Homebrew Lightningborn Species Details
Lightningborn are descendents of the Gods of the Storm and have been imbued with the power of lightning.
Size- You can be Medium or Small
Lifespan- Lightningborn typically live 200-300 years
Appearance- You have facial features similar to an elf but your body has harmless lightning coarsing around it at all times.
Lightningborn Traits
As a lightningborn, you have the following traits.Creature Type
You are a Humanoid.
Size
You are Medium or Small. You choose the size when you select this race.
Charged Movement
Your walking speed is 35 feet. If you damage anything with lightning this speed increase 10 ft for the turn.
Electric Eyes
You have superior darkvision and can see up to 120 feet as though it is bright light. You however cannot see beyond this range in the dark even if you were to squint.
Superior Lightning Resistance
You have resistance to lightning damage. If you were to gain lightning resistance from another source you will instead have immunity. If you do not gain this extra resistance, you gain lightning immunity at level 10 anyway.
Storm Caller
You know the shocking grasp cantrip. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the lightning bolt spell with this trait once per long rest.
Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).
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