Trelani

Trelani are a distant relative of treants, although much smaller. In fact, most historians believe that it was treants that created the trelani, though no one knows for sure, as no one is really sure when trelani first came into the world, though the Dark Millenium is the most common guess. Trelani are a secretive people, rarely leaving the deep forests in which they live. They don't leave their forests often to travel the world, though it does happen. Though trelani can read and write, their history is almost always passed down verbally. Because of this, they are great storytellers and it is not all that uncommon for travelling trelani to become bards. Trelani spend the first 10 years of their lives in tree form, rooted to the ground and barely conscious, though they are able to retain memories almost from the time their first leaves form. The tree mothers spend great amounts of time telling young trelani the history and culture of their people, so that when they wake to full consciousness, they have a very good understanding of who their people are.

Race traits: bonus to constitution, penalty to dexterity; tree shape; when they sleep, they root themselves to the ground, gain a full day's worth of subsistence (they can sleep like other humanoids, but they find it very uncomfortable); considered plants for all effects that can target and affect plants

Cultural traits: bonus to persona; trained in Perform skill and oratory focus; trained in Nature Magic skill and Plant Magic focus