Willowfolk are slender, plant-like humanoids who dwell in sun-dappled groves and ancient forests. Their bodies are covered in smooth, bark-like skin resembling willow branches, and a cluster of narrow, flexible leaves often cascades from their heads. Cautious of strangers, they’re deeply loyal once trust is earned.
Curious by nature, Willowfolk are in tune with growing things and thrive in places touched by gentle sunlight and flowing water.
Your Wisdom score increases by 2, and your Dexterity score increases by 1.
Willowfolk mature around age 20 and can live to be about 150 years old.
Most Willowfolk tend toward neutral good, striving to maintain balance in the wilds.
Willowfolk stand between 5 and 6 feet tall, with slim builds. Your size is Medium.
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Rather than conventional sleep, you enter a meditative rest requiring sunlight for at least 4 hours a day. While resting, you remain semiconscious and aware of surroundings.
Once per long rest, if you have taken damage in the previous round, you can use your reaction to root in place. Until the start of your next turn, you have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage, but your speed becomes 0.
You have proficiency in the Nature skill.
You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan. Willowfolk speech is gentle, full of rustling consonants.
Willowfolk generally have bark-like skin in warm earth tones—soft browns, muted greens, or pale grays—with darkened areas at elbows and knees. Leaf-like hair or vines cascade from their heads, often braided or adorned with small trinkets. Their voices have a gentle, rustling tone.
Common Willowfolk names reflect nature or phenomena (e.g., Willowbreath, Sorrel, Mistwind). They can also adopt simpler names in mixed communities. Different family lines might resemble different tree species—some knotted like oaks, others pale as birch—and gender distinctions are subtle, defined more by personal decoration than strict physical differences.