What They Don't Tell You About Dryads - D&D

[@MrRhexx]

There's some confusion between Dryads and Nymphs, so we will cover Nymphs on our next video. I should have it done possibly by Saturday.

[@darthdorito-spicyflav.5460]

Your content is epic.

[@adamwitt7788]

Out of curiosity what would a dryad do if you cast plant growth on her tree?

[@AmaryInkawult]

"All hail the nearest nymph" is from a reddit greentext involving a campaign of players playing as Commoners with barrels full of wands of magic missiles that have a d1000 random effect on the target. Everyone worshipping the nearest nymph was one of the effects of the wands that appears in the green text.

[@rebanime1]

Will you ever do gem dragons

[@duemender9780]

I really love your content. I actually introduced a small village of Dryads in my homebrew campaign about 2 weeks ago and was hoping to get more info from you. This was well timed. Thank you.

[@Sparrow_Bloodhunter]

when you walk into the forest and don't get abducted by a dryad. "ok well I guess I'm ugly then"

[@MasterSethern]

No smexy Dryad bae for you. :(

[@ShadowMage]

All I can say is just, "ouch".

[@arlaxazure486]

@gamewizard I Does it, tho? Like... does it, really?

[@seldomstudios6351]

I’m ugly and I’m proud

[@Tsakeli]

Or secretly a half elf? OR too smart for her?

[@spikeruth1674]

I'm still not convinced why I shouldn't become a dryad love slave.

[@goblinb]

Sounds like a pretty good deal to me!

[@entelin]

The only non gay relationship where you both have a wood.

[@avak2101]

@@entelin underrated comment

[@minnarew]

went to this video to get info on dryads because dnd stuff, found a fellow jsab fan

[@km1dash6]

It's mind control and rape. Maybe you want to be mind controlled, no judgements. It's a surprisingly popular thing. But drugging someone and raping them in real life is bad. It doesn't matter if she was hot. It's still date rape. Charming is basically like drugging. But if they have your consent, go for it dude.

[@TheGryphonKid]

Player of a Dryad love slave here, thank you for making a video about what that Nat 1 got me into

[@brandonanderson8516]

Oof rip. That really sucks

[@draconisthewyvern3664]

Who said you could talk slave? I will activate the shock collar, on your knees. :P

[@defensivekobra3873]

@@draconisthewyvern3664 why the knees? That's where the bees are stored! You Will Only make em' stronger

[@orlandobritt1460]

Haha I'm sorry to hear that

[@aphophisuralt233]

Lol, I remember Rennes

[@adriano7444]

They're beautiful naked women lusting for teenagers alone in a forest. Do they really need to use a spell? if anything, a dryad who does that should feel ashamed.

[@jtosety]

Nah, a teen that would go into the woods would get distracted by other pretty girls and would also want to go home while my understanding is that the charm ability would make them loyal to that dryad and they would stay in the forest until it wore off

[@GeorgeMonet]

Well if there are multiple dryads you gotta resort to dirty tricks.

[@compassionatecurmudgeon7025]

Yea, it's unbecoming. It's kind of a birch move.

[@carlosandleon]

@@compassionatecurmudgeon7025 good job

[@brandonfoley7519]

Ladies please the mind is willing but the flesh is spongy and bruised

[@kingmasterlord]

The main thing they don't tell you about dryads? Splinters.

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

#WorthIt

[@Sophia-vk5bq]

Many a young elven man has been given his first wood by the dryad. lol

[@Abdega]

Like a woman with a peg leg

[@DaniMartVTen]

If she's barking that hard, you ain't doing it right. Just go home.

[@GeorgeMonet]

@@Sophia-vk5bq Wait, "given his first wood"? So the young elven man got pegged by the dryad?

[@shadowsib6949]

Boy: *enters forest* *nothing happens and he sits down at a tree* The tree: Ara ara~

[@deadbeatdab3240]

Oh Jesus

[@aaaaii6511]

Oh rimuru

[@gidelstarwind]

That's how you start an fantasy anime herem lol

[@RedSunUnderParadise]

And this is why wands and staves of Fireball should be issued to everyone.

[@muadibadder3345]

🤣😬

[@EnRandomSten]

Idea for a neat party, one player plays a oak ent and another one plays the dryad that is linked to the ent. Then have some shmuck druid who helps the two navigate the world

[@varanasiwalks1451]

is an ent a tree? Or does it look like a tree?

[@EnRandomSten]

@@varanasiwalks1451 as far as Ive understood it in D&D a treent here is a tree brought to "life" so it can move and speak

[@varanasiwalks1451]

@@EnRandomSten hm, not sure about 5e, but in 1e and 2e a Treant was a distinct species, and animated trees were said to "attack as treants". Maybe 5e is different.

