Heir of Thunder (3.5e Alternate Class Feature)
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Heir of Thunder
A barbarian or bloodrager with an inherent connection with the storm, the heir of thunder can be a descendant of a thunder god or a sorcerer who never explored her natural abilities. These individuals have the ability to manifest lightning in their hands.
Class: Barbarian or Bloodrager
Level: 2nd, 12th
Replaces: See Text
Benefit: A heir of thunder gain the following class features:
Thunder Rage (Su): At 2nd level a heir of thunder gains Lesser Elemental Rage as a bonus rage power, except that she must always choose electricity. She may affect thrown weapons with this rage power and any other rage power which requires it as a prerequisite. At 8th level she gains Elemental Rage rage power. At 12th level she gains the Greater Elemental Rage.
If a heir of thunder chooses energy resistance as a rage power, or any power with it as a prerequisites, she must select electricity.
This ability replaces the rage power gained at 2nd level and 12th for a barbarian and the bloodline power gained at 1st level and 12th level for the bloodrager.
Bolt of Lightning (Su): In any rounds a heir of thunder activates Lesser Elemental Rage or that she is in her Elemental Rage she may form a bolt of lightning in her hand as a free action, behaving as a +1 javelin. The bolt of lightning vanishes if the heir of thunder discards it, or upon hitting or missing its target or at the beginning of the heir of thunder's next turn. At 8th level and each 4 levels thereafter, the javelin's enhancement bonus on attack and damage roll improves by +1 (to a maximum of +5 at 20th level).
Alternatively they may enhance any thrown weapon in her hand with the energy, granting the weapon the enhancement bonus on attack and roll. If the weapon was already magical, it gains the Returning property. If the magical weapon already had the Returning she may recall it to her hand as a free action instead. The weapon remains enhanced until the start of the heir of thunder’s next turn.
Lightning Magic: A heir of thunder bloodrager adds all spells with the [electricity] descriptor of 4th level or lower from the druid and sorcerer/wizard spell list to her bloodrager spell list, she must select those spells as normal. Additionally whenever she casts a bloodrager spell with the [electricity] descriptor while bloodraging, she increases the spell's DC by +1 and deals an additional point of damage per dice. The bonus to DC increases to +2 when she gains greater rage and to +4 when she gains mighty rage. However a heir of thunder learn one few spell per level she can cast.
This ability alters the bloodrager's spellcasting.
Adaptation: This archetype can be altered to cover an alternate energy type, such as the 'heir of the flames' or 'heir of winter'.
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| Author | Leziad + |
| Class | Barbarian or Bloodrager + |
| Identifier | 3.5e Alternate Class Feature + |
| Rating | Unrated + |
| Summary | A barbarian or bloodrager with an inherent connection with the storm, the heir of thunder can be a descendant of a thunder god or a sorcerer who never explored her natural abilities. These individuals have the ability to manifest lightning in their hands. + |
| Title | Heir of Thunder + |
