Dryad · CR 1
Type: Fey · Size: Medium · Grade: Low (capacity 10 MP) Harvest check: Medicine, Survival or a fitting tool · see Harvesting Creatures
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Specific parts
| Part | Classification | Grade | Capacity | Check | Load · portions | Drawback damage | Ruin damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bark Skin | Creature Part, Wood | Low | 10 | Medicine or Survival 10 | heavy · 8 | Necrotic, Slashing | Acid, Fire |
| Enchanting Vocal Cords | Unique | Medium | 100 | Medicine or Survival 15 | light · 1 | Necrotic, Slashing | Thunder |
| Leafy Hair (Strand, Whole) | Medicinal, Trophy | Low | 10 | Medicine or Survival 10 | medium · 1 | Necrotic, Slashing | Acid, Fire |
| Phytotongue | Unique | Low | 10 | Medicine or Survival 10 | light · 1 | Necrotic, Piercing, Poison | – |
| Vine Heart | Unique | Medium | 100 | Medicine or Survival 15 | medium · 1 | Necrotic, Piercing, Poison | – |
Drawback damage: +5 DC for each listed type the creature took during the fight. Ruin damage: the part is ruined if the creature took any listed type. See Damage to parts.
Trait parts
Grade = the creature’s grade (Low), DC 10.
- Night Eyes – from Darkvision
- Blood Arcanum – from Innate Spellcasting
- Barium Sanguine – from Magic Resistance
Part descriptions
Enchanting Vocal Cords
A voice box of woven twigs that speaks like wind in the leaves or a stream over stones.
Good for: charm items (minor fit), e.g. eyes of charming.
Phytotongue
A dark-green tongue of slick, tightly wound vines.
Use: eat it and make a DC 10 Constitution save. Success – for 1 hour you can talk with beasts and plants as if you shared a language. Failure – 1d6 poison damage.
Vine Heart
A clump of moss bound up in root-like arteries.
Good for: druid-attuned items (minor fit), e.g. a staff of the woodlands.
Statblock
Dryad – SRD 5.2
Medium Fey, Neutral
AC 16 · HP 22 (5d8) · Speed 30 ft.
Score Save Score Save STR 10 (+0) +0 INT 14 (+2) +2 DEX 12 (+1) +1 WIS 15 (+2) +2 CON 11 (+0) +0 CHA 18 (+4) +4 Skills Perception +4, Stealth +5
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 14
Languages Elvish, Sylvan
CR 1 (XP 200; PB +2)
Traits
Magic Resistance. The dryad has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Speak with Beasts and Plants. The dryad can communicate with Beasts and Plants as if they shared a language.
Actions
Multiattack. The dryad makes one Vine Lash or Thorn Burst attack, and it can use Spellcasting to cast Charm Monster.
Vine Lash. Melee Attack Roll: +6, reach 10 ft. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) Slashing damage.
Thorn Burst. Ranged Attack Roll: +6, range 60 ft. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) Piercing damage.
Spellcasting. The dryad casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14): At will: Animal Friendship, Charm Monster, Druidcraft · 1/Day each: Entangle, Pass without Trace
Bonus Actions
Tree Stride. If within 5 feet of a Large or bigger tree, the dryad teleports to an unoccupied space within 5 feet of a second Large or bigger tree that is within 60 feet of the previous tree.
Statblock from the System Reference Document 5.2 (CC-BY 4.0). See Credits and License.
Based on Nord Games – Foraging, Harvesting (p. 173); SRD 5.1 (size) – part descriptions rewritten in our own words.