Hamadryad

This regal woman exhibits the grace and pride of the forest's most ancient trees.

Hamadryad (CR 15)

Medium Fey
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Initiative: +6
Senses: Low-Light Vision; Perception +31

Speed: 30 feet
Space: 5 feet

Defense

Armor Class: 29, touch 17, flat-footed 22 (+6 Dex, +1 dodge, +12 natural)
Hit Points: 190 (20d6+120) Fast Healing 5
Saving Throws: Fort +12, Ref +18, Will +18
Damage Reduction: 10/cold iron
Energy Resistance: acid 30, cold 30, electricity 30

Offense

Melee: mwk dagger +16/+11 (1d4+5/19-20)
Reach: 5 feet
Ranged: +2 speed composite longbow +18/+18/+13 (1d8+7/x3)

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 20th; Concentration +26):

• Constant- Speak with Animals, Speak with Plants
  
  
• At Will- Entangle (DC 17), Hold Animal (DC 18), Rusting Grasp, Tree Shape, Wood Shape (10 lbs. only)
  
  
• 5/day- Charm Monster (DC 20), Charm Person (DC 17), Confusion (DC 19), Deep Slumber (DC 19), Neutralize Poison, Sending (dryads only), Suggestion (DC 19), Tree Stride
  
  
• 1/day- Call Lightning Storm (DC 21), Changestaff, Heroism, Greater, Heal, Liveoak, Summon Nature's Ally VIII

2nd (8/day) - Cat's Grace, Mirror Image, Obscure Object, Resist Energy, Scorching Ray

Statistics

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
12 (+1)	23 (+6)	23 (+6)	18 (+4)	19 (+4)	22 (+6)

Base Attack Bonus: +10
CMB +11
CMD 28

Feats: Alertness, Combat Casting, Dodge, Great Fortitude, Improved Iron Will, Iron Will, Mounted Combat, Stealthy, Toughness, Weapon Finesse

Skills: Bluff +29, Climb +14, Craft (wood) +12, Diplomacy +29, Escape Artist +19, Handle Animal +16, Heal +9, Intimidate +16, Knowledge (geography) +17, Knowledge (nature) +27, Knowledge (nobility) +9, Perception +31, Perform (any one) +19, Ride +16, Sense Motive +19, Spellcraft +14, Stealth +19, Survival +14

• Racial Modifiers: +8 Craft (wood)

Languages: Common, Elven, Sylvan; speak with animals, speak with plants, tongues

Special Qualities: druid magic, tree meld, wild empathy, woodcraft

Special Abilities

Druid Magic (Su)

A hamadryad can use any magic item as if she were a 20th-level druid.

Tree Meld (Su)

A hamadryad can meld with any tree (similar to meld into stone) and can remain melded with a tree as long as she wishes.

Woodcraft (Ex)

A hamadryad has a +8 racial bonus on Craft checks involving wood, and is always treated as if she had masterwork artisan's woodworking tools when attempting such checks.

Ecology

Environment: Temperate Forests
Organization: retinue (1 plus 2-5 dryads) or court (1 plus 2-12 centaurs, 2-12 dryads, 2-8 satyrs, and 1-2 treants)
Treasure: triple (+2 speed composite longbow [+5] with 20 arrows, masterwork dagger, other treasure)


A hamadryad is the queen of her forest and the leader of all the dryads within it. Much as a dryad is bonded with one tree and is devoted to it, a hamadryad loves her chosen forest; while she does not sicken and die if separated from it, she loathes such separation.

All nonevil woodland creatures acknowledge her as the wisest of dryads and respect her gifts of healing and diplomacy. In most forests, a hamadryad is the sister or wife of an erlking, and represents the protective, patient, and nurturing aspect of nature. With her healing magic, she can relieve the suffering of a dryad whose tree has been killed and sustain her long enough for her to bond with another tree.

A hamadryad prefers to avoid direct confrontations, instead using her magic and allies to divert, confuse, and even befriend any would-be enemies. Her powers allow her to speak with or quickly travel to her subjects even when they are in the most remote parts of the forest. As a consequence, little happens in the forest without her knowledge, and those who enter her realm would do well to remember this.