The wild magic of Ixtal courses through your horns, letting you channel raw elemental force when you strike.

When you hit a creature with your Horn Attack, you can choose to have the attack deal an extra 1d6 elemental damage. When you finish a long rest, choose one damage type for this feature: lightning, thunder, or acid (stone-heavy tribes often flavor thunder as concussive earth-shock). The extra damage from this trait is of the chosen type.

This extra damage can be applied once per turn when you hit with your Horn Attack. The Horn Attack counts as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.

At your DM’s discretion, this damage may increase to 1d8 at 11th level to reflect your deepened elemental attunement.

Your horns are infused with ancient Ixtali elemental power. When you charge or strike, that power surges outward in a burst of raw primal energy—stone, storm, or vine—depending on your attunement.

When you hit a creature with your horn attack, you may invoke an elemental crash. Choose Stone, Storm, or Vine (your choice each time you use this trait). The crash releases a wave of elemental force that deals 1d6 bonus damage of the chosen type.

Stone Crash (Bludgeoning):
A pulse of hardened earth erupts from your horns, knocking the target 5 feet away from you.

Storm Crash (Lightning or Thunder):
Electricity or concussive force explodes outward, causing the target to make a Constitution saving throw (DC = 8 + PB + Con).
On a failure, the target is stunned until the start of its next turn.

Vine Crash (Piercing/Nature):
Bursting vines lash outward. The target must succeed on a Strength saving throw (DC = 8 + PB + Str) or become restrained by vines until the end of its next turn.

You may use Elemental Crash a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum 1).
You regain all uses after a long rest.

Your body carries the elemental blessing of Ixtal — a hide toughened by jungle storms, volcanic heat, and monsoon fury. The air around you faintly shifts when you brace, as though nature itself recognizes your endurance.

You gain the following benefits:

• Elemental Resilience: You have resistance to lightning damage or acid damage (your choice when you create the character).
  (Lightning = storm-lineage, Acid = deep-jungle venom lineage.)

• Iron Body, Storm Heart: When you take damage from a single attack or effect, you may use your reaction to reduce that damage by an amount equal to your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus.

• Unshaken: When an effect would push you, knock you prone, or move you against your will, you may make a Strength saving throw (DC = the effect’s DC). On a success, you are not moved or knocked prone.

• Use: You may use Stormhide Endurance’s damage reduction a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum 1). You regain all uses after a long rest.

You gain the following benefits:

• Mighty Frame: You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity, the weight you can push, drag, or lift, and for resisting forced movement.

• Wildburst Strength: When you make a Strength (Athletics) check or Strength saving throw, you can add +2 to the roll. You can use this bonus a number of times per long rest equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum of once).

• Predator’s Surge: When you hit a creature with a melee attack, you may choose to deal extra damage equal to your Constitution modifier. You can use this feature once per turn, but no more than a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus per long rest.

• Ixtali Fortification: You have resistance to non-magical bludgeoning damage (stone, fall impact, beast strikes).
  (If this feels too strong for your table, we can reduce it to “advantage against being knocked prone” instead.)

Your spirit weight manifests as an oppressive aura that weakens the resolve of your enemies.

• You gain proficiency in Intimidation.

• When you make an Intimidation check, you may use Strength or Wisdom (your choice) instead of Charisma.

• Hostile creatures within 10 ft have disadvantage on checks made to escape or move away from you (fear, shove escapes, Acrobatics to slip past, etc.).

You are trained in the lethal quiet of the Shadow Order, harmonizing your spirit to suppress sound and intent.

• You gain proficiency in Stealth.

• You have advantage on Stealth checks made while walking, stalking, or approaching enemies directly.

• You can move at full speed while Stealthing with no penalty.

• Even when detected, enemies suffer disadvantage on opportunity attacks against you — your movements feel “mis-timed,” as if your steps slip between moments.

This is the signature Ishikawa terror:
you don’t disappear — you arrive.

Your hunting style mimics the unstoppable killers of horror tales — slow, deliberate, utterly lethal. When you move toward a creature:

• If you move at least 10 ft directly toward a target, you gain +1d4 bonus damage on your next melee attack against that target.

• If that attack hits, you may also frighten the creature until the end of your next turn (Wis save DC = 8 + PB + Wis mod).

Enemies often report the same thing:
“He didn’t run. He didn’t hide.
He walked toward us…
and there was nothing we could do.”

Your training allows your attacks to slip partially into the spirit realm.
Once per turn, when you hit with a melee weapon attack, you deal an additional:

• +1d6 necrotic or psychic damage (your choice).
  This bonus increases to +1d8 at level 11.

This is not magic — it is mastery of spiritual intent in each blow.

You carry the will of a spirit and the body of a beast.

• You have advantage on saves vs charm and fear.

• When reduced to 0 HP, you may instead drop to 1 HP and gain resistance to all damage until the end of your next turn.

• Once per long rest.

This is why entire warbands died trying to corner him.