Homebrew Elemental Myrmidon (Playable for 5.5E) Species Details

Traits: Bound Armor, Darkvision, Elemental Resistances, Primal Strike, Wrathful Surge

Elemental Myrmidon (Playable for 5.5E) Traits

As an Elemental Myrmidon, you gain the following special traits

Size

Your size is Medium.

Speed

You have a walking speed of 30 feet.

Bound Armor

You cannot wear any armor. Instead, your elemental energy is bound to armor made for a Medium humanoid, granting you an armor class of 15 + your Dexterity modifier (maximum of +2 from Dexterity). You can attune to and benefit from magical armor, but you absorb it rather than wear it.

Darkvision

You can see in dim light as if it were bright light and darkness as if it were dim light to a range of 60 feet.

Elemental Resistances

You gain resistance to one of the following damage types dependent on what type of elemental you are, as well as an additional benefit.

  • Air: You gain resistance to Lightning damage, and you are immune to fall damage.
  • Earth: You gain resistance to Thunder damage, and you ignore difficult terrain caused by natural phenomena.
  • Fire: You gain resistance to Fire damage, and you ignore Fire damage from environmental, nonmagical fires (such as lava, wildfires, bonfires, and similar flames).
  • Water: You gain resistance to Cold damage, and you have a swimming speed of 30 feet as well as the ability to breathe underwater.

Primal Strike

You can change the damage type of your weapon attacks to be the damage type you gained resistance to from your Elemental Resistances.

Wrathful Defense

When you reach fifth level, you can use a reaction upon being hit by an attack once per long rest while in combat to give yourself resistance to Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing damage for one minute.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Primordial.

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