Homebrew Florani Species Details

“Your bodies shall feed the bloom. Aren't you thankful?”

Slender, deliberate, and calculating, these enigmatic living trees single-mindedly tend to the wilds. Wise in the ancient ways, they seek lost artifacts of bygone ages to empower the explosive growth of their territory, often at the expense of  other sentient denizens. The faint memories of the Evergrowth that lingered in the minds of the ancient florani had a profound impact on their culture. The bark-skinned beings reject the sense of self, believing that their individual souls are part of a collective spirit interlinking all plant life .

The florani use wasps and ravagers to pollinate their blooms. The pollen these insects carry has a number of powerful properties, and the Laughing Skull orcs who dwell nearby have long learned a few secrets of the florani that they can use to grow their own plants. With a dash of a few secret ingredients one can feed an army with the food grown from the pollen, if one knows the secret ways, and there is no such thing as a hungry Laughing Skull for this reason.

For tens of thousands of years the florani have clashed against the mightiest forces of the world. The botani have long cultured unique plantlife in their irrigated ponds or tree dwellings, but far more terrifying is their ability to cultivate flora within a living host. Unwary natives are captured and seeded in an agonizing process that alters their physical makeup and takes complete control over their bodies, turning them into mindless walking saplings. The entire process is poorly understood, but these grisly infested can be seen guarding florani enclaves or shambling ahead of the florani host as gruesome cannon fodder whose corpses eventually seed new terrain. Prisoners that aren't infested are instead fattened up with fruit, honey and mead before being turned into mulch.

Florani Traits

Traits

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength score is increased by 2, and your Wisdom score is increased by 1.

Botanical Body

Due to being made of plant matter and bark, you are weak to fire damage.

Nature's Guardian

You are proficient in Nature.