Homebrew Dream Sprout Species Details
The rare and enigmatic Dream Sprouts are a rare sight in the world. While physically weak, they often boast quite considerable magic skills, especially when it comes to bending nature. Dream Sprouts are often shy, especially around much larger creatures, but some choose to take the brave steps to explore the world and learn new skills.
Shy but Mischievous
Dream Sprouts are shy with most other races, but may warm up to other diminuitive races like Halflings or Gnomes, and given enough time, can grow to trust larger and more imposing races.
Dream Sprouts tend to enjoy practical jokes, but rarely like to live up to the consequences of them. These practical jokes are rarely mean-spirited, and in their culture, they serve as an educational tool. As they have experience being tricked, they tend to be less likely to be deceived or tricked by others.
Mysterious Recluses
Dream Sprouts often have difficulty fitting into new crowds, and will be uncomfortable in large social gatherings. They will often burrow and disguise themselves as an ordinary plant if they feel threatened or uncomfortable.
Woodland Heritage
Most Dream Sprouts live in Woodlands, usually alone or in sparse communities. They will, however, come together for social gatherings with their friends and families on a regular basis.
Exploring Opportunities
On the rare happening that a Dream Sprout does leave the forest, it is often to explore new horizons, and to return to the forest later with bragging rights among the other Sprouts.
Dream Sprout Names
Dream Sprouts don't have family names as they don't tend to form strict monogamous relationships, and instead have a name consisting of a descriptive adjective, combined with a noun. Their names often convey the way they want to be seen, such as being beautiful, smart, agile, etc.
Male Names: Nimbleroot, Smartshoot, Wisewood
Female Names: Finefronds, Lovelyleaf, Prettypetal
Dream Sprout Traits
Your Dream Sprout has a number of traitsPlantoid
You are unable to eat ordinary food, but instead eat soil or compost. The nutritional value of the soil/compost is determined by its fertility for plants.
You still require fresh water, but are able to consume most other drinks as usual.
You require regular sunlight or you will become sick and eventually die.
Your body consumes Carbon Dioxide and expels excess Oxygen. You must breathe while active, but may respire solely through your leaves while partially burrowed or inactive.
Flammable
You have an aversion to fire, and have disadvantage on saving throws against fire attacks.
Immunities
You are immune to the Paralyzed condition.
Ability Score Increase
Your Wisdom and Dexterity score increases by 2, but your Strength decreases by 2 (min. 1).
Age
A Dream Sprout reaches physical maturity at the age of 2, but are not considered to be adults until they are at the age of 10. Their exact lifespan is unclear, and some Dream Sprouts have allegedly lived for several millennia.
Alignment
Most Dream Sprouts are chaotic good, neutral good, chaotic neutral, or true neutral. They are rarely evil. They have very little tolerance for laws and order, and are therefore almost never Lawful. Their society values freedom and experimentation, and they often have a jovial view of the world.
Size
Dream Sprouts average about 2-2.5 feet (0.6 - 0.675 metres) tall and weigh about 7 pounds (10 kilograms). Your size is Tiny.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 25 feet.
Shy
You have disadvantage on saving throws against being frightened.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common, Sylvan, and Sproutish. Sproutish is unknown to non-plant creatures.