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THUNDERKIN

Ancestries Designed by Pierluigi Tortorella • Art by PiGi with Gemini IA

At a glance

Typical size
Medium, 5 - 6 1/2 ft.
Typical lifespan
100
Features
Thunderstep / Stormshroud

Ancestry overview

Descended from lightning elementals. Take the shape and size of other Humanoids.

Top feature

Thunderstep
Mark 1 Stress to instantly teleport up to Far Range.

Bottom feature

Stormshroud
Spend 3 Hope to surround yourself in a crackling mantle of electric energy. The first time each creature enters your melee range during the scene, it takes 1 magic damage.

Physical characteristics

Examples / variants

About this ancestry

Descended from ancient lightning elementals, the Thunderkin are living conduits of storm-born power. Their bodies, sculpted like living statues, pulse with raw electric energy—veins of blue light shimmer beneath their skin like living circuitry, and every movement sends a ripple of tension through the air.
Their eyes, glowing with pure electric blue, flash like bolts of lightning, and their gaze alone can shake the resolve of hardened warriors. When they move, the atmosphere hums with anticipation, charged like the moment before a thunderclap. Some say they cross the battlefield like incarnate lightning, leaving behind the scent of ozone and the silence of awe.
Born among the clouds and forged in the heart of tempests, Thunderkin are more than warriors—they are manifestations of the sky’s fury. Some embrace their elemental heritage as storm-channeling shamans, while others wield it in devastating strikes that shatter shields and spirits alike.

Ancestry

THUNDERKIN

Descended from lightning elementals.

Thunderstep: Mark 1 Stress to instantly teleport up to Far Range.

Stormshroud: Spend 3 Hope to surround yourself in a crackling mantle of electric energy. The first time each creature enters your melee range during the scene, it takes 1 magic damage.

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