[@EnRandomSten]

@@varanasiwalks1451 I mean one of the treents abilities is literally to "animate trees" so I think they might have blurred the line in 5e between ents and animated trees but hey, I've not sat down and read through the lore so its just a guess

[@josiemcmillan5012]

Varanasi Walks At least in 5e, they sort of are and aren’t their own species at the same time. They’re awakened trees, but they awakened on their own because destiny and tree souls or something. The implication-at least to me-is that they have a soul strong enough that a dryad wouldn’t really be able to bond to the tree for fear of some kind of soul smoothie situation. That being said, a regular awakened tree would be very similar but likely without the powerful soul, so maybe that could work.

[@DracosDiabolis]

so I wonder what would happen if a druid awakens a dryad tree. and the tree kinda fallows the druid around. lol the cool this is the dryad would be able to see different parts of the world.

[@TamTroll]

i was just thinking something similar to this. maybe they could use shape wood or something to put small ballista on the Tree's branches, and the Dryad could use them to shoot giant arrows at approaching enemies :P

[@DracosDiabolis]

@@TamTroll turn the tree I to a treant.... then that would work. look up the artwork for Wreen and Six it's a mtg card

[@TamTroll]

@@DracosDiabolis all i know is in a possible campaign i someday hope to run, there will be a giant tree that can talk. and if the right circumstances are met, would be able to pull himself out of the ground to walk around as an ent. this episode just makes me consider giving him a whole bunch of Dryads :P

[@Ed_man_talking9]

Ocarina of time 2: revenge of the great deku tree.

[@user-dv2hj7ss4f]

That just summons the dryad sadly

[@Beryllahawk]

So does that imply that if the oak tree is damaged (say, by lightning) or dying, the dryad will then change appearance? Outside of the initial suffering from the lightning strike, might she display a scar? Would she seem to grow frail and old if the tree is nearing death from age? Seems like an interesting idea for a one shot adventure... local dryad tree gets struck by lightning and the tree isn't going to live much longer...so she's begging the adventurers to either help her relocate, somehow save her tree, maybe. Or - she has a daughter, and while she can accept her own imminent demise, she wants the adventurers to make sure her little girl gets what she needs.

[@aluksus9327]

Seems like dryad cant travel far away from tree, mb tree could somehow transported while she need to follow and protect it

[@defensivekobra3873]

I smell an one of campain here fellas

[@LokiFar]

Sounds like she could be confused for a green hag the party is hunting after.

[@Beryllahawk]

@@aluksus9327 that would work well with an urban fantasy world!

[@BloodLegaZ]

*read a this comment* *Furiously starts writing down notes*

[@LandonHarris343]

If my boy ever ask if he's handsome I'll tell him to go for a walk in the woods if he's back in a few years then he is, if he's back in a few hours then he's not my child.

[@cwdiode4521]

Player: *fails the dryad charm saving throw* DM: just roll a new character already

[@avak2101]

Player: *makes a Dryad PC, daughter of the PC that failed the save*

[@somerandomschmuck2547]

@@avak2101 That's actually kinda a hilarious idea, I'm imagining the party just finding her one day with a note that says "thanks for the boytoy, mind taking care of this for me, p.s. I'm not paying child support"

[@theenderdestruction2362]

​@somerandomschmuck2547 the quest then becomes to get her to pay child support and if she doesnt then she'll be used for fire wood and all her assets used for said child support

[@nicolasreinaldet732]

Being charmed by a bewtifull Dryad. Hooo no..... what a terrible fate..... i wish this never happen to me......

[@silvertheelf]

Be me as DM:”as you walk through the forest you feel a wonderful sensation traveling through your mind as you turn toward an oak tree instinctively and see a beautiful elven maiden... you have been charmed for eternity, end of campaign.”

[@SkywalkerWroc]

You just need to order tree moving service from time to time. Quick google search gives me $50,000 to $100,000 price for moving an adult oak. Very expensive, but you could do it. Just plant it next to your house and you're set. Though you'd better hope all the shops are nearby, cause that 305m range in which Dryad can operate is miniscule, it's barely over 3 city blocks.

[@koutareyama8393]

+4 base charisma rogue tiefling. Nature loving idiot wanders into the forest of Garmed Alkhan (Sacred Bloodshed) Tiefling trusts nature and knows dryads rarely do wrong, enjoys the scenery breathing in fresh air and watching the scenery, remembering his sister. Gets approached by a dryad queen, sooner or later a horde of scared goblins appear, getting mauled to death by 16 dryads with clubs, tiefling isn't fazed and instead helps, hobgoblin appears, tiefling fights to the death 2 hp left but wins due to sheer luck Queen of dryads stay silent, beckons tiefling over, tiefling trusts dryad completely, is given a dryad Queen's heart, idiot tiefling tilts head no understand, dryad queen dissappears...violent dryads bow to idiot tiefling... Idiot tiefling Becomes king of blunt and very violent dryads, treats them like daughters. Dryads soften up and adore tiefling, tiefling spends his days in forest, growing beautiful flowers, learn how to sew, takes care of forest and hunts bandits with dryad daughters... Idiot tiefling happy.... Very happy. Until- (continue with 10 likes)

[@Cy-ee4fr]

Yeah.... pretty sad, hope a dryad doesn't know that i live in the blue house near the river.

[@nicolasreinaldet732]

@@koutareyama8393 You have recived 13 likes, you now need to go on with the history.

[@Karmolicious]

"Just make sure to keep your boys away from the forest." That's a good idea. That way I can keep all the tree waifus for myself.

[@Psyicman]

Dryads can also pick Livewood trees as a substitute to Oak tree sometimes. Livewood trees are incredibly rare so that’s why you don’t see it often. “Dryads occasionally make their homes in livewood trees instead of oak trees. Such a dryad looks no more kindly upon the felling of her tree than other dryads do, but the felling of her livewood tree does not kill her-nor does it end her dependence on the tree. As a result, dryads can be found within livewood objects, including buildings, furniture, and ships.”

[@LifeLikeSage]

So when dryads are found they make like a tree and leave? xD

[@thomasboys7216]

Unless they want to branch out into interspecies romance.

[@LifeLikeSage]

I wonder if human fathers come back to visit their dryad daughters on their birthday.

[@alexandervaucrosson7841]

@LifeLikeSage ... well ummm depending on what birthday you mean it might go... like a few Greek legends *cough* incest *cough*

[@Somber_Knight]

No, they make like a tree and get out of there.

[@ihvdrm]

This pun driving me nut

[@anondabomb]

You gave me a character concept, either a Druid or ranger who fell for a dryad that tried but failed to charm him. They then live a happy life for several years, until there are rumblings of a war. At this point, the man reveals it was never a charm but a choice for him to stay. He then leaves and fights in the rumored war, however while he was gone his beloved was destroyed but no body was ever recovered. He returns to see the tree his loved one was linked to is now just a burnt stump, then starts to try to find whoever did it as he left fences and signs and all sorts of indicators. This concept leaves room for the dryad being alive but the character having no way of knowing that, while also giving him a reason to adventure.

[@bluejayfamilygaming9501]

you are a good story teller

[@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149]

_Now, make a reverse charisma save to not be abducted by a dryad._ If you're too attractive you're screwed mate.

[@DGneoseeker1]

I am in no danger. :(

[@tsgtwoandrampage753]

@@DGneoseeker1 I thought you joke would be "I am the Danger."

[@koutareyama8393]

+4 base charisma rogue tiefling. Nature loving idiot wanders into the forest of Garmed Alkhan (Sacred Bloodshed) Tiefling trusts nature and knows dryads rarely do wrong, enjoys the scenery breathing in fresh air and watching the scenery, remembering his sister. Gets approached by a dryad queen, sooner or later a horde of scared goblins appear, getting mauled to death by 16 dryads with clubs, tiefling isn't fazed and instead helps, hobgoblin appears, tiefling fights to the death 2 hp left but wins due to sheer luck Queen of dryads stay silent, beckons tiefling over, tiefling trusts dryad completely, is given a dryad heart. Idiot tiefling Becomes a king of blunt and very violent dryads, treats them like daughters. Dryads soften up and adore idiot tiefling. Makes beautiful garden...

[@tsgtwoandrampage753]

@@koutareyama8393 Adventurer shows up, "Good Sir, I wish to date one of your daughters." *Tiefling* *cocks* *his* *magic* *Shotgun*

[@koutareyama8393]

@@tsgtwoandrampage753 very accurate, instead of shotgun spraying blood and guts, its blade to turn you to fertilizer.

[@Goldenbane]

So, do Dryads ever fall naturally in love and have happy and healthy equal relationships? Like, if they try to charm a human who's already in love with them...and the spell fails, can the human still try to convince the Dryad to have a relationship (where the human retains his free will) or does it just not work?

[@wratched]

My guess, going on fairy lore, is no. Fairies are usually depicted either as emotionally stunted, midly psychopathic, or so alien in their desires that they cannot be comprehended. That's why they abduct people- they are looking for a way to experience the emotions we do.

[@christianmunz2103]

According to traditional lore, that's about as rare as seen three ravens standing on top of each other in the wild. It's practically a no. Maybe one in several million will. If you want to do it for your campaign, you certainly can, (I certainly am), but otherwise, basically no. Like what @wratched said in the other comment, they don't understand human emotions and so can't truly comprehend love in any form aside from physical. Otherwise known as lust.

[@kermit3640]

bro is fr down bad for a tree woman in a dice game

[@AlyssMa7rin]

@@kermit3640 Failed his Will save.

[@Battleguild]

It doesn't matter who gives or takes, both parties are going to get wood.

[@VikingMale]

Slivers

[@aaaaii6511]

Morning wood

[@witchBoi_Connor]

Oh heck, I have a warlock with an ancient Dryad as a patron! YES!

[@garrettcreede1674]

So a druid?

[@valeriospadini671]

@@garrettcreede1674 no just a worksiper of nature that blast eldritch blast covered in rose petals, whit a taste of wildernes and DEATH

[@amateurishauthor2202]

@@garrettcreede1674 Fae can be a patron... so this is legit

[@garrettcreede1674]

Valerio Spadini weird but cool

[@garrettcreede1674]

Amateurish Author what a free form game

[@NavnikBHSilver]

no doubt a dryads saying: "If you leave the terel, you're gonna be in peril"

[@atimidbirb]

I read this in the voice of the owner of Sister Minnie

[@TerrariaGolem]

Imagine playing one manifested from a bonsai oak tree of 50 years old. Travel forever and ever! Portable tree!

[@DrTimes99]

I'm imaging a situation where a Dryad is separated from her tree and rebound to a bonsai oak. She is then taken from her forest by the spell caster and longs to return home.

[@TerrariaGolem]

@@DrTimes99 awesome

[@vasudean]

I found this funny as I didn't know. Instead, I had my Lizardfolk Druid learn to use nature magic from a Dryad in return for protecting the location of her grove. Did it because she couldn't get rid of him and she didn't charm him because he is ugly to her.

[@rileybursey7513]

My kobold can summon a dryad so this will be very funny since today is a session for me and I got this ability last session

[@DracosDiabolis]

lol dont know if it made the move to 5ed but there's a staff that can turn into a tree. or a spell that can do it. lol so you could let the dryad melt/bond with it and keep her around Indefinitely. with dm approval. lol

[@takatacheroki2624]

Or you could keep a very very old Oak bonsai in your pack for her to live in.

[@WaltRBuck]

Well, you could take oak graftings use some kind of age plant on it, do a couple hundred and have a harem of dryads through selective mating. You could become kobold lord of your own country of males,satyrs, and dryads if you played your cards right.

[@SuperAmaton]

Aren't there Spells that make Objects Smaller or change their Form? If yes, some real nasty player could use that to make the tree smaller, then change it's shape into Wood-Armor and then the Dryad would basically be their Slave as she would have to defend them, otherwise she would get hurt. Obviously you'd have to use permanency, but it would work.

[@lunarSoul0]

@@SuperAmaton I read this then saw your user name and it all made sense

[@yaboi5893]

"we don't know what a soul is but it is understood that everyone has one" gingers: are you sure about that?

[@CorvusCorone68]

you mean anti-gingers

[@brandonfoley7519]

"We are kissed by the fire"- tormund giantsbane

[@metalvisionsongcontest7055]

Ya Boi That's curious, because dryads in autumn are frequently gingers 😉.

[@watercraver]

as a ginger i can confirm

[@spiderflan1195]

I really have to thank you Rhexx for explaining, in detail, the ‘little things’ I may have missed in D&D lore. In expanding on provided information and inspiring creativity in me to work on my campaign. Listening to your videos have been so helpful!

[@rhuiah]

This has the makings of a particularly sappy love story.

[@Dark_Tale_2077]

Got a fun idea for the next encounter. Could have the party come across a knight guarding a tree. Could make for some interesting interactions.

[@megadeathx]

What do you call a good aligned warrior that protects trees? A ranger. He wouldn't be a knight, he'd be a ranger with a better motivation than normal.

[@fardareismai4495]

@@megadeathx an order of knights comprised of rangers? They could be sworn to protect the fey creatures of forest.

[@Solin324]

Just make it a paladin with the oath of the ancients

[@jamesharrison658]

why not all 3 so you've got a band of people to encounter could have all been boys who got charmed by the dryad who felt they had a positive experience from it and want to protect her as adults could find them in the skimo woods and refer to themselves as the skimo brothers

[@RedSunUnderParadise]

@@megadeathx I was about to correct you but what type of self respecting monarch would unironically knight a r*nger?

[@bruhmomentum5223]

They speak to the trees... and the trees respond in vietnamese.

[@alilweeb7684]

Goddamit i fell for that

[@matttherat4638]

@@alilweeb7684 Timber!

[@gblakney1]

then the Green Dragon's poison gas speaks Russian... *ATTACK OF THE DEAD MEN*

[@matttherat4638]

@@gblakney1 Sabaton?

[@gblakney1]

@@matttherat4638 know anybody else who has a song with that title? XD

[@JohnA...]

So if you happen to see a beautiful looking elf that is constantly carrying around a potted oak sapling you might have come across a rare young Dryad

[@davidh429]

He said the oak must be at least 50 years old

[@saradanhoff6539]

@@davidh429 Bonsai counts.

[@JohnA...]

yeahhhhh… but that ruins my joke. And it would be funny.

[@Tsakeli]

@@saradanhoff6539 Oh snaps, so a campaign set in the Asian based regions could have mobile Dryads.... nice!

[@megadeathx]

@@Tsakeli Okay but then the girls have to be halfling size or the Bonzai tree doesn't make sense.

[@benjamincrowe6215]

"So, why did you become a Druid?" "...Reasons..."

[@elijahblast7548]

This is pretty cool dryads are one of my favorite races to use in my campaigns

[@marekw4524]

Holy hell your every D&D lore gives more and more ideas to DM's. Thank you for that, you're great...

[@dhruvrevankar6544]

Same!!!!

