Duskthorn Dryad

Medium Fey Chaotic Neutral

• Armor Class: 17 (natural armor)
• Hit Points: 77 (14d8 + 14)
• Speed: walk 30 ft.
• Challenge Rating: 3 (700 XP)
• Source: Tome of Beasts 2023, page 150

• Saving Throws: Con +3, Wis +4
• Skills: Animal Handling +4, Deception +9, Nature +6, Perception +4, Persuasion +9, Stealth +7
• Damage Vulnerabilities: False
• Damage Immunities: False
• Damage Resistances: False
• Condition Immunities: False
• Senses: darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14
• Languages: Common, Elvish, Sylvan, Umbral

Special Abilities

• 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.
• Tree Stride: Once on her turn, the dryad can use 10 feet of her movement to step magically into one dead tree within her reach and emerge from a second dead tree within 60 feet of the first tree, appearing in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the second tree. Both trees must be Large or bigger.

Actions

• Multiattack: The duskthorn dryad makes two Thorned Slam or Thorn attacks.
• Thorned Slam: Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) piercing damage.
• Thorn: Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, range 80/320 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d4 + 5) piercing damage.
• Children of the Forest (1/Day): The dryad magically calls 1d4 boars, constrictor snakes, or wolves, or it calls 1 child of the briar. The called creatures arrive in 1d4 rounds, acting as allies of the dryad and obeying her spoken commands. The creatures remain for 1 hour, until the dryad dies, or until the dryad dismisses them as a bonus action.
• Spellcasting: The dryad casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
  At will: druidcraft
  3/day each: charm person, entangle, invisibility
  1/day each: barkskin, spike growth, suggestion

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