Leviakin

"The Leviakin truly are a terrifying people. Not only are they descendants of the monster that bit off a quarter of this continent's land, but they're also an unpredictable, war-waging society. For countless years they've been in a one sided war against the Pisceans, slowly wiping their opponent out until the day they drive them extinct. And once that happens, I wonder, what race will the Leviakin seek out next? By the gods, I pray to never see that day."

— Duke Dandy, Ruler of Scraw City

Born From The Depths

Leviakin resemble the great beast they were born from, a towering aquatic behemoth with a serpentine body and a shocking maw. Legend accounts it devouring land masses whole, biting into continents, leaving fang marks on the land that create deltas, lakes, rivers or even mountains. The leviathan was revered in fear and infamy, thought to be unstoppable, only for it to fade away into oblivion as soon as its reign of terror had started. The only thing left behind in its wake was destruction, and a new race, the Leviakin.

While there is few differeences in appearance between the two genders, physically males are usually larger and more aggressive, and the females exhibit darker coloration.

The Leviakin's backs are covered in an azure shell-like carapace with a soft, beige scaled underbelly. They sport long necks with a cobra like hood, ending in their flattened head and long snout. Their heads are adorned with horns that vary in sizes from tiny to humongous. Additionally, jutting from the sides of a leviakin's neck are vibrant orange spines, which also portrude in a large amount from its back. With webbed hands and feet, along with their muscular paddle-like tails the Leviakin exhibit unmatched aquatic mobility.

While amphibious and adapted to both land and water living, the hind legs Leviakin stand with are rather short and stocky, preventing them from incredibly dextrous movement outside of the sea. Of course, nothing is stopping them from getting on all fours and speeding after a target, which has indeed been proven to be a reliable strategy.

At The Apex

Being excellent hunters and immenesly powerful, the Leviakin lie at the top of the food chain in their marshy and aquatic habitat. They often raid villages and plunder towns, killing those who dare stand before them in cold, calculated rage.

An Aquired Taste

While preying on just about anything they kill, Leviakin love no food more than that of fish. As such, they have developed a lustful craving for the fatty flesh of the fish-like Pisceans who neighbor their territory. This hunger has caused a never ending war between the two races, which has been heavily in favor of the Leviakin. When they're not forming raiding parties to storm a shoal, slaying anything that moves, the Leviakin are stalking along piscean borders hoping to ensnare scouts or fry out for game.

Leviakin Traits

Your Leviakin character has multiple unique traits due to their ancient ancestry.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2

Age. Similar to dragonborn or lizardfolk, leviakin grow quickly. They walk hours after hatching, attaining the size and development of a 10 year old hman child by the age of 5, and reach adulthood by 15. They live to be around 70.

Alignment. Leviakin see the world as a place of predators and prey, where life and death are natural processes. They wish only to sate their hunger and survive, however way they deem fit. This leads them towards the chaotic spectrum of alignments, and possibly even towards evil.

Size. Like the elder leviathan itself, leviakin tower above the other races, reaching heights of 7 to 8 feet tall and weighing between 300 and 350 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. You have a base walking speed of 25 feet.

Leviathan Ancestry. You are a descendant of the monstrous Leviathan, granting you resistance to lightning damage.

Continental Jaws. Your fanged maw serves as a natural weapon which you are proficient with. It deals piercing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier.

Shocking Bite. In an amount of times equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum 1), you may replace the piercing damage from continental jaws with lightning, while also adding on lightning damage equivalent to your proficiency bonus. You regain all expended uses of this trait when you finish a short rest.

Languages. You can speak, read and write Common and Primordial. When speaking common Leviakin speech are deep and raspy, and they hiss their consonants or overpronounce words.

Subrace. The Leviakin come in three similar yet distinct subraces that determine size, scale color and their electric abilities. Choose one of these subraces to use for your Leviakin character.

Shallow

Living along the coast in camps and villages, shallow leviakin sport long, powerful tails and orange spikes that portrude from their blue carapace. Their underbellies coloration matches that of the sand they live upon, being pale baige in color.

Leviathan's Cunning. Your wisdom score increases by 1. You also may breathe both air and water, and gain an additional swimming speed of 30 feet.

Lightning Glob. You can use your action to spit balls of electrified mucus at a specified target within 30 feet. To do so, make a ranged weapon attack. On a success you deal 1d6 lightning damage to your target and all creatures within 5 feet of it. After using this trait you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest. You gain additional charges of this trait at 5th level (2), 10th level (3) 15th level (4). When you possess more than one charges you can choose to use all of them in a single action, spitting multiple globs at one or multiple targets.

Ivory

Living exclusively on land, the ivory leviakin exhibit briny white bodies and deep blue spines and horns. Their kind is smaller and more lithe than the other subraces, and the cluster of spikes on their back can be used to release electricity. Unlike the shallow leviakin, the ivory kind has settled in seclusion atop mountains of the east.

Leviathan's Grace. Your Dexterity score increases by 1, and if both of your hands are unnocupied, you can run on all fours at a speed of 35ft.

Shell Shock. As an action on your turn you may expel electricity in a visible sphere around yourself out to a maximum radius of 15ft. Any creatures of your choice within this radius must make a constitution saving throw. On a failure, creatures take 2d6 lightning damage, or half as much on a success. The DC for this saving throw is equal to 8 + your Constitution modifier + your Proficiency Bonus. The damage increases to 3d6 at 5th level, 4d6 at 10th, and 5d6 at 15th level.

Abyssal

With shells of lustrous black, abyssal leviakin melt into their deep sea or marshy habitat. This dark coloration is matched by their violet dorsal spikes and hood spines. Abyssal leviakin's eyes are a striking red that appear to glow among the murky depths, and the inside of their mouth is a vivid electric blue. They are the largest subrace of their species and incredibly aggressive, surfacing from whatever home they have in the depths or murk to raid and plunder.

Leviathan's Might. Your Strength score increases by 1. Additionally, you can breathe both air and water.

Thunder Maw. As an action on your turn you can expend a use of your shocking bite to exhale a bolt of lightning at a target within 30 feet of yourself, producing the sound of a lightning strike that is audible in a range of 300 feet. On use, make a ranged weapon attack. If it hits you deal 1d6 lightning damage, while also pushing the target 10 feet away from you and causing it to make a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, it is deafened for 1 minute. The DC for this saving throw is equal to 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus, and a creature deafened this way can make a saving throw on the beginning of its turn to end its condition. Finally, Your shocking bite recharges on long rests instead of short rests.

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