Dungeons & Dragons 5e Race/Species : Mandrake
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Mandrake
ability score increase:
Your Wisdom score increases by 2.
age:
Mandrakes must grow undisturbed for a year and a day before they are harvested. They then mature in a decade and live for centuries, growing wider with more gnarled bark as they age.
alignment:
Mandrakes are known to keep centuries-old concords known only to the oldest of creatures. Though they stay neutral in most matters, they tend to lean toward lawful alignments.
Size:
Medium
speed:
30 ft.
Languages:
You can speak, read, and write Common. You can also communicate simple ideas to nonmagical plants and can question plants about events that occurred nearby during the past day, gaining information about creatures that have passed, weather, and other circumstances.
race features:
Size. Mandrakes usually stand tall and slim, typically almost seven feet high, with spring mandrakes being smaller and winter mandrakes being slightly larger, and often hunched over. Plant Nature. Even though you are not fully a plant, you still possess many of the same traits as one. As long as you are within direct sunlight for at least 4 hours a day, you do not need to eat. Additionally, you can breathe through your leaves and extremities, and can absorb water and nutrients through your feet. Even if you aren’t proficient in Stealth, you can add your proficiency bonus to Dexterity (Stealth) checks that you make to hide in natural environments, such as forests. Root Magic. You know the shillelagh cantrip and can target yourself with the spell, treating one of your limbs as a club instead of an unarmed strike. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the goodberry spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the barkskin spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
Size. Mandrakes usually stand tall and slim, typically almost seven feet high, with spring mandrakes being smaller and winter mandrakes being slightly larger, and often hunched over. Plant Nature. Even though you are not fully a plant, you still possess many of the same traits as one. As long as you are within direct sunlight for at least 4 hours a day, you do not need to eat. Additionally, you can breathe through your leaves and extremities, and can absorb water and nutrients through your feet. Even if you aren’t proficient in Stealth, you can add your proficiency bonus to Dexterity (Stealth) checks that you make to hide in natural environments, such as forests. Root Magic. You know the shillelagh cantrip and can target yourself with the spell, treating one of your limbs as a club instead of an unarmed strike. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the goodberry spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the barkskin spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
Seasonal Subrace.
Depending on the season in which mandrakes are harvested, they take on vastly different characteristics when they mature. Pick one seasonal subrace from Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.Spring
Mandrakes harvested in the spring are limber and flexible, bearing lighter bark and short green buds instead of leaves. They are by far the thinnest and most agile of the mandrakes. Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 1. Sprightly Movement. Your walking speed increases by 5 feet. Storm Resistance. Accustomed to the thunderstorms of spring, you have resistance to lightning damage.Summer
Summer mandrakes grow high and strong, as they are accustomed to the warm months and everabundant sunlight. Their leaves almost form a canopy, and the roots along their feet can hold fast to the loam when the need arises. Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1. Deep Roots. As long as your feet are on natural ground, you have advantage on Strength saving throws and on all ability checks you make to resist being pushed, shoved, knocked prone, or otherwise moved involuntarily. Wildfire Resistance. Having withstood the dry conditions and occasional forest fires of midsummer, you have resistance to fire damage.Autumn
Mandrakes harvested during autumn are more colorful than the other varieties, both in disposition and appearance. They are decorated with leaves in a myriad of reds, purples, and yellows. They reflect the natural world at its most bountiful and seek to share the harvest’s gifts with all who will accept them. Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1. Abundance. You gain the ability to cast the goodberry spell, as per your Root Magic trait, when you choose this subrace at 1st level, instead of at 3rd level. When you cast this spell using this trait, each creature that consumes a berry regains hit points equal to your proficiency bonus. Toxin Resistance. The vibrant colors of autumn bring with them the promise of harvests to come. To protect such a harvest, you have resistance to poison damage.Winter
Mandrakes which are harvested in winter first glimpse the natural world at its harshest, and become harsh in return. Winter mandrakes never grow leaves, and develop gnarled bark that makes them look much older than they are. In addition, they grow large; surviving the winter months fosters a certain strength that other mandrakes rarely, if ever, develop. Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1. Frost Resistance. Due to the bitter frost of the long winter months, you have resistance to cold damage. Powerful Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.Find your way!
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