment the ritual ends, though it isn't uncommon for leshies to maintain lifelong bonds with their creators. Many leshies relish the opportunity to interact with the physical world. While most leshy spirits are ancient, they rarely recall past lifetimes and see their new life as a chance to experience the wonders of the world once more.
Leshies are as varied as the material used to create their vessels, usually appearing as a bizarre mishmash of various plants or fungi. Their bodies are vaguely humanoid in shape, with numerous characteristics of the plant or fungus from which they were made. A typical leshy is about 3 feet tall. Leshies begin their lives as adults and don't age.
FPB Leshy Traits
PlantLanguages
Common and Sylvan
Attribute boosts
+2 Wisdom
+1 Constitution
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.
Plant Nourishment
You gain nourishment in the same way that the plants or fungi that match your body type normally do, through some combination of photosynthesis, absorbing minerals with your roots, or scavenging decaying matter. You typically do not need to pay for food. If you normally rely on photosynthesis and go without sunlight for 1 week, you begin to starve. You can derive nourishment from specially formulated bottles of sunlight instead of natural sunlight, but these bottles cost 10 times as much as standard rations.
1 hour of direct sunlight per day, or a short/long rest spent absorbing decaying matter (due to fungal properties).
Gourd head
You have a large gourd for a skull, and since you don't have a physical brain, you can use the space inside your head. You can store up to 10 lbs of objects within your head. Attempts to Steal objects from within your head are at disadvantage. If you store only one object within your head, you can draw it effortlessly as part of another action.
Ritual Reversion
As an action, you can temporarily revert to a less conspicuous form without diminishing your senses. You take the form of an ordinary specimen of the type of plant or fungus that most closely resembles you, reverting to your body’s appearance just before your spirit joined with it. This Reversion lasts for 8 hours, and can be dismissed at any time on your turn.
While transformed, you can't move or affect anything outside the plant and you automatically fail all Dex/Str saves and checks. You may benefit from the effects of your Plant Nourishment trait while in this form.
Perception checks don't reveal your true nature, but a successful Nature or Survival check against 8 + Wis/Int/Cha modifier (your choice) + your proficiency bonus reveals that you appear to be a plant that is strangely new to the area. While in this form, you can observe everything around you, using your normal senses.
If you take damage while in this form, make a Con save as if concentrating on a spell to maintain the transformation.
You may use this ability a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and regain uses after a Long Rest.
Spore Cloud
You unleash a cloud of pollen or similar spores. All creatures within 5 ft of you must attempt a Con. save equal to 8 + your Con modifier + your proficiency bonus with the following results. Plants are immune to this effect.
Success: The creature is unable to make opportunity attacks until the end of your turn.
Failure: The creature is blinded and unable to make opportunity attacks until the end of your next turn.
At level 11, you gain an additional use of this ability.
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