#leaf leshy

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WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER SMASH

Fungus Leshy

Leaf Leshy

Voting ended onJul 7, 2025

On the left is the fungus leshy! 2 ft (61 cm) fungus people made by fey and druids and such to guard important locations! They also like to make little fungus gardens they are very proud of. They can turn into mushrooms and speak with fungi. They're spirits that fuse with plants and fungi to make thier bodies, and mushrooms have a lot of variety in potential host!

On the right, the leaf leshy are little goblin-sized plant fey that're made by druids and fey to protect things. These are the weakest, and while they enjoy sparring they get really cautious about actual fights. They can glide, turn into trees, and talk to trees! Leshies are also basically nature spirits occupying bodies comprised of plants or fungi used in the ritual that made their body. So these will always look like they're made from tree bits, but as you can see there's plenty of room for variety.

[rperboni]

PATHFINDERS - The Leshy Investigator

In Pathfinder First Edition, Leshy were the "plant familiars" of nature-bound spellcasters, not being much larger than adult halflings, created when a spirit unable to manipulate the physical world is summoned by a master of primal magic, usually for a body composed of plant or fungal materials, cultivated from specific and complicated rituals. In Second Edition, these creatures keep much of their previous aspects intact, being able to be companions and familiars of primal spellcasters, but also becoming an ancestry of their own, endowed with powerful spirits capable of coming on their own terms to the material plane, being another of the unique possibilities for players within the world of Golarion.

For this little lady I chose to be inspired by an Araucaria pine, more specifically by the so-called Paraná Pine, which is the darling symbol of my home state. I wasn't sure if this Leshy would be female until I drew the pinecones on the sides of her head, as they are only present on female trees, while males have ironically phallic structures called aments. Also because the genus Araucaria is very old - with fossils dating from the Jurassic period -, I thought it was very fair to make this lady an older Leshy Investigator, especially considering that members of this ancestry tend to live for a long time, being full of experience in her methodology of Alchemical Sciences, making use of chemistry to solve mysteries.

Interesting Fact: I drew this character over a year ago, thinking of her as a Leaf Leshy, which are more like trees and bushes. But, coincidentally or not, Pathfinder Second Edition has, since February 2022, the Pine Leshy, who fits this character even better. Ironic to say the least.

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Qualifiers: Leaf Leshy

Smash the one with the pine cone armor

Smash the little pea lookin one

Smash both

Pass

Voting ended onDec 13, 2024

Leaf leshy are little goblin-sized plant fey that're made by druids and fey to protect things. These are the weakest, and while they enjoy sparring they get really cautious about actual fights. They can glide, turn into trees, and talk to trees! Leshies are also basically nature spirits occupying bodies comprised of plants or fungi used in the ritual that made their body. So these will always look like they're made from tree bits, but as you can see there's plenty of room for variety.

[axed-cradily]

Found this old drawing of mine from my ancient folder.

[axed-cradily]

Drawing a Leaf Leshy for my Leshy Warden Druid. His name is Hellbent Jensen and he never asked for this.

[amiablearcher]

This is a Leaf Leshy from the Pathfinder brand of tabletop roleplaying games, and it is one of the most adorable things in the history of ever. That is all.