Homebrew Dryad Species Details
In the boundless forests of the Feywild, weaker spirits are bound by the strong to take the shape of tree like humanoids known as Dryads. These spirits can communicate with animals and plants as freely as with other humanoids and have an inherent access to magic. Dryads may take any shape of nature, from mighty oaks of the forest to desert cacti, drenched in sun.
Dryad Traits
As a Dryad, you have the following traits.Creature Type
You are a Fey
Size
You are Small or Medium.
Speed
You have a walking speed of 30 ft.
Ability Score Increase
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy. The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
You can speak Common, Sylvan, and one other language of your choice.
Magic
You can innately cast some spells.
At 1st level, you can choose any druid cantrip to learn, with wisdom as your spellcasting ability.
At 3rd level, you learn a 1st level druid spell to learn, you can cast this once per long rest.
Speech of The Wilds.
A dryad can speak with natural flora and fauna. The dryad can communicate with any Beast or Plant within 60ft using telepathy.
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