Dryad Perks

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Race Overview

Inherent Abilities:

• You have two creature types: Humanoid and Plant. You can be affected by a game effect if it works on either of your creature types.
• You must drink four times as much water as a normal Humanoid or else suffer a level of Exhaustion. You can recover from this Exhaustion only through magic or by drinking enough water.
• During a Long or Short Rest, you can root yourself for one hour while in direct sunlight. While rooted, you cannot move and have advantage on any Checks or Saving Throws to resist being moved against your will. One hour of rooting is equivalent to a full day's worth of food.
• You know the Druidcraft Cantrip
• You may cast the spell Goodberry at will without material components, although each berry costs 1 hit point to create. These berries always heal only 1 hit point.
• You have a Darkvision radius of 30ft
• You may speak to plants as if you shared a language. They gain a limited sense of animation and sentience, and can relay information such as events within 30ft of them in the past day, creatures that have passed them, weather, and other circumstances.
• You have advantage on all Charisma-based skill checks when speaking with plants.

Point Balance: 20
Size: Medium
Speed: 35ft
Language: You know International, International Elvish, and Sylvan
Age: Dryads are considered mature at around 40 years old and can live around 700 years.
Physical Description: The Hildethaid appear similar to the average Shantil woman, with only a few noticeable differences. All of the Hildethaid possess hair that changes color depending on the climate or the season of the region they currently are in, going from yellowish-orange during autumn, a pale blue during winter, a verdant green during spring and summer. Another noticeable feature of the Hildethaid is the tree bark-like skin on the ends of their limbs. Additionally, their facial features appear to be more rigid and pronounced, as if initially carved from wood.

Perks

Perk	Cost	Boon
Natural Intuition	2	You have proficiency and expertise with Herbalism Kits
Oaken Strike	2	You can use an item interaction to cause the skin on your hands to become hardwood. While it is transformed, your natural weapon does 1d8 + STR Bludgeoning. While your hand is transformed, you may not wield weapons or use spells with Somatic components.
Shantil Artifice	2	You have advantage against being charmed and cannot be put to sleep using magic
Connection to Nature	3	You learn a cantrip of your choice from the Druid’s spell list.
Barkskin	9	You have an Unarmored AC of 17. You gain no benefit from armor, although you may gain the same benefits from using a Shield.

Origin/Ancestry

Isanian

Lifespan

700 years

Average Height

5'7"

Average Weight

135 lbs