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
| STR |
DEX |
CON |
INT |
WIS |
CHA |
| 10 (+0) |
20 (+5) |
13 (+1) |
14 (+2) |
15 (+2) |
24 (+7) |
- 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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