Flowerling

Sprouted from soil filled to the brim with magic--more magic than most other Harvestborn need to sprout--you are a flowerling. As a flowerling, you are most charming and beautiful of the Harvestborn, and you are well aware of this fact. Since flowerlings can sprout wherever powerful magic is cast, they often find themselves without a Harvestborn community to take care of them. Not having a community of their race to fall back on does not mean they are not social, though. Quite the contrary, flowerlings thrive in contact with other people. The fact that they are the most humanoid looking out of all the Harvestborn subraces makes the particularly suited to integrate them particularly suited to integrate into the communities of other races. Their social graces and striking natural beauty make them perfect for life in the upper echelons of these communities, so it's not uncommon to find flowerling courtiers in Human or Elven high society.

To maintain their humanoid appearance and ethereal looks, many flowerlings take extremely good care of their leafy skin, trimming the excess that could distort their humanoid form. They force their leave and petals to grow in the shape of elaborate garments, shaping their natural growths into gorgeous gowns, jackets, shirts, and all sorts of intricate clothing. Flowerlings understand that people both fear and are enthralled by difference, and they straddle the line between the comforting humanoid shape and the alien nature of their plant-like biology. They become virtuosos of beauty and use their sharp minds and magical talents to carve out a place of their own in societies that are not built with them in mind. It's not uncommon to find flowerlings living as influential socialites, as confidants and advisors to the nobility, or as leaders of their own communities.

Flowerling Traits

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma or Constitution score increases by 1.

Age. The inherent magic that flows through their veins gives flowerlings long lifespans, maturing very quickly in their early teens and living 200 years on average.

Size. Flowerlings stand between 5 and 6 feet tall and average from 110 to 180 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Intrinsically Magic. The magic imbued in the soil that birthed you has seeped into your being. You know one cantrip from the bard spell list.

Magic Aromatherapy. The magically infused scent of your flowers calms the emotions of those around you. You can cast the spell Calm Emotions without using verbal or somatic components, only leaving the scent of your flowers as a trace of your magic. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell. Once you use this trait, you can't cast Calm Emotions again until you finish a Long Rest.

Flowerling Variant: Wildflower

Like any other flowerling, you sprouted from soil that witnessed a powerful source of magic. But instead of integrating into another's race's society, you made your own. Maybe you were lucky enough to sprout in one of the few existing flowerling communities; maybe political intrigue, diplomacy, and subterfuge were not for you; or maybe you refused to trim and contort your leaves and petals into dresses to fit in with other races. You are a wildflower flowerling.

Wildflower flowerlings let their leaves and petals grow from their bodies naturally. They are often asymmetrical--for instance, one arm covered in greenery and the other almost bare, or their leaves and petals sprout freely from their faces and their bodies, obscuring their humanoid shape. Some form communities of their own, giving a place to those flowerlings that can't or don't want to fit in societies that were not theirs. Others prefer the life of an adventurer, full of danger and excitement. They are rebellious, either by nature or by circumstance and take pride in the inherently wild nature of their bodies.