Half-Dryads

HALF-DRYADS

–4 Strength, –4 Constitution, +2 Intelligence, +4 Dexterity
Medium: As Medium creatures, half-dryads have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
Half-dryad base land speed is 30 feet.
Low-Light Vision: A half-dryad can see twice as far as a human in starlight, moonlight, torchlight, and similar conditions of poor illumination. He retains the ability to distinguish color and detail under these conditions.
Human Blood: For all effects related to race, a half-dryad is considered human.
Dryad Heritage (Ex): A half-dryad is immune to the gaze attacks and beauty effects of fey. A half-dryad is also vulnerable to cold iron, and takes 150% damage from weapons made from cold iron.
Plantlike (Ex): A half-dryad is vulnerable to fire, and takes 150% damage from fire or heat. He casts all spells with the fire descriptor at –1 to caster level, and all transmutation spells at +1 to caster level.
Trackless Step (Ex): A dryad leaves no trail in natural surroundings and cannot be tracked. He may choose to leave a trail if so desired.
Automatic Languages: Sylvan. Bonus Languages: Common, Elven, Aquan, Terran.
Spell-Like Abilities: 1/day—entangle, barkskin, speak with plants. Caster level equal to character level.
Favored Class: Ranger. A multiclass half-dryad’s ranger class levels do not count when determining whether or not he takes an experience point penalty.

A half-dryad is the rare product of a successful mating between a dryad and a human. Often mistaken for elves, half-dryads usually grow up with their dryad mother. Such an upbringing may guide a youngster into having a similar reverence for nature – or it may cause him to reject the ways of nature, turning to banditry or some other path. Half-dryads have none of the special attacks of their mothers, but inherit their agility, and all have some inborn magic from their fey blood. Half-dryads count as human, but age as elves do.