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5e Racial Stats
- Ability Score Racial Traits: A hydran increases their Charisma score by 2.
- Type: Hydrans are humanoids with the plant subtype.
- Size: Hydrans are small.
- Speed: Hydrans have a base speed of 30ft.
- Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common and Terran.
Floral Magic (2)
You know the Thorn Whip cantrip, and can cast it without expending material components. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the Entangle spell once with this trait without expending material components, and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the Spikegrowth spell once with this trait without expending material components, and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
Photosynthesis (x)
Instead of consuming food like most humanoids, you absorb energy from the sun and nutrients from the soil for sustenance. A hydran that spends at least two hours outside, while the sun is up and in direct sunlight, is considered to have eaten for that day. You still require the normal amount of water per day. Hydran characters suffer fatigue the same way other races do when going without food.
Pollen Puff (x)
You produce a powerful pollen with an innate property pertaining to your subrace. As a bonus action, you can release a puff of pollen in a 10-foot radius around yourself or in a 20-foot cone, forcing all creatures in range to make a Constitution saving throw. The DC for this saving throw equals 8 + your Wisdom modifier + your proficiency bonus. On a failure, they suffer from an effect as indicated by your subraces Pollen racial trait. Once you use your pollen puff, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.
Pyrophobia (x)
You are vulnerable to fire damage.
Rooted (x)
As an action, you dig your roots deep into the soil and remain motionless. In this state you appear indistinguishable from an enlarged flower of your type, your speed is 0, and you cannot take any actions except to leave this state. When you take a long rest you must enter into your rooted state, but you only need to "rest" for 4 hours a day to achieve the benefits of a long rest.
While rooted you can consume nutrients from the soil instead of Photosynthesis, with a Constitution saving throw (DC 15 + 1 for each additional day) against Starving. You still need the normal amount of water.
Speech of Beast and Leaf (1)
You have the ability to communicate in a limited manner with beasts and plants. They can understand the meaning of your words, and you can understand basic concepts and ideas from them.
Hydran Subrace
Blighted
- Ability Score Racial Traits: The blighted increase their Strength score by 2.
- Blighted Pollen (1): Creatures affected by your Pollen Puff suffer 1d8 Poison damage and from the Poisoned condition for 1 minute, receiving a new save at the end of each of their turns to end this effect early.
- Necrosis (2): You are Resistant to Necrotic damage, and suffer normal damage from Fire damage; however, you are vulnerable to Radiant damage.
Nightbloom
- Ability Score Racial Traits: The nightbloom increase their Wisdom score by 1.
- Darkvision: You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
- Lunarsynthesis (x): You derive nutrients from darkness rather than sunlight using your Photosynthesis ability.
- Sleep Pollen (1): A creature that fails its save is subject to the effects of the Sleep spell; however, roll a number of d10s equal to your Proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier, this is the total number of hit points of creatures that can be put to sleep by this effect.
- Shy Bloom (1): You gain proficiency in the Stealth skill.
Rose
- Ability Score Racial Traits: The rose increase their Intelligence score by 1.
- Aphrodisiac Pollen (1): Your pollen produces a light sticky pollen that on contact with creatures acts as a strong aphrodisiac causing those affected by your pollen to be charmed for the duration and regard you as a close friend as if affected by the charm person spell.
- Pleasant Scent (1): You gain proficiency in the Persuasion skill.
- Thorned (2): Your body is covered with small retractable thorns. The thorns can be extended or retracted as a bonus action. If a creature enters your space, ends their turn while in your space or ends their turn grappling you while these thorns are extended they take piercing damage equal to your proficiency bonus. In addition, while extended, your unarmed strikes deal piercing damage instead of bludgeoning damage and deal extra piercing damage equal to half your proficiency bonus.
Snapdragon
- Ability Score Racial Traits: The snapdragon hydran increases their Dexterity score by 1.
- Dragon Pollen (1): Creatures affected by your Pollen Puff are healed for a number of d8s equal to your Proficiency bonus.
- Petal Dance (2): You have the ability to release your petals as razor-sharp blades in a mezmerising dance. As an action, you can petal dance; any creature within 10 feet of you must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw, DC equal to 8 + your Charisma modifier + your proficiency bonus. On a failed save, the creature is blasted with petals and suffers a number of d8 points of piercing damage equal to your Proficiency bonus, and half as much damage on a successful save. You can use your petal dance a number of times equal to your Proficiency bonus. You regain all expended uses after completing a long rest.
Sunflower
- Ability Score Racial Traits: The sunflower hydran increases their Constitution score by 1.
- Brave (1): You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.
- Calming Pollen (1): Creatures affected by your Pollen Puff ability act as if under the effect of the calm emotions spell.
- Solar Affinity (2): While taking a short rest within direct sunlight, you gain a bonus to the number of hit points recovered equal to your proficiency bonus times the number of hit dice rolled. In addition, so long as you are in an area of sunlight, as an action, you can recover a number of hit points equal to your level. You can use this portion of the trait once, regaining its use after you finish a long rest.
Venus
- Ability Score Racial Traits: The venus hydran increases their Strength score by 1.
- Alluring Aroma (2): As a bonus action, you can secrete a pleasant aroma. You gain advantage on the next Charisma check you make in the next minute. You can do this a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
- Bite (1): You have an impressive bite, used for trapping insects and small animals. You can use your bite to make an unarmed strike. If you hit with it, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
- Hungering Plant (x): You derive nutrients from the flesh and blood of living creatures, you do not possess the Photosythesis ability, and cannot derive nutrients from plants.
- Natural Camouflage (2): When you make a Dexterity (Stealth) check to hide in heavy foliage, you are considered to be proficient in the Stealth skill if you are not already, and add double your proficiency bonus to the check, instead of your normal proficiency bonus.
- Silencing Pollen (1): Creatures affected by your Pollen Puff suffer from the Deafened and Muted condition for 1 minute, receiving a new save at the end of each of their turns to end this effect early.
Basic Information
| Base |
Intuitive |
Self-Taught |
Trained |
| 12 years |
+1d4 (13-16) |
+1d6 (13 - 18) |
+2d6 (14 - 24) |
| Young |
Middle Age |
Old |
Venerable |
Maximum Age |
| under 6 years |
35 years |
53 years |
75 years |
75 + 2d20 years |
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