Dryad

Fey · Medium

Dryad
Dryads dancing around a tree, engraving after Rosso Fiorentino, 16th century · Pierre Milan after Rosso Fiorentino, Dance of the Dryads, 16th century, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

A dryad is a fey spirit bound to a single great tree, never straying far from it, appearing as a graceful woman of bark and leaves. She charms intruders rather than fights them, and woodcutters who fell her tree are never forgiven.

Danger
A threat to the unwary
How it is met
Alone, by day
Challenge
1
SRD 5.2.1 stat blocks
Dryad
Pathfinder Second Edition
Dryad (level 3, Monster Core)

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Where it is met

Enchanted Temperate Forest

Also: Feywild

Gives

Dryad Soul

Stat blocks (D&D 5e)

Dryad

Medium Fey, Neutral

AC 16 · Initiative +1 (11)

HP 22 (5d8)

Speed 30 ft.

StrDexConIntWisCha
10 (+0), save +012 (+1), save +111 (+0), save +014 (+2), save +215 (+2), save +218 (+4), save +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 (lasts 24 hours; ends early if the dryad casts the spell again), 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.

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