Homebrew Dryad Species Details
“By your very own particular abilities amalgamated, I am Madam Satellite!"
Physical Description
Dryads are roughly 7 feet tall, and have orange, green, or yellowish-green skin, covered with leaves. They don't have hair, having leaves instead, and their eyes are a more grey-tinted version of their skin color. They are almost always female, however, male Dryads do exist.
History
Powerful fey will sometimes bind lesser fey spirits to trees, transforming them into dryads. This is sometimes done as a punishment when the fey spirit falls in love with a mortal and that love is forbidden. However, some dryads are able to escape from their bindings, allowing them to become adventurers, though they are not able to return to their original spirit form, if they can even remember their time as one.
Society
Dryads don't have a real society, instead living amongst groups who are near the trees, and dislike those who would try to destroy nature, such as orcs.
Relationships
Dryads are on good relations with most races that are considered 'animal-like'. They are on very good terms with plants and plant-based races. They have a fierce dislike, or even hatred, towards those who reject nature, such as the dead coming back to life, or treat nature badly.
Dryad Names
Dryads typically take on names from either the Sylvan or Elven languages, or perhaps mashing up a name from both languages.
Dryad Traits
Eternal protectors of nature, Dryads have a number of natural abilities.Ability Score Increase
Your Wisdom score increases by 1, and your Charisma score increases by 2.
Age
Dryads are as long living as trees, and as such, treat ages like they do. They mature at 35 years old, and can live for hundreds of years.
Alignment
Dryads tend to stay on the side of nature, and are not large fans of the law, as they consider it too manmade. They are typically Chaotic or Neutral.
Size
Dryads are usually slightly taller and way heavier than humans, averaging at around 7 feet and 270 to 300 pounds. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision
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.
Tree Stride
Once per long rest, you can use 10 feet of your movement to step magically into one living tree within your reach and emerge from a second living tree within 60 feet of the first tree, appearing in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the second tree. Both trees must be large or bigger.
A Part of Nature
You know the druidcraft cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the entangle 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.
Plantspeak
You can communicate with plants as if you shared a common language.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan.