Lucario, Variant (5e Race)

Riolu and Lucario

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Physical Description

Riolu and lucario are bipedal, canine-like Pokémon that harness arcane energy to strike their foes with ferocity and power.

Riolu look similar to small jackal pups. They are predominantly blue and black, with a small white ring that encircles their neck. White bumps protrude from the backs of their forepaws. They have a small tail that is the same blue as their fur, and they stand on their toes rather than on their paws. They bear two red eyes, two pointed ears and a snout. On the sides of their heads are two small black appendages, one on each side, that allow them to detect and manipulate aura.

Lucario resemble adult jackals with similar fur to their younger kin, but their chest fur becomes cream-colored. Their bumps become short, round spikes, and in addition, a third becomes visible on their chest. Their tail increases length alongside their body, and they still stand on their toes rather than on their entire paws. The two small appendages that were on the sides of their head now move the back and increase to four, two on each side.

These bipedal creatures have been known to possess reversed fur colors, with it's originally cream-colored fur being blue and it's usually blue fur colored gold, and the black lightens in pitch to a more ashen color. Though this fur pattern exists, it is extremely rare.

History

Lucarios, and their pups known as riolu, were discovered in the mountains of the Sinnoh region. They are a race of creatures that love combat and refine their fighting skills constantly, preferring to fight unarmed using their aura to face their foes.

While Riolus and lucarios live predominantly in the wild, they can be taken in by other humanoids they refer to as "Trainers". This has become a trend among all Pokémon races and requires immense trust between both Pokémon and humanoid.

Society

Lucario and riolu tend to live in packs deep in the mountains, although they will exhibit extreme loyalty to anyone who befriends them. They also possess a strong sense of justice, protecting law among their packs. The appendages that protrude from the back of their heads allows them to detect and manipulate auras, as well as emanate their own aura to communicate emotions and simple images to others of their kind. Some lucario are said to be so skilled that they can sense the aura of creatures up to half a mile away. This does, however, seem to take immense amounts of training for them. They are a society of combat oriented creatures, whom believe that training is a very important part of their daily routine.

Names

Being from the wild, they retain the same name as their species. However, some Lucario are willing to either be named or take on their own name. Lucario prefer to take names based on their abilities, but some are named by their Trainers.

Male Names: Aegle, Auran, Stray, Renzi

Female Names: Lucia, Immortal, Leia, Aljah

Riolu

Riolu Traits

As a riolu, you gain the following traits, and then some when you evolve.
Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2.
Age. Riolu reach adulthood at 20 years of age, and can live up to 125 years, though some lucario have been seen to live well over 300.
Alignment. Riolu tend to lean more towards Chaotic alignments due to their mischievous nature, but they also tend to be Good. However, like most races, they can be much different.
Size. As a riolu, you are more nimble and agile due to your playful nature. Your size is Small.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Strength of Aura. As a riolu, you gain magical abilities that bless your bloodline with arcane properties. You know the Aura Sphere cantrip. When you reach Level 3, you may cast Bone Rush as a second level spell three times a day. You regain all uses of this spell after you finish a long rest. Your spellcasting modifier for these spells is Charisma.
Languages. Riolu and lucario do not prominently speak common. They speak Poké, which consists of syllables and phrases based on their species name. They can learn to speak, read, and write Common or any other language, but only through other means, such as by their background or by a Trainer.
Subrace. At reaching level 6 or afterwards, you can choose to take a level advancement in this race instead of progressing in your class whereby your body undergoes a transformation known as Evolution, transforming you into an adult lucario.

Evolution

Evolving to a Lucario

Upon evolution, riolu grow to a taller height as well as gain new traits and properties. Strangely, unlike other humanoids, this growth happens within an instant. This 'Evolution' can take place completely randomly, though most riolu seem to achieve evolution at level 6.
Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1.
Size. Your size increases to Medium.
Speed. As a lucario, your speed increases to 35 due to your nimble traits carrying on through evolution.
Mega Evolution. Starting at 6th level, a lucario can tap the wells of power deep within its' aura to mega evolve as a bonus action. In this form, a lucario will grow taller and gain new, black, lightning-like patterning on its fur. and the ends of two of its' four appendages become tipped with red, along with their paws. It gains one extra spike on the back of its paws and feet, as well as on the shoulders. Its tail becomes cream-coloured and round. Nothing else seems to change otherwise. This form lasts for a minute or until you end it as a bonus action, and cannot be used again until a long rest is taken.

Mega Evolution

Upon mega evolution, a lucario will gain the following traits:
Primal Fury. Mega lucario's base walking speed increases to 40.
Primal Ferocity. Mega lucario's damage type becomes Force damage for all attacks except for spellcasting. In addition, once on each of your turns, you can deal an extra 1d6 force damage to one target when you deal damage to it with an attack or a spell.
Primal Focus. When in your Mega form, you can sense creatures and their auras around you. As an action, you can close your eyes and detect up to 3 creatures or allies within 120 feet around you, and can track their location for 10 minutes afterwards. This action can only be used once per Mega Evolution.

Random Height and Weight

Base Height	Height Modifier*	Base Weight	Weight Modifier**
2′ 0''	+2d4	65 lb.	× 1 lb.
*Height = base height + height modifier **Weight = base weight + (height modifier × weight modifier)

Base Height	Height Modifier*	Base Weight	Weight Modifier**
3′ 6''	+2d8	90 lb.	× (2d4) lb.
*Height = base height + height modifier **Weight = base weight + (height modifier × weight modifier)

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