Editing Dryad (section)

===BECMI===
PC stats for dryads appeared under the BECMI rules in the splatbook "Tall Tales of the Wee Folk", a sourcebook on [[fey]] player characters. Dryads in this book are stated to be the daughters of [[hamadryad]]s and their male mates, born independent of the "soul-trees" that sustain the lives of their mothers. At the age of 12, a dryad can either bond itself with a tree, effectively becoming an immature hamadryad, or remain detached, effectively functioning as a kind of variant [[elf]] or as a [[human]] [[Sorcerer (Dungeons & Dragons)|sorceress]]; they have innate magical powers due to their [[fey]] ancestry, but can roam the world as they please at the price of aging like mortals, until and unless they choose to bond to a tree.

Dryad BECMI PC Stats:
::Ability Modifiers: Maximum of 16 Strength, Minimum of 8 Wisdom and 12 Charisma
::Prime Requisites: Wisdom and Charisma (EXP +5% if one or both are at 13+, EXP +10% if one or both are at 16+)
::Natural Armor Class: 7
::Can speak with plants
::Can cast [[Druid]] spells as if a Druid of the same level.
::Dryads can learn the unique spells Insect Messenger and Polymorph Other To Plant.
::Dryads can choose to bond to a tree, at which point they cease aging and no longer need substance, but also cannot increase in experience. They can detach themselves, but this requires a painful process that lasts 24 hours.
::Can only use Magic-User weapons and armor.
::Can use magic items allowed to clerics and magic-users, as well as magical versions of permitted weapons.
::Save as Clerics of the same level.
::At level 0, a Dryad can Charm Person 3/day as per the 1st level [[wizard|magic-user]] spell. If bonded to a tree, they can cast Charm Person at will and with a -2 penalty on the victim's saving throws.
::At level 3, a dryad can Shapechange 1/day, but only into the form of a specific plant. At every 2nd level after 3rd, they can change an additional time per day, and add an additional plant to their list of forms. A dryad regains 1d4 HP per level when shapechanging, but cannot heal more than half of the damage suffered before shapechanging through this method.
::At level 10, when bonded to a tree, a dryad can invoke the Famine Curse once per month on a creature that has violated their tree; if the target fails a Save vs Spells at -4, they will suffer an insatiable hunger, craving to eat 24 hours a day but never able to gain any satiation, inevitably starving to death unless cured by a Wish spell, or by a Remove Curse cast by a Lawful cleric of at least 17th level.

Dryad Racial Class
::-1: -3,000 XP, 1d8 Hit Dice
::0: 0 XP, 2d8 Hit Dice
::1: 3,000 XP
::2: 9,000 XP, 3d8 Hit Dice
::3: 21,000 XP
::4: 45,000 XP, 4d8 Hit Dice
::5: 95,000 XP
::6: 190,000 XP, 5d8 Hit Dice
::7: 380,000 XP
::8: 680,000 XP, 6d8 Hit Dice
::9: 980,000 XP
::10: 1,280,000 XP, 7d8 Hit Dice
::11: 1,580,000 XP, 7d8+1 Hit Dice
::Subsequent levels require +300,000 XP and grant +1 HP.

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