Circle of the Land (5A)

This is a Druid circle for 5A.

The Circle of the Land is made up of mystics and sages who safeguard ancient knowledge and rites through a vast oral tradition. These druids meet within sacred circles of trees or standing stones to whisper primal secrets in Druidic. The circle's wisest members preside as the chief priests of communities that hold to the Old Faith and serve as advisors to the rulers of those folk. As a member of this circle, your magic is influenced by the land where you were initiated into the circle's mysterious rites.

Source: Player's Handbook

Subclass Features

Bonus Cantrip

When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you learn one additional druid cantrip of your choice.

Natural Recovery

Starting at 2nd level, you can regain some of your magical energy by sitting in meditation and communing with nature. During a short rest, you choose expended spell slots to recover. The spell slots can have a combined level that is equal to or less than half your druid level (rounded up), and none of the slots can be 6th level or higher. You can't use this feature again until you finish a long rest.

For example, when you are a 4th-level druid, you can recover up to two levels worth of spell slots. You can recover either a 2nd-level slot or two 1st-level slots.

Circle Spells

Your mystical connection to the land infuses you with the ability to cast certain spells. At 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to circle spells connected to the land where you became a druid. Choose that land – arctic, coast, desert, forest, grassland, mountain, swamp, or Underdark – and consult the associated list of spells.

Once you gain access to a circle spell, you always have it prepared, and it doesn't count against the number of spells you can prepare each day. If you gain access to a spell that doesn't appear on the druid spell list, the spell is nonetheless a druid spell for you.

Arctic Druid Level Circle Spells 3rd Hold Person, Spike Growth 5th Sleet Storm, Slow 7th Freedom of Movement, Ice Storm 9th Commune with Nature, Cone of Cold Coast Druid Level Circle Spells 3rd Mirror Image, Misty Step 5th Water Breathing, Water Walk 7th Control Water, Freedom of Movement 9th Conjure Elemental, Scrying Desert Druid Level Circle Spells 3rd Blur, Silence 5th Create Food and Water, Protection from Energy 7th Blight, Hallucinatory Terrain 9th Insect Plague, Wall of Stone Forest Druid Level Circle Spells 3rd Barkskin, Spider Climb 5th Call Lightning, Plant Growth 7th Divination, Freedom of Movement 9th Commune with Nature, Tree Stride Grassland Druid Level Circle Spells 3rd Invisibility, Pass Without Trace 5th Daylight, Haste 7th Divination, Freedom of Movement 9th Dream, Insect Plague Mountain Druid Level Circle Spells 3rd Spider Climb, Spike Growth 5th Lightning Bolt, Meld into Stone 7th Stone Shape, Stoneskin 9th Passwall, Wall of Stone Swamp Druid Level Circle Spells 3rd Darkness, Melf's Acid Arrow 5th Water Walk, Stinking Cloud 7th Freedom of Movement, Locate Creature 9th Insect Plague, Scrying Underdark Druid Level Circle Spells 3rd Spider Climb, Web 5th Gaseous Form, Stinking Cloud 7th Greater Invisibility, Stone Shape 9th Cloudkill, Insect Plague

Land's Stride

Starting at 6th level, moving through nonmagical difficult terrain costs you no extra movement. You can also pass through nonmagical plants without being slowed by them and without taking damage from them if they have thorns, spines, or a similar hazard.

In addition, you have advantage on saving throws against plants that are magically created or manipulated to impede movement, such as those created by the Entangle spell. Nature's Ward

When you reach 10th level, you can't be charmed or frightened by elementals or fey, and you are immune to poison and disease.

Nature's Sanctuary

When you reach 14th level, creatures of the natural world sense your connection to nature and become hesitant to attack you. When a beast or plant creature attacks you, that creature must make a Wisdom saving throw against your druid spell save DC. On a failed save, the creature must choose a different target, or the attack automatically misses. On a successful save, the creature is immune to this effect for 24 hours.

The creature is aware of this effect before it makes its attack against you.