Mycelial

Mycelial Traits

Characters with the mycelial heritage share a variety of traits in common with one another.

Age. Mycelials grow from spores and mature quickly. In mycelial communities, a sporeling is considered an adult by the age of 3. They usually live about 30 years, although mycelials who form bonds with longer-lived creatures have been known to live as long as the creatures they’re bonded with.

Size. Mycelial bodies are diverse, ranging from squat to slender. They stand between 2 and 5 feet tall and are dense for their size, weighing 60 pounds on average. Your size is Small.

Speed. Your Speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light , and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Plant. You are a plant in addition to a humanoid. So long as rocks and soil are available, you can sustain yourself without other sources of food, although you still require water. While exploring, you consume 1 Supply every other day before suffering fatigue .

Soft Bodied. You can squeeze or contort through spaces as if you were one size category smaller than you are.

Spore Cloud. Mycelials naturally produce poisonous spores, which they can use to attack or defend themselves.

You can use a bonus action to release a puff of poisonous spores in a 5-foot-radius area centered on you. The spores lightly obscure the area and linger in air or water for 1 minute or until dispersed by a strong wind or current. Non-plant creatures that enter the area for the first time on a turn or start their turn there must make a Constitution saving throw . On a failure, the creature takes 1d6 poison damage and is poisoned until the end of its next turn. The DC for this saving throw equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier. The poison damage increases to 2d6 at 4th level, 3d6 at 9th level, 4d6 at 14th level, and 5d6 at 19th level.

Once a creature has been affected by the spores, it is immune to this effect for 24 hours. You can use this trait a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus. You regain any expended uses when you finish a long rest .

Mycelial Gifts

Mycelials fungus biology and underground adaptations offer a diversity of talents. Choose one of the following heritage gifts.

Adaptability

You can change your body to survive various environments. You gain resistance to poison damage. In addition, whenever you finish a long rest , you can choose one of the following forms:
• Amphibious. You can breathe underwater and gain a swim speed equal to your walking speed.
• Arboreal. You gain a climb speed equal to your walking speed. When you fall, you can use your reaction to float gently to the ground, taking no damage from the fall.
• Cold Adapted. You gain resistance to cold damage.
• Heat Adapted. You gain resistance to fire damage.

You remain in your new form until you use this ability again. You can benefit from only one form at a time.

Overactive Enzymes

You can release a splash of digestive enzymes to harm your foes. You gain the acid splash cantrip, which you can cast without requiring components. Your spellcasting ability for this cantrip is your choice of Charisma, Constitution, Intelligence, or Wisdom.

You can also use your digestive enzymes to dig. You have a burrowing speed of 10 feet and can move through nonmagical earth and stone, but not solid rock. You don’t leave a tunnel behind unless you spend time and effort to shore up the tunnel, reducing your burrow speed to 5 feet every 15 minutes.

Mycelial Paragon

When you reach 10th level, you are an exemplar of mycelial-kind. You gain the following paragon gift.

Specialized Spores

Creatures affected by your Spore Cloud no longer become immune to it. Additionally, once per day when you create the cloud you can choose one of the following conditions:
• Charmed
• Confused
• Frightened

While poisoned by your spore cloud, a creature is also affected by the chosen condition.

Mycelial Culture

Mycelials live moment to moment, enjoying the sensations of their environment. They value community and love sharing stories and songs.

Mycelials are short-lived and don’t reproduce in large numbers, allowing them to maintain a stable or slowly growing population. Because they reproduce by spores, sometimes a meld of mycelials will spring up long after their ancestors have died or abandoned the area.

Mycelials form strong friendships and familial bonds, even with people from other heritages. They adapt themselves to the societies around them, finding niches where they can live their peaceful lives. When threatened with conflict, they are generally avoidant, moving to new areas rather than engaging in violence. Most mycelials don’t feel a strong connection to any specific location, viewing the whole world as their home.

Suggested Cultures. While you can choose any culture for your mycelial character, the following cultures are linked closely with this heritage: meld-member , underharvester , Underlander .