Race - Luca

LUCA

Wise canine people with the ability to read the Aura Stream at will, Luca are the descendants of humans and Lucario.

RACIAL TRAITS
Average Height: 5’3” – 6’2”
Average Weight: 110 – 170 lbs

Size: Medium
Speed: 6 Squares
Vision: Low-light

Languages: Common, choice of one other
Ability Scores: +2 Strength, +2 Wisdom
Skill Bonuses: +2 Perception, +2 Insight

Steadfast: You gain a resistance to Force damage equal to 5 + one half your level. In addition, if an effect would force you to move through a push, you can move 1 square less than the effect specifies.
Inner Focus: You gain a +1 racial bonus to your Will.
Never Give Up: When you are bloodied, gain a +1 bonus to your Fort, Ref, and Will.
Aura Link: As long as you are within sight range of an ally, you can communicate with them mentally though the Aura Stream.
Aura Sphere: You can use Aura Sphere as an encounter power.

Aura Sphere Luca Racial Power
Condensing your own aura, you fire it off in a concentrated ball that seeks
out the target.
Encounter * Force
Minor Action Ranged 10
Targets: One creature in range
Attack: Wisdom + 3 vs. Reflex
Hit: 1d6 + Wisdom modifier damage. The target is pushed 2 squares.
Increase to +6 bonus and 2d6 + Wisdom Modifier damage at 11th level,
and +9 bonus and 3d6 + Wisdom Modifier damage at 21st level.


Luca are a brave and proud people, living in forests, mountains, and deserts, training under waterfalls and by combat with each other. The life of a luca is training nearly from birth, the children born tough and full of energy. A luca mother will sometimes even ensure the strength of her baby before birth, training her own aura and body to temper the abilities of her and the child. The dedication and iron will of the luca is legendary.


Play a Luca if you want…
• To temper your spirit against those of your comrades.
• To have a will as strong as the iron that makes up the bones of your Lucario heritage.
• To have control over the Aura Stream that connects all life.
• To be a member of a race that favours the Cleric, Ranger, and Warden classes.


PHYSICAL QUALITIES

In appearance, luca are more bestial than human, with long canine snouts, large stiff ears, fluffy tails, and thick fur. Females tend to be more slender and curved than the thick, square males, with longer snouts and ears. Sharp spikes jut from the backs of their paw-likes hands, and from the centre of the chest. Their fur is thick, sleeker on females, and usually mostly blue.

All Luca have a black mask-like face marking, and black paws, both hand and feet. While most luca have blue fur with a yellow torso, the rare individual has been seen with shimmering gold where the blue should be, and a sea green where normally yellow. A luca’s eyes are typically red, but purples, greens, and blues are not unknown.

While luca do have fur, they also have longer hair more on the top of the head, which can be of nearly any colour, but dark blues and greens are most common. They will typically keep this hair long and tie it in many braids and ponytails, woven with beads, feathers, leaves, and any other small objects that particular luca may fancy.

Many luca sport scars all over the body from training, and will wear them proudly.
Luca live only slightly longer than humans, about 90 – 110 years old at most.


PLAYING A LUCA

Luca have a strong sense of justice and honour, and believe that you get what you give, so they seek to give as much as they can to make the most of their training. Luca tend to prefer solitude, but will not object to the company of other, especially as that gives them the chance to refine their combat skills and mental sharpness. They love to find out new things, and have an uncanny ability to know the right way to perform tasks. Luca take their training very seriously, and will starve themselves, go for days without sleep, and sit beneath a waterfall all in the name of improving their skills. They have little patience for lazy people, and will resort to blows more often than not to attempt and change the laziness.

Luca see nearly everything as a personal challenge to improve, and are never satisfied with their current skills. There is always a next level to them, and they will work hard to get there.

They see little point to merrymaking, but will not object to a party now and then, to celebrate a particularly tough victory, or to wind down from a session of fasting. They can be very cheerful and friendly when they are comfortable, and rarely loose their cool.

Luca tribes live at the foot of mountains in the rain shadows, surviving harsh cold and scorching sun on a daily basis when hunting. The typical Luca will train early in the morning before breakfast for four hours, then go out for a hunt when it is their shift to gather food for the pack. The society of the Luca is equal when it comes to gender, each side pulling their own weight and contributing to the betterment of the pack.

When a female Luca becomes with child, they will either do one of two things. They would either live with their mate and be taken care of by their family if they aren’t able to take care of herself, or they will undergo intense training to ensure the strength and spirit of the unborn child. When they are close to giving birth, they will travel to a source of water, preferably a waterfall, and will sit in the running water to ready her body for the labour.

The male Luca are usually the hunters of the pack, but it has been known that there are few that prefer to remain home as healers and guides to others.



LUCA FEATS

NAME                          PREREQUISITE           EFFECT

Heroic

Improved Aura Sphere          Luca                           Increase Aura Sphere damage to d10

Aura Clensing                 Luca, Cleric                   When an ally fails a saving throw, expend one healing surge and let them roll once more. They must use the second result, even if it's lower.

Justified                     Luca                           When hit by an attack with the 'Necrotic' keyword, you deal +5 extra damage with your next attack. This does not stack.

Steel Bones                   Luca, Monk                     Add your CON bonus to attack and damage with Unarmed attacks

Born to Strange Sight         Luca                           You do not take penalties to attacking creatures with Concealment or Total Concealment. +2 to Perception

Forged of Steel               Luca, Warden                   Creatures marked by your Nature's Wrath take a -2 penalty to attacks against you


Paragon

Explosive Aura                Luca                            Aura Sphere changes from "One Creature" to "All creatures in burst" and becomes an area burst 3 within 10 squares

Aura of the Fallen            Luca, Cleric                    Gain +3 to attack rolls for each bloodied or dead ally

Close Combat                  Luca, Monk                      Gain +5 to attack and damage when flanked by the enemy

Quick Guard                   Luca, Warden                    If an enemy tries to attack an adjacent ally, you may take the attack instead, at a +3 bonus to the targeted defence

Aura Manipulation             Luca                            You are immune to Aura effects

Epic

Aura of the Crow              Luca                            Gain the Aura of the Crow power

Forceful Fighter              Luca                            +1d10 Force damage and target is pushed 2 squares on critical. Gain 5 + your STR mod resist to Force.

Tempestuous Aura      Improved Aura Sphere, Explosive Aura    Aura Sphere power increases to d12. Add your STR mod to attack and damage. Range is increased to Area Burst 6.



Aura of the Crow - Feat Power
Your aura bursts to life as a mighty avian beast, and grants you power

Daily * Psionic
Standard action * Polymorph
Target: Self
Effect: You become insubstantial until your next turn. You gain Fly (clumsy) equal to your speed for the rest of the encounter