Homebrew Dryad Species Details

Dryads are neutral, simple, and wise. They are connected to their forest and do everything they can to protect it. They're quite elegant and calm but will anger easily when someone is harming their forest - if their forest dies, so do they, and if the dryad dies so does the forest. They usually have various shades of green skin and long, silken hair, the size of a human, and will live as long as their forest is alive.

Dryad Traits

Fey Innate Spellcasting At will: druidcraft (cantrip) 3/day each: entangle (3rd level), goodberry (1st level) 1/day each: barkskin (5th level), pass without trace (2nd level), shillelagh (cantrip) Magic Resistance The dryad gets half the damage on WIS saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Speak with Beasts and Plants The dryad can speak to beasts and plants as if they shared a language. They can understand the meaning of your words, though you have no special ability to understand them in return. You have advantage on all Charisma checks you make to influence them. Tree Stride Once per long rest, the dryad can use 10 feet of her movement to step magically into one living tree within her 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. Actions Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit (+6 to hit with shillelagh), reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2 (1d4) bludgeoning dama

Innate spellcasting

Dryads are able to cast At will: druidcraft (cantrip)

3/day each: entangle (3rd level), goodberry (1st level)

1/day each: barkskin (5th level), pass without trace (2nd level), shillelagh (cantrip)

Magic resistance

The dryad gets half the damage on WIS saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Tree strider

Once per long rest, the dryad can use 10 feet of her movement to step magically into one living tree within her 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.

Speak with beasts and plants

The dryad can speak to beasts and plants as if they shared a language, you can understand them and they can understand you. You have advantage on all Charisma checks you make to influence them.