Homebrew Dryad Species Details

Dryads are known for being protectors of forests and nature. They are born from trees and the tree that gave birth to them becomes their home. Dryads can roam the land freely and as long as their tree remains healthy and unharmed they will stay forever youthful. If their tree is ever damaged they suffer and if it dies they will go insane and their lifespan will be reduced to that of humans and will age accordingly meaning most dryads except young ones will die along with their tree. This connection to their tree is mutual meaning that if the dryad dies the tree will die with them.

Part of nature.

Dryads are creatures that hold a deep connection with nature meaning they will always try to protect it and will be hostile towards anyone that wishes to bring harm to it. In their physical forms dryads are a sight to behold as they come in all shapes and sizes, some look like a walking gardens and others look like a tree that grew arms and legs. The color of their skin varies depending on the tree from which they were born but generally it is some shade of green or they can also be fully covered in tree bark.

Fey Origins.

All dryads were once spirits that roamed the Feywild freely that were given a physical body to protect a forest either in the material plane or the Feywild. Regardless of the plane in which they were born all dryads hold a connection to the Feywild one way or another, but some have a stronger connection than others.

Dryad Traits

Your dryad character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase

Your Wisdom score increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 1.

Age

Dryads will remain healthy and youthful as long as their tree stands, if their tree dies a dryad's lifespan is reduced to that of a human and will age accordingly, this means that older dryads die along with their tree.

Alignment

Dryads are protectors of nature, for the most part they remain neutral in most conflicts but will always prioritize their forest and nature as a whole and will side against those who wish to harm it. However dryads are also fully sentient creatures which means they have wishes and ambitions that are likely to influence the way they interact with the world.

Size

Dryads range anywhere from just below 5 feet to about 7 feet in height, their height is generally tied to the size of their tree. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Humanoid

Your creature type is humanoid.

One with nature

You have proficiency in the Animal Handling and Nature skills. Your connection to nature also gives you the ability to communicate in a limited manner with beasts and plants. They can understand the meaning of your words but you can only understand how they feel.

Born from the trees

Water and sunlight are your main sources of energy and do not need to consume food. You can consume food but do not gain any benefits from doing so unless sunlight is not readily available, in that case food can be a temporal source of energy. You also know the Druidcraft cantrip.

Fey resilience

Being of fey origins you have advantage on saving throws against being charmed.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan.