Dryad
| Species | faerie |
| No. Appearing | 1–6 |
| Behaviour | community |
| Range | woodland |
| Size | 5 ft. tall |
| Weight | 115 lbs. |
| Intelligence | 14 |
| Armour Class | 9 |
| Hit Dice | 2 |
| Action Points | 6 |
| Max. Stride | 8 |
| THAC0 | 20 |
| Hp/Die | d6 |
| Attack Forms | dagger |
| Damage | 1–4 |
| Special Attacks | anti-magic detection, charm person, dimension door, magic resistance |
Dryads have been mythologised and known for thousands of years, especially in Hellenic Greece. According to myth, dryads are associated with the god Dionysius, the god of wine, ecstasy and the wild. Dryads are born from the trees themselves as nymphs or spirits, who remain closely linked ot the life and well-being of the oak trees that birthed them, and which they inhabit. If a tree is harmed or destroyed, it's believed that the corresponding dryad may suffer or even die. All dryads are female in form.
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Behaviour
A dryad never strays more than 360 yards from her birth tree, which they always seek to protect from persons who enter the forest. Due to their extraordinary beauty — they have a charisma of 16 or greater — its possible for a dryad to beguile those who come within the dryad's small vicinity. Yet they are shy and non-aggressive, and wish to hurt no one. They prefer to simply meld into their tree and let passersby think the tree is no different than hundreds of others nearby. Still, now and then a woodcutter chooses the dryad's tree to cut down — and is thereafter never heard from again.
Knowledge
Dryads are born some 30 to 40 years after the birth of the oak tree, and through their intervention will keep the tree alive for as much as a thousand years. Though a dryad spends much of her time alone, she's able to recognise when some wise creature or being is nearby, who can be approached and spoken with sagaciously. This allows the outsider to learn some of the dryad's wisdom, while she learns from theirs. Many great intellectuals throughout history, particularly those responsible for the creation of magical spells and items, have spent time in a forest speaking one-on-one with a dryad. Such persons have nothing to fear, as she has no reason to bewitch them.
Advantages
See Bestiary
