Every stream, every tree, every shrub. Greek myths sometimes held that all of these had their own spirits inside of them, intelligent beings who usually manifested as beautiful women because of course they did.

In our fantasy games, however, there's no reason a river can't decide it wants to take form as the manliest of men, no reason the sea breeze of a certain coastline can't decide to manifest as androgynous, if it wants to.

Regardless, you may have been content with existing as part of nature your whole life, or, your curiosity may have driven you to take this form and explore long before the start of the game, and even your opinion on nature itself might be different.

There's no need to make a character who's a massive hippie and loves nature, either, though that is one attitude found commonly in members of this race, but, if a new river was born from humans diverting the flow from a nearby lake, they could well bear gratitude to civilization instead, since it's directly responsible for their existence.

Nymph Traits Ability Score Increase: Your Charisma score increases by 2 Age: You physically cannot age or die, although you will fade from existence when the natural feature you're born from no longer exists. (Unless you personally bring a new such feature into being, such as by planting a tree or diverting flow into a new river) Your form is a reflection of your personality, not the time you've spent existing. Alignment: As spirits tied directly to nature itself, Nymphs tend to be wild and chaotic, even more so than other races, although, as usual, exceptions can be found, particularly among spirits born from natural features created by civilization Size: Your form is inspired by a humanoid appearance. Your size is medium. Speed: Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Languages: You know Sylvan and Common. Spirit Incarnate: Your existence depends on the natural feature you came from, and thus, things like food and drink aren't necessary for sustaining your humanoid form. Sylvan Form: As a spirit given human form, you have two creature types: humanoid and fey. You can be affected by a game effect if it works on either of your creature types. Fae Blood: You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.