[@WardenDios]

I remember when I was younger and still played D&D, one of my friends wanted to play a Dryad player character and kept begging our Dungeon Master. Our DM kept telling him no because there was no way a Dryad could leave her tree for long enough to go adventuring. But eventually our DM gave in and allowed it by giving our friend a powerful cursed item. The cursed item forbade the Dryad from ever entering the Terel of any tree she could potentially bond with, but also perpetually cast the Heal spell on her to stave off the effects of Glirgimer. And so, my friend played a mentally unstable, pessimistic and depressed Dryad. Sad story.

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

Id have been nicer and gave them a sapling tree to protect and carry around in a pot... Or a bonsai tree. Since the tree "should" be at least 50 years old. But you can still find ways to work around it in a nicer way. Jeeze your DM is cruel.

[@Recoil1808]

Could've just made him a hamadryad. They go all the way back to 1st edition AD&D and got a tune-up as a race in 4e.

[@Randomdudefromtheinternet]

It would be interesting for a campaign to meet a dryad that wants to see the world, maybe she had an adventurer father, who would come to see her and tell her stories from his travels, about beautiful sunsets at the beach, or a huge pod migrating, music and food she never experienced. But one day her father never returned. And she wants more than nothing to see those beauties her father always talked about. But sadly she's stuck in a tree. What would you do?

[@nigredoooalgown6245]

Turn her Oak into a treent and off on adventure we go! :D

[@Vanlifecrisis]

She could charm someone into tirelessly luring a cleric to her(the charm lasts 24 hours, and is only broken if they leave the plane of existence), and then she can charm him (or convince him) into freeing her soul and healing her during her adventures.

[@Randomdudefromtheinternet]

@@nigredoooalgown6245 I wonder how their dynamic would be like.

[@nigredoooalgown6245]

@@Randomdudefromtheinternet Well in my scenario she made the treeant so mother - child?

[@Michael-fd1gx]

Plant her tree in a bag of holding.

[@nope_]

I like this series! DnD lore is so rich. Thanks!

[@ShadowMage]

One of my characters tried to seduce a dryad once. It almost worked, however another member of the party walked over and casually said, "Hey tree bi**h". Suffice to say, he became impaled on many tree branches shortly before drowning in a pool of his own blood.

[@Kerrigan-QOB]

LMAO birch

[@robertbogan225]

Slave society based around very old and powerful dryads that each hold a city state? The entire city sitting on the one tree obviously. Would need to be very *very* very flame resistant.

[@defensivekobra3873]

Perfect, but the tree is in the middle of an lake, and they have warlocks working for them, male and female (all beutiful of course), a few spore zombies cus why not and maybe they all have druid levels.

[@defensivekobra3873]

Also a drawbridge Only useable with plants

[@draconisthewyvern3664]

Fun fact tree bark "explodes" off the trees as a protective measure against fire and lightning. The wetter wood underneath the bark is harder to burn.

[@robertbogan225]

My idea was the trees wood is like a living metal already so they can forge it and turn it into crafts weapons armor etc. Would be equal to steel (but lighter) and need dryad magic to even work with. That and there are only like 10 of these trees and each one is its own city. My idea orginaly was they worship these trees as "oldest living thing" but put a dryad in there and its more interesting then just "this tree is my heritage". I wanted the trees to be ebony too because it would just look super dope.

[@Jackb290]

Can I use that?

[@astralviper6651]

If I recall correctly I believe forgotten realms female elves can turn into a dryad or nymph instead of dieing. There is a whole ritual involved and approval by the elven gods

[@wurmIsDead]

I guess we aren’t getting that “What They Don’t Tell You About Humans,” huh?

[@reapersritehand]

"They're parasitic jackas plague to what ever they touch, thank you for watching I'd like to thsnk my pateron supports ........."

[@aaaaii6511]

The tree huggers..... It all make sense now

[@Kerrigan-QOB]

Yes, they can't spill the secret on how you get some birches (literally)

[@laffuntilucry]

You mentioned the disease they have away from their tree but you also mentioned a madness they descend into when their tree is destroyed. Is this madness the same thing? I feel like it is important because it will kill them shortly if it is the same thing or the dryad will just remain on the same plain mad indefinitely. Also if their tree is destroyed can they bind to another or is this exorcism spell required for that as well? Just a curious mind here. Needless to excellent video as always. Thank you for fueling my DM's toolbelt. I love using this in depth lore for my party and use these videos to spice up my world for my part. Thank you again for all you do :)

[@Vanlifecrisis]

Guess its left up to the dm for his crafting purposes. My guess is she is free from the sickness because she no longer soul linked to the tree, but losing the link drives her mad. Or maybe she is still linked to a 'dead soul' and that drives her crazy, but i imagine the terel would still bind her. She could also go mad, but naturally stay in the boundary like a haunting ghost.

[@Storywalker4]

She uses the tree for sustenance. So, it would follow that if she stayed bound to the tree and its terel she would become more ravenous with hunger the longer she was without her food. She'd look as decayed or damaged as the tree looked. If they stayed bound to the tree, and cannot feed, a dyrad turns into a nature ghoul. Slowly fading away. A dead forest just became a lot more dangerous.

