Aeris Naïlo

Upload character art, token images, or reference sheets to BookStack, then replace the placeholder links below.

A quiet wood elf druid far from the open sky, Aeris has learned that nature does not stop at the forest edge. In the Underdark, it simply becomes stranger, darker, and hungrier.

Spellcasting

Aeris casts druid spells using Wisdom. His spell save DC is 13, and his spell attack bonus is +5.

Druidic

Aeris knows Druidic and always has Speak with Animals prepared. He can leave hidden Druidic messages, which other Druidic speakers automatically notice and understand.

Primal Order — Magician

Aeris knows one extra cantrip from the Druid spell list. He also gains a bonus to Intelligence checks using Arcana or Nature.

Wild Shape

As a Bonus Action, Aeris can shape-shift into a known Beast form. He can use Wild Shape 2 times per Long Rest, regaining one expended use after a Short Rest. At this level, he knows four Beast forms with a maximum CR of 1/4 that lack a Fly Speed.

Wild Companion

As a Magic action, Aeris can expend a spell slot or a use of Wild Shape to cast Find Familiar without Material components. The familiar is Fey and disappears when Aeris finishes a Long Rest.

Circle of the Land — Tropical Land

Aeris belongs to the Circle of the Land, with a Tropical Land connection.

Land’s Aid

As a Magic action, Aeris can expend a use of Wild Shape and choose a point within 60 ft. A 10-ft.-radius sphere forms there. Chosen creatures in the area make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw, taking 2d6 Necrotic damage on a failure or half as much on a success. One creature of Aeris’s choice in the area regains 2d6 HP.

• Darkvision: Aeris can see in darkness up to 60 ft.
• Keen Senses: Aeris has proficiency in Perception.
• Fey Ancestry: Aeris has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic cannot put him to sleep.
• Trance: Aeris does not need to sleep. He meditates semiconsciously for 4 hours to gain the benefit of a full rest.
• Elf Weapon Training: Aeris is proficient with the longsword, shortsword, shortbow, and longbow.
• Fleet of Foot: Aeris’s walking speed is 35 ft.
• Mask of the Wild: Aeris can attempt to hide even when only lightly obscured.

Carrying Capacity

Currency

Cantrips

• Guidance
• Produce Flame
• Acid Splash — Circle of the Land
• Mold Earth — Primal Order

Commonly Useful Prepared Spells

• Goodberry: Survival food and emergency healing. Excellent in the Underdark.
• Healing Word: Bonus Action ranged healing for getting allies back on their feet.
• Faerie Fire: Reveals hidden threats and helps the party land hits.
• Entangle: Area control for slowing enemies and shaping the battlefield.
• Absorb Elements: Defensive reaction against elemental damage.
• Pass without Trace: Huge stealth boost for group travel and ambush avoidance.
• Spike Growth: Brutal terrain control. Make the enemy regret having legs.
• Lesser Restoration: Useful against poison, disease, paralysis, and other nasty Underdark nonsense.
• Web: Circle of the Land spell; strong area control.

Full Spell List Placeholder

Add or update Aeris’s full prepared spell list here after each level-up or long rest.

Allies

A former mentor from Aeris’s surface grove taught him to read tracks, weather, animal behaviour, and unnatural signs in the wild.

Organizations

The Circle of Root and Star: A loose druidic circle that watches for natural omens and protects old woodland paths.

Aeris Naïlo was once a guide and grove-warden from a secluded wood elf enclave on the surface. His life was spent reading tracks, tending sacred places, and protecting travellers who respected the old paths.

In the seasons before his descent, Aeris noticed troubling signs: roots blackening without disease, animals fleeing from cave mouths, and pale fungi blooming where no spores should have reached. Believing these omens pointed to something stirring beneath the world, he followed the signs underground.

Whether through capture, betrayal, or simple misjudgement, Aeris became trapped in the Underdark. Now far from wind, rain, birdsong, and stars, he has begun to see that nature does not end at the forest edge. It continues below in stranger, hungrier forms.

Aeris is quiet, observant, and compassionate, but survival has sharpened him. He still protects life where he can, but he no longer mistakes mercy for softness. The Underdark is teaching him that rot, darkness, and predation are part of nature too — and that lesson frightens him.

• Surface Longing: Aeris carries seeds from his home grove and refuses to plant them until he sees the open sky again.
• Underdark Adaptation: His fear is not merely dying underground, but becoming too suited to it.
• Survival Role: Strong Perception, Insight, Stealth, Survival, Goodberry, Pass without Trace, and Wild Shape make Aeris valuable for scouting, travel, and keeping the party alive.
• Moral Tension: Aeris believes in balance, but the Underdark may force him to decide how much cruelty can still be called nature.