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LEANDRO ZERBINATTI DE LEANDRO ZERBINATTI DE
OLIVEIRA OLIVEIRA
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DIEGO SILVA LISBOA
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DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, D&D, Wizards of the Coast, Eberron, Forgotten Realms,
Greyhawk, Ravenloft, Dragonlance, Planescape, the dragon ampersand, Ravnica and all
other Wizards of the Coast product names, and their respective logos are trademarks of
Wizards of the Coast in the USA and other countries.
This work contains material that is copyright Wizards of the Coast and/or other authors.
Such material is used with permission under the Community Content Agreement for
Dungeon Masters Guild.
All other original material in this work is copyright 2025 by Leandro Zerbinatti de Oliveira
and Diego Silva Lisboa and published under the Community Content Agreement for
Dungeon Masters Guild.
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CONTENTS
FORBIDDEN FRUIS.………………………..05
CONCEPT ORIGIN................................05
CHAPTER I: BASIC CONCEPTS…….…...07
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CHAPTER II: FRUITS OF POWER….….…11
Powers…………………………………….……….12
Cursed Fruits……………………………………...14
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Rituals……………………………………………...15
Fruits in Specific Settings………………………...19
Forgotten Realms…………………………………20
Eberron……………………………………………20
Greyhawk………………………………………….21
Spelljammer……………………………………….22
Planescape…………………………………………22
Ravenloft…………………………………………..24
OTHER DETAILS……………………………..27
THE AUTHORS……………………………….31
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OTHER BOOKS……………………………….32
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for Players, and new tools and lore sources for
FORBIDDEN Dungeon Masters.
FRUITS
This book is a guide to Treants´ fruits,
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introducing this concept in an original way and
addressing the fantastic properties they can
provide to those who consume them.
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Concept origin
Treants are intelligent, mobile trees, also
called awakened trees. With faces on their trunks,
using their roots as feet and their branches as
arms, and with foliage resembling the hair of ae
humanoid being, these beings have been part of
the Dungeons & Dragons universe since its
earliest editions, inspired by fantasy literature.
While not all trees bear edible fruits,
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many of them provide a wide variety of fruits.
Moreover, since Treants can represent the living
version of any type of tree, as well as awaken
ordinary trees, this means that fruit-bearing
Treants are not that rare.
This detail, however, has never been
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addressed in depth in the D&D rules or lore. The
only mention of Treant fruit in published D&D
material is in an Unearthed Arcana article.
However, this article only mentions Treants´
fruits as ranged weapons, without delving into
further details or any properties these fruits might
grant if consumed. Other than that, the 2025
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Monster Manual, in its description of Treants,
mentions the possibility of them producing
magical fruits, but does not offer any additional
details about the concept.
Since Treants are mystical beings, it is
natural to imagine that the fruits they produce
might also exhibit special characteristics.
Based on this thought, the concept for this
book took shape, aiming to present various types
of fruits, originating from different types of
Treants, each with its own characteristics and
effects, and consequently providing new options
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FRUITS: MEANS OF OBTAINING THE
REPRODUCTION FRUITS
For fruit-bearing Treants, fruits serve the The safest way to obtain a mystical fruit is by
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primary purpose of reproduction, through the receiving it from a Treant.
seeds they contain. These fruits can be planted by However, daring individuals may attempt
the Treants themselves in regions of their to harvest the fruits surreptitiously or even
choosing, but they can also serve as food for through violence. It is a risky option, but often
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animals, which eventually spread the seeds, advantageous.
causing the birth of Treants throughout the world. Corrupted Treants may "allow" their
However, not all seeds will produce a mystical fruits to be harvested freely, either to aid
Treant. Only one in every 100 Treants´ fruit seeds ill-intentioned individuals or to cause harmful
will be used for reproduction, while the rest will effects to unsuspecting victims.
germinate into ordinary trees of the same type as
the Treant.
As a rule, the mystical properties of the
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fruits affect only intelligent beings (although rare
exceptions exist), so that animals can freely
POWER
consume them, sowing seeds, without suffering
The properties of mystical fruits can come
any effects.
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In this context, Treants protect their fruits
from intelligent beings seeking to obtain them in from several sources: the nature of the Treant,
search of some kind of power, offering them as a the type of soil where it has taken root, or rituals.
rare reward only to those they deem worthy. As Regarding the nature of the Treant, each
long as, in exchange, the beneficiaries plant the type of tree produces its own specific fruits. This
seeds so that new Treants can be produced. is compounded by the Treant's personality. Those
that are extremely kind can produce healing fruits.
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Those that actively fight for nature can produce
RIPENING TIME fruits that increase the strength of those who
consume them, and so on.
Given the rarity of mystical fruits, they tend
As for the soil, well-nourished earth can
produce fruits that restore vitality. Sacred soil can
to take longer to sprout and ripen. Some can take produce fruits that possess positive energy
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years or decades to ripen. Only after this period do properties and, consequently, are useful against
their mystical properties exert their effect on those the undead.
who consume them. Tainted soil, on the other hand, will imbue
For this reason, many of these fruits are the fruits with negative properties (such as
rare, valuable, and highly protected by the poison). In this case, even if the Treant is benign,
Treants. its fruits will be corrupted, albeit against its will.
It is more common for evil Treants to choose to
take root in this type of soil in order to produce
harmful fruits.
Finally, rituals will be discussed later.
Although it is possible to anticipate that
individuals other than the Treant, aiming to grant
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