[@MoonMoverGaming]

For a fey lord, creating a dryad is a good way to get rid of a fey enemy. She won't be able to leave the area she is bound to, and certain kinds of oak don't live as long as certain kinds of fey.

[@henrydannaf6939]

Would dryads in anyway come in contact with a Green dragon and the "encounter" not end terrible? Asking for Dm use.

[@henrydannaf6939]

@Yaroslav L that's what I thought. But I feel as though the dragons selfish nature will overpower the dryads need for the forest to grow more "naturally"?

[@RIlianP]

The dragons evil magic possibly twist the dryad trough her tree, she will become the dragons slave or go mad either way the dragon will have one more tool to his disposal, and after all, green dragons love them some slaves.

[@dragonheart1236]

@ZoonEconomicus that's actually quite the opposite, they're presense causes the nature around them to flourish. Sure, more spiky plants grow, but that's for protection purposes

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Green dragons are kinda gardening experts so yeah he’d probably just keep watch over her and ask her to spy for him

[@HuGGmaN]

Dude i want one video of you every hour. Love them. I send you telephathic strenght to make more and more. (Also a like)

[@scorpiovenator_4736]

Players: see dryad, Dm what do you want to do?. Player's: Firebaaalllll.

[@foolishq1937]

Say it with me everyone *T r e e. M I l f*

[@barrybend7189]

What if a Dryad is linked with an oak TREENT.

[@spencerburkhart555]

You have two sides of a coin in a soul fighting over each other I don't think it's a good idea

[@barrybend7189]

@@spencerburkhart555 Or you could go TTS Vulcan route and make it one half cuddly and one half Chuck Norris.

[@EnRandomSten]

@@spencerburkhart555 I mean if the soul of the oak is powerful enough to sustain multiple dryads then I dont see why it couldnt be a treent at the same time

[@tsgtwoandrampage753]

@@barrybend7189 which one is Chuck Norris?

[@barrybend7189]

@@tsgtwoandrampage753 I don't know maybe the Dryad.

[@arthurgomes5188]

What i am geting from this is that dryads are, in a way, kinda like ghost haunting/posessing a object (only in this case it's a tree)

[@IzoniovKelestryn]

Me, a DM bulldozing DnD lore but with pretty concept art to go with various scenes: "Okay so as you guys enter the grove you see a magnificent tree growing right up from the center, with a small pool below it. A spirit appears next to the pool, beckoning you forward and declaring it speaks for the trees. What do you do? Oh by the way hang on Ive got some art for this one...." My characters, drooling: "Ahhh beautiful Dryad OC...." Me, the psychopath: *giant, well-done landscape watercolor with the mufugin Lorax sitting next to the pool*

[@yf-n7710]

Interesting campaign hook idea - there is a forest that is dying because of some evil and unnatural magic inside it, and a dryad finds it desperate enough to actually leave her terel to seek help from a human town that the animals tell her is nearby.

[@elmsigreen]

*Fey researcher* : "You look like an elf but your skin and hair changes based on the season so you must be a dryad, right?" *Eladrin* : "... well..."

[@marcelopezao14]

I love the idea of the Driads only being bound to some threes with a stronger aura. However I don't like restricting it only to oaks. It would be better to expand this for some "great threes" of other bioms, such as a sequoias or baobas. These Driads could have different characteristics and personalities.

[@FreelancerStudios100]

one of my favorite stories i told as a dm in dnd was i had a town of primarily wood elves dryads and druids living in this town where the tree's were molded by magic to form the houses and were all smaller seedlings of a massive oak tree in the center that gave life to the area. the delima the party faced was how to stop the fungus demon lord form plauging the tree and its people.

[@lawaern3474]

4:35 Unless you count Eladrin. A young Spring Eladrin female would look exactly like that.

[@Nocturnal_talon]

I rewatch these videos all the time but the Dryad video will always be the first one that made me absolutely fascinated with your channel

[@link4585]

7:45 Hello Soraka. Nice to see you made your way into DnD

[@peterkaminsky4646]

I came looking for this comment. Do you suppose that's Jarvan that she's with?

[@WindmillStalker]

I like how you credit the artwork to its creators. Keep on doing these deep dives into D&D creatures, my dude!

[@PuppyLuvU2]

The Dryax: I speak for the trees!

[@trazyntheinfinitearchivist7866]

If you damage the trees I'll break your knees.

[@the_man_leroy]

Bro I am just sorry it took me so long to find these videos. Perfect d&d guide for people who missed out before 5e

[@quixadhal]

Not seeing becoming a dryad's love slave as a "danger"...

