Your Constitution score increases by 2. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

A Funga grows from the Earth, reaching adulthood at around 100 years old, when it can finally pull itself out of the ground and begin to move. They generally live until around 400 years old. Funga do not procreate, instead, the spores that soak into the Earth upon the death of a Funga sprout into a new generation, continuing the cycle of their species.

Most of the Funga tend towards more Neutral alignments, having grown up apart from civilisation, some growing in complete isolation. Others, however might have been educated or contacted by others before reaching adulthood, in which case they might adopt the alignments of their teachers or influencers.

Accustomed to life in caves and dark forests, you have some vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 30 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern colour in darkness, only shades of grey.

Your creature type is plant, rather than humanoid.

You have Proficiency in the Nature skill.

You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage.

When you are hit with a melee attack, you can use your Reaction to have poisonous spores burst from the wound. When you use this Reaction, the melee attacker must make a Constitution saving throw. The DC for this saving throw equals 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus. On a failed save, the target creature takes 2d4 poison damage and becomes Poisoned until the end of their next turn. On a successful save, the target creature takes half as much damage and is not Poisoned.

The damage increases to 3d4 at 6 level, 4d4 at 11 level, and 5d4 at 16 level.

After you use Contamination, you can’t use it again until you have completed a short or long rest.

Funga don’t always need to sleep. Instead, they can choose to plant their roots into natural Earth for the duration of a long rest, remaining fully conscious. During this process they are unable to uproot themselves from the ground, but gain all benefits of a long rest.

You can speak, read and write Fungal. The Fungal language is strange, using a series of clicking sounds and a subtle creaking of the limbs to communicate, written in odd scratches and scribbles. Most Funga communities see little point in writing however, as there is little to record in their incredibly insular communities, and no need to communicate with the outside World. The Funga that choose to travel pick up the ability to speak, read and write Common very quickly, as communication is the best way for them to learn about the World.