Homebrew Lucario Species Details
"The bad men came and surrounded me and my daddy and teddy. I was scared and so was teddy. The bad men came up and were hurting daddy and one of them took teddy away from me. I screamed as loud as I could and then the bad guy holding teddy get kicked in the face. I stopped screaming when saw the Lucario who wanders around town. He beat those guys up real bad. He saved daddy and gave teddy back to me. He talked to me but his mouth wasn't opening. Whoever this Lucario is, he saved us".
-Incident Report, Case 55b
The rare and powerful Lucario are a noble people who build strength and power from their innate ability to manipulate aura. Aura is a natural flow of the soul and everyone has one except for the undead, which Lucario hate. Traditional loners by nature, the Lucario train and wander on their own, forging their path to better their abilities and skill in battle. Many Lucario often settle in one particular place to be alone and train, but making friends along the way.
A Lonely Road
Lucario are medium sized blue-black wolf like creatures with red eyes, long pointed ears that stand vertically, a tail, and bony thorns growing out of their fore arms and chest. They have paws and are often unable to use conventional weapons or wear normal armor. They have four aura sensing locks on their head similar to dreadlocks, that are used for sensing and manipulating aura.
Lucario do not have their own society and nations, but they believe their goals are more important that the bureaucracy of government and often think of themselves as autonomous from the laws that are not their own. Many Lucario will wander until they settle and take jobs to help better the society they settled in. From towns guards to politicians to teachers, many Lucario are self-reliant to a fault but they aim to better their communities if they have one.
Lucario don't value friendship as much as other races and people. Alone and without friends, the Lucario spends his days training and enhancing his combat and aura skills. All Lucario are unable to wield weapons or wear armor so hand to hand combat is their specialty, but many Lucario also take on magical arts to become more versatile in combat. This mindset allows the Lucario more time to train.
The Power of Aura
Aura is unique. It allows many people to gauge personality traits, emotional states, alignment, or magical abilities. To any other race, aura is basic divine knowledge, and evidence for the existence of a soul, but to a Lucario, this is an energy that can be manipulated to be used for good or ill. Lucario have master many of the arts of aura and zealously guard their secrets from any who would use this knowledge for ill.
Lucario can instinctively see aura of anyone within a general vicinity and tell if someone is not who they claim to be. For this reason, Lucario are prized by local law enforcement agencies, but also constant targets by assassin guilds. All Lucario are also able to generate a sphere of aura and use it to attack foes with amazing accuracy. There is also a legend that if a Lucario understands the power of aura to its fullest capacity, they transform into a better version of themselves.
Lucario Traits
All lucario universally share these traits.Ability Score Increase
Your Dexterity Score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Age
Lucario age at the relatively same rate as a human, but reach adulthood at age 12. They live to be around 110 years old.
Alignment
Almost all Lucario are lawful good or neutral good. A lawful neutral Lucario is not unheard of, but an evil Lucario is deemed insane and must be terminated.
Size
You stand between 4ft and 5ft tall. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your natural movement speed is 40ft
Aura Sight
You are able to use your natural affinity to manipulate aura to see things that can't be seen. When you use this ability, you can cast any of the following as a bonus action, darkvision, detect magic, detect evil and good, or true seeing. You regain use of this feature after a short rest.
Paws
As a Lucario, you do not possess thumbs. You have disadvantage in all weapons and cannot wear armor regardless of class. Your unarmed strikes also deal 1d6 damage.
Languages
You start off knowing only Common. Lucario do not speak naturally like other races. Lucario can telepathically speak to allies or creatures within 30ft if they share a language.
Aura Sphere
You have the ability to manipulate aura in such a way that you can unleash it as a ball of energy. When you hit with a ranged spell attack at 30ft away, you deal 4d8 radiant damage once per short rest.