FABLES from the FOREST
––––—————————–———Sylvan gifts and natural powers from deep in Duru’s wild forests––––—————————–———
As the saurian bouldertail stepped softly, to his
estimation, through the undergrowth of the
Venom Abyss, only a subtle rustling followed in his
wake. The wind was calm, and taking stock of his
surroundings, he figured he’d lost the Keledhros
that had been tailing him his entire journey. Then,
the canopy moved overhead, and he sprung into
action, expecting a swooping attack from a
dragon or greatwing. But no such strike came,
only the subtle movement of the trees above.
Cursing his own jumpiness, he kept on, still
cautious but eyes watching the treetops as he
strode through crunching leaves. When he finally
fatigued enough to need rest, he snuck into a
crevice in a nearby shaded palm tree, settling into
a comfortable nook at its base. The roots moved so
slowly, he never even woke to see them coming.
Kinships
Dreas
The Dreas are one of the oldest kinships native to
Planegea, and through this time they have evolved into
unique species that share qualities with other dreas that
grew from the same plant types. The Bloom-Branch dreas,
most dynamic and common of the dreas, change with the
seasons and adapt quickly to changing scenery. The Thick-
Bark dreas are resilient to many dangers common in
Planegea, hardening their exterior in response to hazards.
Wet-Roots spend their days soaking in the wetlands and
lakes of the Great Valley, while Wide-Frond dreas spread
their leaves to shelter those under their care.
Bloom-Branch
Change is the only constant in Planegea, and no different
are the lives of the Bloom-Branch Dreas. Time brings
flowering blossoms, changing colors, and lost leaves to
these dreas, who were originally deciduous trees like
maple, oak, or elm.
Seasonal Colors. The seasons of Planegea affect your body
more drastically, causing different effects. You may choose
to follow the natural season where you are in Planegea, or
you can over the course of a long rest progress your own
personal season, moving in order from your current
season to the next, and losing the effects of the prior. The
effects of the seasons are as follows:
Spring - Your From the Forest feature grows stronger. You
know the thornwhip cantrip and may also cast locate
animals or plants once per day.
Summer - Your Photosynthesis feature grows stronger. If
you spend at least 4 hours in one day exposed to sunlight,
you may use an action to give yourself the effects of a
potion of growth. After you use this feature, you can’t use it
again until the next day.
Autumn - You may change the color of your leaves and
shed them at will. You gain proficiency in Charisma
(Performance) checks and Dexterity (Stealth) checks as
you are able to blend in better to the foliage around you.
Winter - Your Tree Step feature grows stronger. Upon
exiting a tree using this feature, any creatures of your
choice you can see within 10 feet of you must succeed on a
Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of you until the end
of your next turn.
Thick-Bark
Some particularly hardy trees maintain their sturdiness
through the process of becoming a dreas. Whether from
natural disasters or mortal hands, the hardships that
Thick-Barks can endure are eclipsed only by their
resilience. This kinship includes beech, birch, and cherry
trees.
Fire Resistance. You have resistance to fire damage.
Natural Defenses. Starting at 5th level, you can cast the
barkskin spell with this trait, without requiring a material
component. Starting 9th level, you can also cast the
guardian of nature spell with this trait (only choosing the
Great Tree option). Once you cast barkskin or guardian of
nature with this trait, you can't cast that spell with it again
until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those
spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate
level.
Relaxed Aura. Your nature lends itself to calm and
serenity. You have advantage on saving throws against
being frightened.
If an effect from any of these features requires a saving
throw, the DC equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your
Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma modifier (choose when
you select this kinship). This ability is your spellcasting
ability as well for spells cast with these features.

Wet-Root
Wet-Roots are at home in the aquatic biomes of Planegea,
preferring to settle in places with plentiful moisture and
muddy shores. A Wet-Root dreas could have been a
mangrove or willow tree.
Saline Restoration. Whenever you rest while in a natural
body of water, you recover quicker. Hit die expended while
in water restore additional hit points equal to your
proficiency bonus. Taking a long rest in water restores all
hit dice instead of only half. If you already restore all hit
dice on a long rest, instead you gain temporary hit points
equal to your level once you complete the long rest.
Listen to the Roots. You gain tremorsense out to 30 feet
when you are within 30 feet of a rooted plant.

