Manitarii

A happy, little, poisonous crowd of adorable mushrooms.

Homebrew race made by TheFatesThread.

A Little, Strange Dance

The Sporfolk is a typical dance of the Manitarii, once every 28 days they all meet together, gathering around the body of a dead creature, and begin to dance whilst singing a cheerful song. To the ear of any being other than the Manitarii, it would simply sound of a grotesque noise.
In truth, however, the Sporfolk spreads spores in the air so that the Manitarii can reproduce. The spores attach themselves to the corpse, from which small Manitarii then begin to emerge, If someone intervenes during this dance, they usually die from the extreme amount of poison, and then the mushrooms begin to grow on them too.

Manitarii Traits

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 2, and your Dexterity score increases by 1.
Age. Manitarii grow rather quickly and reach adulthood after about three months. Despite that, they live on average for about 100 years.
Alignment. Since they are tiny and squishy, the whole forest loves these little fellas, but still, everyone tries to keep their distance from them. Manitarii tend to be neutral good, however, some of them love singing and dancing so much that they end up poisoning their own friends wherever they go.
Size. Manitarii stand around 3 feet tall and average about 35 pounds. Your size is small.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.
Darkvision. You grew up in dark and humid places. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of grey.
Saprophyte. In order to sustain yourself, you can eat every form of organic matter, ignoring its deterioration state.
Spores. Any creature that grapples you or makes a melee attack against you must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 minute. A poisoned creature no longer within 5 feet of you can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself with a success.
Poison Immunity. You are immune to poison damage and the poisoned condition.
Natural Symbiosis. You have proficiency in the Survival skill.
Languages. You can speak common and Sylvan.

One autumn evening I was walking inside a forest, and as usual, I was picking mushrooms for the delicious stew my wife cooks. When suddenly a small mushroom came alive! I was petrified when this little mushroom spoke, but he only said one thing: "Hug!"

DM's Thoughts

Look at them! They're so cute and small and poisonous. My deadly little mushroom buddies. If you ever have the chance to play one of these little guys then do it, don't think about it for a second, just do it. If I had one I think I would name him Enoki Dapperling.