Homebrew Awakened Holly Tree Species Details

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An Awakened Holly Tree is an ordinary holly tree given sentience and mobility by the awaken spell or similar magic.

After awakening, the tree gains Intelligence and the ability to speak one language its creator knows. It gains the ability to move its limbs, roots, vines, creepers, and so forth, and it gains senses similar to a human’s. 

The Awakened Holly is charmed to obey their creator for 30 days or until their creator or one of their creator's companion do anything harmful to them. When the charmed condition ends, the awakened tree chooses whether to remain friendly to their creator, based on how they were treated while it was charmed.

Awakened Holly Tree Names

Awakened Holly Trees can be named anything.  They will either be named by their creator, or come up with their own names.

Awakened Holly Tree Traits

Your Awakened Holly Tree character gains traits based on its unique anatomy as a magically animated tree..

Human-like Senses

As a result of your awakening, your senses are human-like.

Plant Anatomy

As a plant you do not eat like animals, but you need sunlight, nutrients and water.  You should have at least an hour of sunlight (or magical equivalent) a day.  More than 3 days without sunlight will give a point of exhaustion.  You must be rooted into soil for at least 4 hours to absorb nutrients and water. You can do this while awake or asleep. 

Ability Score Increase

Your Con score increases by 2 and Wis score increases by 1.

Age

Awakened Holly Trees are adults as soon as they're awakened and can live for more than 100 years.

Alignment

Awakened Holly Trees are not skewed towards any particular alignment. How they are treated after creation plays a big part.

Size

This species of Holly tree grows between 4 to 6 feet tall. Your size is medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Rake

You can use your branches to rake your enemies. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

No need for oxygen

You do not need to breathe, so will not drown if under water for extended periods of time, though you will still die if submerged for more than 2 days.  You are not built for swimming so you move 1/3 speed in the water. Poison gas still affects you.

Natural Armor

Due to your leafy exterior, you are ill-suited to wearing clothing or armor.  Your body provides some protection however; it gives you an AC of 13 + Dexterity modifier.

You can also wear a shield and apply the shield’s bonus as normal. If you are wearing a shield, you can use a bonus action to move it in or out of your leafy exterior. The bonus only applies if extended.

You are unable to wear armor or clothing.  You can only wear shoes, jewelry, and items that can fit around branches (example: tiaras or bracers).  Everything but shoes will remain hidden behind the leafy exterior.

You have resistance to piercing damage.

You are vulnerable to fire damage.

False Appearance

If you remain motionless and no equipment is showing, you are indistinguishable from a normal holly tree.

One with Nature.

You gain proficiency in the Nature skill.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and the primary language of your creator.

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