Theban Mapping Project. Fluff/Inspiration. Dungeon Inspiration. Having checked off the nymph, dryad, oread (well, sort of; don’t get me started), nereid, oceanid, and even the cave-dwelling lampad (talk about a deep cut, amirite?) , the Bestiaries were way overdue to serve up Greek mythology’s naiad. But with nixies, nereids, and rusalkas all operating in a similar design space/ecological niche, there just hasn’t been the urgency…until now. The good news is, it was worth the wait.
Not only do we get a decent low-CR fey creature—I like the inspiration tokens that recall Pathfinder’s Fey Revisited book, and the water bond is true to mythology while being more flexible than the dryad’s tree bond—but we also get naiads as a player character race as well! Playing D&D With Porn Stars. A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons. The Labyrinth. Trollsmyth. Hack & Slash. The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms. The Generator Blog.