[@S0lstickan]

Awesome video! In the game I'm currently playing I am a doppleganger right now, buuuut I always make sure to have a backup character if something happens to my main, and with some digging around and checking with my DM she agreed on a dryad using the rules from the "EN5ider 159 - Playing Nymphs" which has rules for nymphs, dryads, and naiads (earth, forest and water basically). We have reflavoured a little bit with the gear and so on, like instead of using weapons I'm reshaping my arms, and to balance that advantage a disarm would break that part of the arm and take a long rest to regain (dual wielding sickles as well because fun flavour). And I will carry a lot less stuff and be more interested in trinkets and toys and flowers instead of gold and stuff. I will also be a druid, spore circle! I look forward to playing it, but at the same time i don't want my current one to die..... i need another group. xD Oh, and to allow travel we found a solution for that on the Forgotten Realms wiki! "Acorn of far travel: If a dryad spellcaster cast this spell on an acorn harvested from her bonded oak tree, she was considered to be in contact with her tree at all times, regardless of the actual distance between them. Thus she became able to travel great distances without growing sick.[10] " [10 = James Jacobs (2015-05-22). Spells of the Woodlands: Cathedral of Leaves. Far Corners of the World. Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on 2007-03-17.]

[@shadowmil]

This video has a 0% chance of being monetized.

[@cosmic2591]

jokes on you

[@MrBiloxifireman]

13:40. This would be a great adventure hook. A powerful dryad that needs to be moved out of her tree because it is old and dying. Or the party makes friends with a dryad that maybe doesn't know this is possible and is prepared to die with her tree and the party can find this out later and come back and save her. Making a lifelong Ally in the process.

[@LokiFar]

So, a sick and dying dryad/tree could potentially be confused with a green hag during the spring and summer.

[@Gomjibar]

Nice video, but I got to say, I love that you put the name of the artist for each image you used! So many of these types of videos don't have the artists, or just have a generic list of names with no references. Thank you!

[@VulpisFoxfire]

I'm reminded of the Dragon Magazine article 'Ecology of the Dryad'.

[@Geeko170]

I love the idea of urban dryads. They have a neighborhood they watch over. She acts like a matron of her tenets, protecting them in trade for them tending to her small courtyard groves, and rooftop gardens.

[@EmperorTyrael]

I feel like there should be a Pygmalion story where a young man reads about dryads and wants one but instead go looking into the forest, he plants an acorn, care for it, speak to it, sing to it, confess his love to it everyday etc. And after waiting for so long, a dryad emerges from the tree and confess her love to him too.

[@PureFascinationFilms]

I have made it a goal to like and comment on every one of your videos do that you continue doing what you do! Every video is 5 stars and I heavily appreciate what your doing and want to say thank you!

[@osmacar5331]

then dryads will LOVE the UK as we have an oak breed names after us, the english oak, and it's a damn good wood XD

[@colinmyers6680]

gotta say, some gorgeous art in this video. easy to see why young men would be charmed by these creatures :D

[@ChainsawFatality]

These lore vids are awesome, keep it up!

[@TheRogueCommand]

I appreciate the research and heart you put into these videos...that being said I will respectfully ignore the oak tree rule because tall lanky Palm tree dryads are too good an opportunity to pass up XP

[@thorshammer7883]

Can you do videos on JRR Tolkien's Lotr and Silmarillion?

[@joshuatarr3343]

Try men of tbe west, he does that much like mr.rexx

[@irontemplar6222]

I like the idea of a noble family who has a Dryad tree in their estate garden. With the dryad functioning as the gardener, and protector of the estate.

[@JJRPGs]

One thing not mentioned here is that Dryads can get around the limitation of their tarel, as well as stave of glirlgimer, by creating an acorn of far travel using an acorn taken from their own tree (archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/fw/20040710a). I actually have a player who's playing a Dryad adventurer, and an acorn of far travel is how she is able to go out adventuring. Granted, the spell doesn't currently exist in 5e, but it's still a nifty piece of lore nonetheless.

[@privateuser3726]

what about the daughter if they can't find a tree when she turns 12, can she use an acorn from her mothers tree and if so for how long until she can find her own

[@JJRPGs]

@@privateuser3726 That would depend on whether the mother's tree is considered to also be the daughter's tree until she finds a new one. If so, then yes. If not, then no.

[@Thkaal]

MrRhexx: Every living thing has a soul. 1e: Hold my beer and let me learn you about elves and other fey having spirits while humans and halflings have souls.

[@Telleryn]

'My oak trees bring all the boys to the grove'... :D

[@tyrannicaltypomichaeltester]

Did a campaign were My Sorcerer Researched amd came up with a perfect clone Foe oak trees That came in seeds. His love for a dryiad drive him to plant Dozens of Oaks over a wide range so she could move freely throughout a large portion of the forest was rather fun

[@pepsifacts7724]

From the 1930s through the late 1950s, "Pepsi-Cola Hits The Spot" was the most commonly used slogan in the days of old radio, classic motion pictures, and later television.

[@witchBoi_Connor]

I was going to ask why, but then I read your name. Yeah, okay, fair enough.

[@darkpixel1128]

the more you knoooooooooooooow!

[@johnhenderson4833]

pepsihead?

[@psychopunk8817]

Thank you

[@axlmagnus]

Tyler same.

