Homebrew Shroomling Species Details

The Shroomligs are small, curious humanoids born from the ancient fungal networks that thrive beneath forests, swamps, and forgotten caverns. At first glance, a Shroomlings might be mistaken for a particularly strange gnome, but their fungal nature becomes unmistakable upon closer inspection.
Their bodies resemble those of small humanoids, typically standing between three and four feet tall. Their skin ranges from pale cream and earthy brown to gray, green, or muted violet, often covered in tiny freckles or patterns resembling natural fungal markings. Growing naturally from the top of their heads is their most distinctive feature: a living mushroom cap.
No two Fungari caps are exactly alike. Some resemble broad forest mushrooms, while others are narrow, colorful, or covered in unusual patterns. Their caps continue to grow and change throughout their lives, sometimes developing new colors or shapes as the Shroomling matures.
Despite their unusual appearance, Shroomlings possess remarkably expressive faces and personalities. Their large eyes, subtle movements, and constantly shifting mushroom caps make it surprisingly easy to tell when one is happy, frightened, angry, or excited.

shroomlings are petite folk with big eyes and mushroom caps, who live around 500 years.

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Shroomling Traits

Creature Type: Humanoid
Size: Small (about 3–4 feet tall)
Speed: 30 feet

As a shroomling, you have these special traits.

Darkvision

You have Darkvision with a range of 60 feet.

Fungal Nature

your body is made of living fungal tissue rather than ordinary flesh,

meaning -you dont need as much food as most humanoids (you still enjoy food)

                 -you can survive from absorbing nutrients from soil, decaying plant matter and water

                 -you have resistance to poison damage 

                 - you have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned

Fungal Mind

your consciousness is partially connected to the underground network of fungal threads.

you have proficiency in nature 

when touching natural earth you can communicate simple thoughts and emotions with mushrooms or fungal growth within 30 feet

Bioluminescent spores

you release harmless glowing spores from your cap

as an action you can cause your spores to glow for 10 minutes, producing dim light in a 10 foot radius around you

can be dismissed with a bonus action

Cap of Many Moods

your mushroom cap naturally reacts to your emotions 

you have no control of these changes

when happy your cap becomes brighter

when sad cap droops

when angry spots on cap become darker

when excited tiny harmless spores float from cap

when afraid cap folds downward

when embarrassed cap becomes noticeably redder

when confused cap tilts slightly