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Race Conversion - Oakling (PF1e to 5e)

EDIT: Learned that Alluria Publishing changed the name of "oakling" to "treefolk" when it was converted to a PF2E ancestry. While I don't have the supplement itself, the sample of it showed enough of a change to update the Plant Physiology trait. There are now different heritages in PF2E's version, similar to the subraces of 5e and lineages of the 2024 rules, but it wasn't enough for me to completely revise what I wrote here. That said, it does talk about specific treefolk rations for 40 sp that are bottles containing the equivalent of artificial or "specially formulated" sunlight.

First off, apologies for being silent for this long. It's been a rough few months with lots of doctor appointments, and having to go to the hospital for extensive tests after I had a really bad and terrifying medical episode. Still have to visit a hospital in another city altogether. What I can say is that it's not cancer, and the findings weren't bad enough that I'll need surgery (yet). I will need to get scans once a year to monitor things. I'll take the wins where I can though. For now, I'm doing alright and getting through the days.

Now, for what people actually want to see.

I don't know how many of you have been following or care about the 5.24/5r/5.5e PHB that WotC released last month, or any of the other books coming out in the upcoming months and years. I'm still unsure myself on this change to the game, but I will say that I really liked the Path of the World Tree barbarian subclass. I'm a sucker for Greek and Norse mythology, and absolutely love stories that involve Yggdrasil and the Nine Realms. So the fact that a barbarian subclass that revolves around that very mythology just made me giddy during the One D&D playtest. I really want to play one some day.

A bit of a side tangent before continuing: one of the first 3PP books I ever bought for Pathfinder 1e was the Remarkable Races supplement from Alluria Publishing. It was something I came across when looking for a race that would best represent a player wanted, which was a cat race. This was before the catfolk came out, and Alluria had released the anumus, which was a person with an animal head. While going through that book, I came across the oakling, essentially a treant PC race, and it's one that's stuck out to me. There was even a 4e version of the book.

Now, why did I bring up that book? Because I had a really ridiculous idea that I'd love to try out. A sentient tree, possibly tied to the Tree of Life itself, that visits the different realms using its power to aid adventurers and save the realms from evil. Essentially, a Path of the World Tree tree. It's bordering on a Dad Joke, but still. That thought process led me down a rabbit hole and eventually I converted the oakling for my own benefit. I even took the Race feats, merged, and converted them too. I ended up with four feats just for the oakling. I didn't add them here, but if there's interest, I could post them later.

Note: the conversion I'm doing today, will be for 5e (even though I'm still calling it species and not race in the stat block), not for the new 5.24 book, but it wouldn't be hard to convert it over. I'll be keeping in line with the Monsters of the Multiverse book specifically. If you want to use this in the new edition, you'd mostly just remove the ability score bonuses (which are now tied to Backgrounds), remove the Age and Alignment, and minimize the text for Creature Type and Size, and Languages. You'd likely have to lose the Natural Armor too. Elves are allowed skills, so you should be allowed to keep that too.

Much like the Wyvaran, this will essentially be a simple 1-to-1, and taking from a couple of different feats. If you're curious to learn more about the oakling, you can check out its lore and original PF1e stats here.

Art from Alluria Publishing's 4e Remarkable Races.

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I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy.

Now, let’s talk stats.

Unlike Pathfinder, there’s no real “official” way to judge how powerful a creature is. There are definitely a lot of 3PP supplements and homebrew out there, which I tend to have to use as a guide. For this, I used the updated Detect Balance Plus, which did both 5e and 5.24 breakdowns on the same spreadsheet. This worked out to be around 30-31 points, which is around firbolg, giff, half-drow, and lizardfolk.

Oakling/Treefolk Species 5e

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 2 and your Wisdom score increases by 1. Age. As humanoids related to treants, oaklings have long lifespans. An oakling reaches adulthood around 30, and the oldest of them can live for 600 years. Alignment. Oaklings often lack malice and do not take pleasure in killing, nor do most feel that deception and corruption are logical paths. They don’t fully understand the concept of sympathy, and tend to have expressionless eyes. They are typically neutral. Creature Type. You are a Humanoid. You are also considered a Plant for any prerequisite or effect that requires you to be a plant. Size. Oaklings are between 6 and 8 feet tall and weigh between 300 and 450 pounds. Your size is Medium. Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft. Leaf Speech. Through high frequencies beyond the range of human hearing, you can communicate in a limited manner with Plants and vegetation. These are typically one-word remarks regarding each of your statuses; hungry, thirsty, injured, and so on. Natural Armor. You have tough, bark-like skin. When you aren't wearing armor, your AC is 12 + your Dexterity modifier. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield's benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor. Nature’s Heritage. Your connection to nature and plants gives you an intuitive connection to the natural world. You have proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice: Insight, Medicine, Nature, or Survival. Plant Physiology. You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the poisoned or stunned condition on yourself. Moreover, through a combination of photosynthesis, absorbing minerals with your roots, or scavenging decaying matter, you can gain enough nourishment to sustain you for one day. Plant-like Demeanor. You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the charmed or frightened condition on yourself. You also don't need to sleep, and magic can't put you to sleep. Rooted Foot. When you are prone, standing up uses only 5 feet of your movement. Sentry's Rest. When you take a long rest, you spend at least 6 hours in an inactive, motionless state, instead of sleeping. In this state, you appear inert, but you remain conscious. Solar Healing. As an action, while in sunlight, you regain a number of hit points equal to your level. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan.

Here's hoping I can play this character, even for a one-shot some day. Also hoping that someone sees this and wants to do the same.

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