[@Xerxes2005]

In Greek mythology, dryads are nymphs of oak trees. "Drys" means "oak". Nice to see they kept true to the myths for at least this part. Even if they are not considered nymphs in D&D.

[@2gogols]

Sounds more like a blessing then a curse having a love spell thrown on you by a Dryad

[@dannyleo5787]

I remember meeting one when I first began, she was using fireflys as wears during the night while we had to camp. Out of respect to our druid member, we distanced the campfire from her while she told us her many stories of travelers pasts that once needed her to guide them out of the woods in the night using the very fireflies. Turns out it was our druids very own mother who enjoyed our fellowship.

[@plops993]

What dryad charm victims don’t want anyone to know: the spell actually fades in a day

[@Tar0B0I]

Super helpful video Rhexx! I just started writing up a story about a Human Warlock with an Arch Fey patron, and the "forbidden love" punishment sucks, but it was unknown to me and I feel like it could add a real sense of drama into his story. Thanks! Edit: I swore I was a subscriber this whole time, I've been following since the start of the Dragon series you did, OOPS!

[@thundergod9696]

That's ok I'm a feylock and I've been made King...

[@onesaltydoge3105]

Hey could you make a video about Lizardfolk? They’re my favorite PC race.

[@Tsuruchi_420]

Your wish is an order apparently

[@jameslightfoot1872]

Imagine a nomadic dryad. She has a treant friend who animates her tree and has it follow along on their travels. A mysterious woman has been spotted at various points along a major travel route, always camped between 2 large trees, but never in the same place for very long.

[@barrybend7189]

Hey Mr.Rexx can you please do a video on the Yuan Ti.

[@taylorgoldman130]

This is definitely my favorite series on KZbin

[@HuGGmaN]

Mediocre At Best is a huge trademark on your videos, im specting that name at the end everytime i see you.

[@frankieramos1748]

Got really confused in the first half of that comment. Thought you were just being really mean lol.

[@dropkickpiper3204]

I always thought it was “Meaty Ogre at Best.”

[@BlueNEXUSGaming]

You forgot to mention that the connection to the Oak Tree is also referenced in the Material Components of the Barkskin Spell ( www.dndbeyond.com/spells/Barkskin ) which is *"A handful of Oak Bark"* (oddly specific for such an otherwise generic sounding Spell)

[@errorcode1sm399]

So it’s like that movie “Ferngully”

[@GeorgeMonet]

Especially when they give your party the gift of fairy size.

[@crowsenpai5625]

Idea for a player character Dryad. The main problem is the bound tree, an adventure isn’t much of an adventure if confined in a 1000 ft area. But, have you ever heard of Tree Tokens. It’s a token (usually a feather) that once thrown on the ground makes a oak tree that’s 60 feet tall and has a 5-foot-diameter trunk, and its branches at the top spread out in a 20-foot radius. Idea for backstory is Dryad falls in love with powerful Wizard (he realizes he was charmed, but fell for her anyway) . Has daughter dryad. daughter Dryad learns of the wizards days of an adventurer and immediately falls in love with the concept and wants to go on an adventure of her own. The Wizard to try to make this a reality spends years working on a ritual to make the tree the daughter will be bound to into what’s basically a reusable tree token, can go from token, into a tree, and be magically reverted back into token with a small ritual. The Dryad now has no limit to how far she can travel, with the only side effect being every so often having to have the tree in a planted state so it can get nutrients from the ground to survive, typically can be done while she is sleeping for the night, and goes forth to become a adventurer under the guise of a ordinary Elf Druid/Wizard.

[@LeafyK]

What if the dryad’s daughter turns 12 and there are no “free” mature oaks for her? As in, all the oaks within the mom’s terel are already bound to other dryads

[@GeorgeMonet]

Maybe every dryad in a highly populated terel keeps some old bonsais just in case.

[@CavTanker88]

"When you are charmed by a dryad, you are screwed" Only if you are lucky!

[@malomalovids]

Elves loving on Dryads be like "ALRIGHT LISTEN TO ME, YOU POLE-PROPORTIONED DENDROPHILES!"

[@abnegazher]

Takes a seed of the dryad tree. Plant it on a pot. Carry the pot together on your adventures. Have a Dryad Sorcerer for companion. After living your life of adventurers, you marry her. After living the test of your life, your last wish was to be burried on the side of that tree that you planted near your home. After a hundred years, adventurers find a elvish woman singing over the roots of an giant old tree that engulfed an old ruin of a cottage, in the middle of the roots there is an untouched and preserved tombstone with a carpet of flowers filling the ground.

[@catkook543]

After watching this video I've determined it would probably be difficult to create a Dryad playable race

[@bluejayfamilygaming9501]

you cold just shrink there tree or just transfer them into a small tree

[@catkook543]

@@bluejayfamilygaming9501 so basically a form of a hexblade warlock, except as a racial feature.

[@Crowen55]

I always find so much inspiration for my own campaigns in your videos. Keep up the great work Rhexx.