As a member of the diverse Floran species, you share a common botanical lineage. You possess the following traits: Darkvision, Sun's Beauty, Earth's Embrace, Naturally Adept, Verdant Vitality, and Living Carapace.

Life Span. Rootborn grow slowly, mirroring the trees they guard. They reach young adulthood at age 50, are considered fully mature at age 100, and can live for over 800 years.

As a bonus action, you can plant your roots into the ground. Until you move, you have advantage on saving throws and ability checks made to avoid being knocked prone, shoved, or pulled against your will.

You possess a primal understanding of botanical life. You can cast the Speak with Plants spell once per long rest without expending a spell slot, using Charisma as your spellcasting ability."

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. When viewing things in darkness, your vision is attuned to the growth of the wild, allowing you to see the world in shades of green rather than gray.

You can turn sunlight into nourishment. If you spend at least 1 hour in direct sunlight, you gain the benefits of a full day's rations and do not need to eat standard food for the day.

You do not need to sleep. Instead, if you submerge your feet or root-appendages at least halfway into fresh soil and water, you can enter a semiconscious, suspended state for 4 hours. Resting this way gives you the same benefits a human gains from 8 hours of sleep. Magic cannot put you to sleep, and you do not suffer exhaustion from a lack of rest as long as you complete this communion daily.

Your ancient connection to the First Garden grants you an innate understanding of the natural world. You gain proficiency in the Nature skill.

As a creature born of the earth and the raw magic of the Feywild, your connection to the cycle of growth grants you natural grace and a captivating presence. Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Dexterity score increases by 1.

You can cultivate and shape your own biological matter into a protective covering tailored specifically to your physiology. By spending 1 hour in meditation—which can be performed during a short or long rest—you can harden your skin, grow reinforced plates, or weave dense, fibrous vines into a suit of armor.

• Custom Fit: This armor is biologically fused to you and cannot be removed against your will. It is perfectly fitted to your size and cannot be used by any other creature.

• Adaptable Protection: Upon completing the meditation, you may choose to manifest this armor as Light, Medium, or Heavy armor. You are considered proficient with the armor you create.

• Attunement: To maintain the structural integrity of this armor, you must be attuned to it. While attuned, the armor acts as an extension of your own body; it does not impose disadvantage on Stealth checks, and you do not require a free hand to don or doff it.

• Evolving Form: As you gain levels, your carapace grows more resilient.

  • Level 5: Kinetic Dampening. Your armor becomes fluid and reactive. When a creature within 5 feet of you hits you with a melee attack, you can use your reaction to cause your armor to ripple and stiffen momentarily, absorbing the blow and dealing force damage back to the attacker equal to your Proficiency Bonus.

  • Level 9: Your carapace becomes resistant to non-magical bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage while you are below half of your hit point maximum.

  • Level 13: You can choose to grow additional sensory organs or toughened internal fibers, granting you a +1 bonus to your AC.

If you choose to dismiss the armor, it crumbles into inert compost, requiring another hour of meditation to regrow.