Homebrew Elyntic Species Details

From The Sky They Come

When lightning strikes it is chaotic and wild. Sometimes these energies do more than just set the sky and ground aflame. Occasionally it brings powers from other planes with it. Often this planar vitality follows the lightning back from where it came, but every so often it gets lost. Disoriented, this energy manifests as a humanoid creature and becomes an Elyntic.

Born This Way

The manifested Elyntics, often unsure how they are supposed to look, copy the first living humanoid creature they see. Regularly with a small flaw or flair of bluish skin or hair. One
thing they all have in common is how their eyes spark with bluish light. Never Hitting The Same Spot Twice Lightning strikes are unpredictable. The Elyntic often follow a similar pattern in their new life: wandering the land and never staying long in one area. Their travels are generally aimless. A few may find a place to stay for a while, but this stopover makes them restless.

Searching For Conduits

The Elyntic are generally lost in more ways than one. As manifestations of planar energy, they are not used to being alive. They don't understand life itself and have a hard time figuring out the basic needs of their new bodies and others they meet. It is therefore not uncommon to see some Elyntics wander in search of something that can teach them about this new existence. Other Elyntics prefer to search for their origins; seeking to learn from where they came in hopes of finding purpose or returning to that simpler reality.

Elyntic Names

Elyntics do not understand the reasons behind names as part of their general lack of knowledge. They instead take the name of what others call it.

Elyntic Traits

Traveling as your pure form

Age

 Elyntic often follow the ageing of the creature it modeled, but can first appear on this plane in any age.

Ability Score Increase.

Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Lightning Resistance

You have resistance to lightning damage.

Size

Elyntic have the same range of height and weight as their model creature.

Alignment.

The nature of lightning and therefore the Elyntic itself is Chaotic.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages

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

Lightning Speed

You can use your Action you can make yourself into a lightning bolt moving in a straight line to an empty space that you can see within 60 feet, this movement does not provoke oppertunity attack.

When you use your lightning speed, each creature in a 5 feet wide line from your start location to your end location must make a dexterity saving throw. The DC for this saving throw equals 8 + your Dexterity modifier + your Proficiency Bonus. A creature takes 1d6 lightning damage on a failed save, and half as much damage on a successful one. The damage increases to 2d6 at 6th level, 3d6 at 11th level, and 4d6 at 16th level.

After you use your lightning speed, you can’t use it again until you complete a short or Long Rest.