Homebrew Dryad Species Details
Hailing from among the lush forests in the Forgotten Realms, Dryads sometimes seek a life of adventure and explore the world. While they may choose to adventure, they still prefer to be among trees and nature, and remain connected to them, no matter how far they get from their homes.
Dryad Traits
The Dryad has racial traits that grant it benefits.Ability Score Increase
Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Age
Dryads reach maturity at around age 17 and can live up to almost 200 years.
Alignment
Dryads tend to be more chaotic, but are mostly good.
Size
Dryads average between 4 and a half to 5 and a half feet tall and weigh around 100 pounds. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Connection to Nature
Your connection to nature allows you to cast certain spells at will. You can cast Tree Stride at will up to twice per day. You can also communicate with plants to get information about anything that has happened within 15 ft. of the plant in the last 24 hrs.
Weapon Resistance
The Dryad has resistance against non-magical weapon attacks.
Anchor to Tree
Choose a type of tree. You can anchor your life force to a tree by meditating under it for a set time depending on the size of the tree. The amount of time is cut in half if it is the species of tree chosen by this trait. You can meditate for an additional amount of time depending on the size of the tree to un-anchor yourself from the tree. You can only anchor to 1 tree at a time with this trait. Tiny trees cannot be anchored to you by this trait.
A Small tree takes 1 hour of meditation. A Medium tree takes 2 hours of meditation. A Large tree takes 4 hours of meditation. A Huge tree takes 8 hours of meditation. A Gargantuan tree takes 16 hours of meditation.
When you are within 120 ft. of the anchored tree, you gain 1d4 + your Wisdom score temporary hit points. When you are within 60 ft. of the anchored tree, you can use your Connection to Nature trait an additional 1d4 times. When you are within 30 ft. of the anchored tree, you have advantage on saving throws against attack rolls made against you. When you are within 15 ft. of the anchored tree, you have advantage on saving throws against spell attack rolls made against you.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common, Elvish, and Sylvan.
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