New Race Idea- Plant People

(Everyone interested in new race/class should also check out the Cursed Race thread. Some very talented people are doing a great job at fleshing that concept out.)

PWI needs more tanks and healers. I think most players will agree with this statement. More variety would add to the fun of playing. My idea is for a race of plant people, the Arborians. One class is a heavy melee class called the Treants. The other class are arcane healers either called vinelings or dryads. They would have to be wood element characters.
The Arborians
Treants (Tree people) - Tanks
Armor: Heavy - Weapons: pole-arms.
General skill ideas:
Root: Treants can increase their phy def at the cost of movement speed, like the Solid Shield Genie skill. Tree Form: the Treant transforms into a big tree monster. Speed is reduced. Defense is increased. Damage remains the same. Some skills are only usable in Tree Form.
Crush: the Tree Form Treant grabs an opponent, with their hand, and does DOT (damage over time) but cannot take any other actions until they cancel the skill or enemy dies. Player defense is lower while using this attack.
Poison Resistance: a general resistance to Wood based effects
Wooden Strike: the Tree Form Treant hurls a spear for distance damage.
Absorb Nutrients - Regenerates HP: works faster the slower the Treant moves. Passive skill.
Thorn Skin: enemies take damage when physically attacking Treants who use this skill.
Pollen Eruption: grabs aggro from a crowd of mobs and causes minor debuff due to sinus irritation.
Crumble: attack that weakens enemy defenses, extra damage to Earth mobs.
Wild Growth: active HP regeneration skill that uses Chi. Only works during daytime.
Oak Strike: powerful melee attack
Poison Weapon: self-buff that provides damage over time to physical attacks.
Bark Shield: Tree Form. active skill that increases another party member's defense while lowering Treant's defense.
Cloud of Sharp Leaves: aoe attack that slows opponents and lowers their defense.

Vinelings (Dryads) - Arcane Healers
Armor: Arcane robes - Weapons: standard arcane stuff (wands, patakas, staffs)
Healing spells: uses the regenerative magic of plants to heal instead of the divine magic used by elves. Heal over time based but also has an expensive instant heal.
Strangling Vines: the Vineling can cause vines to grow up from the ground and entangle an enemy causing movement debuff and DoT.
Camouflage: a stealth skill that only works if the Vineling stays absolutely still.
Poisoned Armor: buff that poisons enemies who physically attack player.
Insect Swarm: higher level debuff that causes damage over time.
Pollen Cloud: emits a cloud to surround enemy, causing lower accuracy and slower attack/cast rate. Or Budding: creates illusionary duplicates of Vineling, lowering opponent accuracy due to confusion about which vineling is the real one.
Spirit Mend: Vineling Revive skill.
Splinter Strike: physical ranged attack.
Burning Sap: slows target movement speed. Wood based damage.
Thorn Sword: buff that adds Wood damage to melee attacks. For self and party member.
Morning Dew: buff that delays the effects of magical attacks on self or party member for several seconds.
Fiberous Skin: buff that deflects some damage done to self or party member back to attacker.
Dark Heart of the Woods: Area debuff bubble that lowers enemy attack level and enemy defense. Drains both MP and Chi.
Rain of Spikes: more powerful Wood based damage spell.
Gift of Life: aoe healing spell that does a small amount of healing to everything in range, including mobs. Fast casting time and low MP.

Both classes might gain additional bonuses during daylight hours of game.

Aerogear could be riding on a leaf or using puffball-like wings. or those spinning seedpods or flower petals. They might be clumsy fliers as Metal is not their best environment.

Backstory: They could be a break away faction of Wraith or a force sent by the gods to assist the people against the Wraiths. A primeval force of Nature's living essence sent to repel the forces of the Wraith. The Arborians don't need their own starting point. They aren't an established culture of people like the Humans, Elves, Tideborn, or Untamed. They could easily start out in the City of Plume since the elves are great naturalists or the City of the Lost since it's so wild.

Appearance: They should both look generally humanoid. Their look is more wild and less refined. Maybe with leafy hair. Vinelings could have options for mossy hair or small leafs or vines or flowers. Treants could have bark-looking skin, some could have a pine needle look while others have broad leaves and maybe even cactus. Treants could look like big tree monsters when in Tree Form. Ideally, male or female could play either class. This could create the female tank some players have been asking for. Treants in humanoid form are only as big as Barbs, so they can still wear most fashions. They could simply just look like normal people but have leaves or needles or something for ears and greenish or brownish or grayish skin.