Homebrew Woad Species Details

Description

The Woad is a unique race of living, plant-based beings perfectly attuned to nature. They have an appearance that lies somewhere between human and plant-like, with bodies made up of intertwined roots, leaves, and vines. Their skin ranges from deep forest green to soft brown, with accents of moss and blooming flowers that subtly change with the seasons.

Their eyes shimmer like dewdrops in the morning sun, radiating a deep wisdom that betrays their connection to the natural world. Woads often have branch-like protrusions or crown-like horns on top of their heads, giving them a noble and protective appearance. When they move, they can make the sound of rustling leaves and the soft creaking of wood, making them seem as though they are part of their surroundings.

The race lives in dense forests and areas of pristine wilderness, where they serve as guardians of the ecosystem. They communicate with each other as well as with the plants and animals around them, often through subtle gestures, vibrations, and scents that are difficult for other races to comprehend.

Woads share a deep bond with the magic of nature and are often druids, rangers, or other classes that embrace the power of the natural world. Their culture revolves around harmony, protection, and maintaining the balance between different life forms. Their communities are often made up of carefully woven shelters of branches and vines, decorated with flowers that symbolize their values and history.

These mysterious and noble beings are seen as the embodiment of nature itself, ready to stop those who threaten to disturb the balance, but also generous and helpful to those who come in peace.

Woad Names:

• Thornwillow
• Mossheart
• Elderbloom
• Briarshade
• Fernwhisper
• Rootbinder
• Oakthorn
• Willowdew
• Ivyveil
• Sunpetal
• Brackenmane
• Larkspur
• Thistletide
• Cedarwhisp
• Meadowroot
• Gladebloom
• Ashvine
• Dewshade
• Hazelgrove
• Birchthistle

 

 

Woad Traits

Woads share certain racial traits as a result of their Natural birth.

Ability Score Increase

Your Intelligence score increases by 1, your constitution score increases by 1 and your Charisma score increases by 2.

Age

Woads mature later than humans and live a few decades longer.

 

Size

Woads are about the same size as humans. Your size is medium.

 

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet and you have a base climbing speed of 30 feet

Darkvision

Thanks to your Natural heritage, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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.

Nature's veil

You have resistance to bludgeoning damage.

Nature's wrath

Your kind have tapped into the power of nature, and can focus your mental power into physical action.

You can cast Ensnaring Strike starting at level 1, once per long rest.

You can cast Speak With Plants starting at level 3, once per long rest.

You can cast Conjure Woodland Beings at level 5, once per long rest.

 

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Terran. Terran is the language of creatures from the Elemental Plane of Earth or those otherwise related to the earth in some way.