Wide-Frond
The wide leaves of these shady dreas provide canopies for
smaller folk and beings of all kinds, especially in the
Venom Abyss where many Wide-Fronds began their plant
lives. These dreas could have been palms, ferns, or even
flowering plants like mimosa or sumac.
Sheltering Canopy. Your splayed leaves can provide safety
to those under them. As an action you can extend your
canopy, reducing your movement speed by 10 feet, while
providing half cover to any ally within 5 feet of you. While
extended, you can retract your canopy as a bonus action or
an action.

MAGIC ITEMS
Bramble-Vine
Weapon (Whip), rare.
This whip deals 2d4 piercing damage on a hit. Whenever
you hit a creature with the whip, you can choose to grapple
it. The whip has an escape DC of 15, and while grappling,
you cannot make an attack with the whip against another
target. Until this grapple ends, the target takes 2d4
piercing damage at the start of each of its turns.
Quick-grow Spear
Weapon (Spear), common.
As a bonus action, you can cause this spear to grow several
extra hand-lengths, allowing you to attack with an
additional 5 feet of reach until the end of your turn.
Pepper Spray
Wondrous item, uncommon.
This leathery flask contains the paste of several intensely
pungent fruits which, when in contact with the nose or
eyes, wreak havoc on the senses of most creatures.
This flask has 5 charges. As an action, you can activate the
flask, targeting a creature within 10 feet. If the target has
eyes or a nose, it must make a DC 15 Constitution saving
throw. If the target has the Keen Smell or Keen Sight
feature, it makes this saving throw with disadvantage. On a
failure, the creature is considered blinded and poisoned
for 10 minutes, or until it spends an action to repeat the
saving throw and succeeds.
Sword of Thorns
Weapon (any sword), Rare (requires attunement)
You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with
this magic weapon, which deals an extra 1d6 piercing
damage on a hit.
While holding this weapon, you can cast the Thorn Whip
spell from it as a bonus action, using the same attack
modifier as you would for a melee weapon attack made
with this weapon.
This sword has 4 charges, and replenishes all expended
charges daily at dawn. You can expend one or more
charges to cast the following spells from it (+8 to hit, DC
16), using the spell’s casting time: Ensnaring Strike (1
charge), Entangle (1 charge), Earthbind (2 charges), Spike
Growth (2 charges).
Blade of Grass
Weapon (any sword), very rare (requires attunement).
This sword is incredibly resilient to even the most
concerted efforts to cut it short, and imparts those traits
upon its wielder. While attuned to this sword, whenever
you spend one or more hit dice as part of a short rest, you
regain double the hit points.
While attuned to and wielding this sword, you can spend a
bonus action to roll a number of hit dice equal to your
proficiency bonus and regain that many hit points. You
can’t use this feature again until you complete a long rest.
If a limb or other body part is removed from your body,
you can spend 1 hour to regrow another one exactly as you
lost it. Once used, this feature cannot be used again.
Briar Maul
Weapon (maul), Very Rare (requires attunement)
You have a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with
this magic weapon.
Once on each of your turns, when you hit a creature with a
melee attack made with this weapon, you can cause the
maul to release a spray of thorns in a 15-foot cone,
centered on the target. Each creature in the cone, including
the target, takes 2d6 piercing damage.
You can use this weapon to make ranged attacks, which
have a range of 60 feet and deal 1d6 piercing damage on a
hit. You can use Strength, instead of Dexterity, for the
attack and damage rolls of these attacks.
Succulent Pot
Wondrous item, rare
This pot of fleshy, sap filled plants has 3 charges. It regains
1d4-1 expended charges daily at dawn. A creature can
spend an hour to turn the sap of these plants into
ointment, converting 3 charges into one dose. As an action,
one dose of the ointment can be swallowed or applied to
the skin. The creature that receives it regains 2d8+2 hit
points, ceases to be poisoned, and is cured of any disease.

Memory Leaf
Wondrous item, common
This slightly leathery, branching fan-shaped leaf dissolves
in your stomach, giving you the ability for the next hour to
clearly remember events that happened up to one month
ago.

