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Monsters / Challenge 1

Dryad

Medium fey, neutral

Armor Class
16
Hit Points
22 (5d8)
Speed
30 ft.

StrDexConIntWisCha
10 (+0)12 (+1)11 (+0)14 (+2)15 (+2)18 (+4)

Skills
Perception +4, Stealth +5
Senses
Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 14
Languages
Elvish, Sylvan
Challenge
1 (200 XP); Proficiency Bonus +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):

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.

Stat block from the System Reference Document 5.2 (CC-BY-4.0). See credits.