Homebrew Arbor-nymphus Species Details

Race Details

Arbor-nymphus are an exceptionally hardy people and so are capable of surviving in harsh weather from the sides of freezing mountains to the storm battered tropics. Their communities are most often secluded from the outside world, and often placed in areas that other races would dismiss as being far too inhospitable or dangerous for civilized life, most spend their life's shepherding a woods or forest caring for and defending them.

The typical Arbor-nymphus is a sight to behold, typically standing between 7 and 15 feet tall and weighing between 250 and 450 pounds. With skin reminiscent of bark, hair like branches filled with leaves, root-like feet, and long gnarled hands and fingers, even the smallest of Arbor-nymphus can be an intriguing and imposing sight. Combined with their exceedingly long lifespans, a Arbor-nymphus can weather through the best and worst of times, surviving the rise and fall of kingdoms all the while remaining apart from the greater history of the world.

Arbor-nymphus often dress simply when in the company of other races, favouring practical robes in earthen tones, having natural barky armour all over is perfectly capable of protecting them from the elements and from most attacker's, so they have no need for clothing outside of being decorative. Shoes are an exceptionally odd sticking point for Arbor-nymphus, as they fail to see the reason for covering their roots and preventing them from touching the fertile soil of their environment. Though Arbor-nymphus will still follow convention when in the lands of other peoples, they nevertheless tend to find the norms and cultures of such races to be odd and alien at worst and intriguing curiosities at best.

From the time they are the smallest of saplings they are ingrained with the ideals of their elder, and encouraged to spread forth from their home community once they reach a few centuries of age. These wandering Arbor-nymphus are the ones most commonly encountered by the outside world, as they search for a new place to settle their roots and raise a new grove. Throughout their travels, Arbor-nymphus seek out and absorb knowledge and experiences with an almost voracious fervour. Arcane lore, martial training, and holy rituals are all seen as the perfect fertilizer for a future elder, all the better to raise a wiser and stronger future generation.

Arbor-nymphus Traits
All Arbor-nymphus share certain traits with each other as a result of their common physiology.
Ability Score Increase
Your Constitution score increases by 2, Strength score increases by 1, Wisdom score increases by 2 and Charisma score decreases by 2.

Age
Arbor-nymphus grow extremely slowly, reaching adulthood around the age of 150. Arbor-nymphus continue to grow throughout their lives and can reach an age of 10,000 years old thou this very rare and the topical one can expect at left 500-1000 years.

Alignment
Arbor-nymphus typically try to avoid moral quandaries, and their seclusion from the outside world leads them to remain neutral in many conflicts, if their even aware of the goings on beyond their homes. Even so, their interest in protecting the natural world leads most Arbor-nymphus to lean towards good on the cosmic scale.

Size
Arbor-nymphus are very tall and heavy, towering over most other humanoid races. They average between 7 and 15 feet tall, and often weigh between 150 to 600 pounds. Though they grow throughout their lives, the size of an average Arbor-nymphus is Medium.

Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common, Sylvan and one more related to what race's live here your home woods/forest.


Credit to "Default348" for the first build see "Treefolk"

Still refining so any and all suggestions welcome.

Arbor-nymphus Traits

As a walking talking tree you have natural bark armour, photosynthesis, cute critters & bug friends all over you.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan.You can speak, read, and write Common, Sylvan and one more related to what race's live surrounding your home woods/forest.

Photosynthesis and Deep Root's

You do need to spend one short or long rest in the sun with soil below your roots.You don't need to eat, you absorb energy from the sun and nutrients from the ground.
You do need to spend one short or long rest in the sun with soil below your roots.

Tree Hollows Of Holding 

As a tree you have not clothing on and a bag or backpack that fists isn't exactly easy to find so yiu use the natural Hollows that form or are made in your body. 

Awaken Nature Spirit

At 1st level, you can transform shrubs into Awakened Shrub or Twig Blights. At 3rd level, leaves can be animated into Needle Blights. At 5th level, you may animate a tree into an Awakened Tree with this power. At 10th level, you may call out a Nymph with this power. At 15th level, you may animate a tree into a Treant with this power.Awaken nature spirit : Once per long rest, you may, as an action, touch a plant in order to animate it, causing it to assume the form a loyal plant spirit for the next 10 minutes. The plant spirit shares your initiative, and obeys your verbal commands.
At 1st level, you can transform shrubs into Awakened Shrub or Twig Blights. At 3rd level, leaves can be animated into Needle Blights. At 5th level, you may animate a tree into an Awakened Tree with this power. At 10th level, you may call out a Nymph with this power. At 15th level, you may animate a tree into a Treant with this power. 

They are friendly to you but shy and distrusting around your companions, she will attack and move at her own will but can be directed roughly.

Barkskin

You cannot wear armour or footwear but are able to "wear" decorative cloth ect, even tree's like to look good.
When you aren’t wearing armour, your AC is 13 + your Dexterity modifier. You can use your natural armour to determine your AC if the armour you wear would leave you with a lower AC.
A shield’s benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armour.

Powerful build

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

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