Sequoia Token
Wondrous item, very rare.
Sequoia. You must be outdoors to use this token. You can
use an action to touch it to an unoccupied space on the
ground. The token disappears, and in its place a
nonmagical sequoia tree springs into existence. The tree is
200 feet tall and has a 10-foot-diameter trunk, and its
branches at the top spread out in a 40-foot radius.

SPELLS
Alluring Blossom
2nd-level enchantment
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 15 feet
Components: V, S, M (a handful of pollen)
Duration: 1 minute
Learned By: Sorcerer, Wizard, Bard, Druid
You form a flowering blossom that expels alluring pollen,
which appears at a point on the ground within range, and
remains there for the duration or until the spell ends. Any
creature that ends its turn within 15 feet of the blossom
must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be charmed
until the end of its next turn.
A charmed creature is incapacitated, and must use its
movement on each of its turns to move towards the
blossom by the most direct route, making no effort to
avoid opportunity attacks. Before moving into damaging
terrain, such as lava or a pit, a charmed creature can repeat
the saving throw, ending the effect on a success. A
charmed creature that is within 5 feet of the blossom is
considered blinded and deafened to anything but the
blossom, and does not move.
Thornskin
3rd-level abjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (a rose stem)
Duration: 1 hour
Learned By: Druid, Ranger
You touch a willing creature. Until the spell ends, the
target’s skin, along with any clothes or armor it is wearing,
has a bristled, gnarly appearance, and whenever the target
receives bludgeoning, piercing or slashing damage, it is
reduced by 3. In addition, a creature that touches the
target or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it
takes 1d6 piercing damage, which the target also adds to
the damage rolls of its unarmed strikes and natural
weapons.
At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 4th level or higher, the damage reduction increases
by 1, and the piercing damage increases by one die size (to
a maximum of 1d12) for each slot level above 3rd.
Wall of Wood
3rd-level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S, M (a seed)
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
Learned By: Bard, Druid, Ranger
You create a wall of tangled wood on the ground within
range. The wall consists of up to eight sections, each of
which are 5 feet long, 10 feet high, and 5 feet thick. Each
section must be contiguous to another, and if the wall cuts
through a creature's space when it appears, the creature
within its area is pushed to one side of the wall.
Each section of the wall is solid, blocking movement, line of
sight, and providing full cover. A section of the wall can be
damaged and destroyed, and has AC 16, 20 hit points,
resistance to bludgeoning and piercing damage, and
vulnerability to fire damage.
The wall disappears when the spell ends.
At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 4th level or higher, the number of sections you can
create increases by two for each slot level above 3rd.
Forest Spear
2nd-level Conjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S, M (a twig)
Duration: Instantaneous
Learned By: Paladin, Ranger
You conjure an arboreal spear and hurl it towards a target
you can see within range. Make a ranged spell attack. On a
hit, the target takes 3d10 piercing damage.
If the target is a Large or smaller creature that is adjacent
to a hard surface (other than the ground), it becomes
pinned to it as the spear takes root on the surface. A
pinned creature is restrained until a creature uses an
action to detach the spear. The spear can also be attacked
and destroyed. It has an AC equal to your spell save DC,
and 10 hit points. Once detached, or on a miss, the spear
withers away and disappears.
The vines have no effect on creatures that are amorphous
or formless, or creatures that are Huge or larger.
The loop’s hit points increase by 5 when you reach 5th
level (10 hit points), 11th level (15 hit points), and 17th
level (20 hit points).

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell

slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage of the spear
increases by 1d10 and its hit points increase by 5 for each
slot level above 2nd.

Piercing Roots
Conjuration Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a piece of root)
Duration: Instantaneous
Learned By: Bard, Druid

You conjure dagger-like roots, which erupt out of the

ground in a 5-foot square centered on a point you can see
within range. Any creature in the square when the roots
appear must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take
1d10 piercing damage. The roots then disappear.

This spell's damage increases by 1d10 when you reach 5th

level (2d10), 11th level (3d10), and 17th level (4d10).

Vine Bola
Conjuration Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a piece of root)
Duration: Instantaneous
Learned By: Druid, Wizard

You conjure a bola-like loop of vines and throw it towards

a creature you can see within range. Make a ranged spell
attack. On a hit, the target falls prone and is unable to
stand until a creature untangles the loop as an action. The
loop can also be damaged and destroyed, and counts as an
object with 5 hit points and an AC equal to your spell save
DC.
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