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elikka of Stormpeak goliath stormborn
Hidden away in some mountain range, Elikka is an
Countless goliath legends tell of heroes born beneath a
oddity among her people: a historian. It is said that her
raging storm. These stormborn grow to become peerless
lair holds documents and other treatises on the origins of
warriors, blessed with preternatural skill with a blade and
the cyclops folk, and that she helps new stormcallers come
the uncanny ability to command lightning itself. As war-
into their power in exchange for keeping her updated on
riors destined to become mythic heroes, stormborn fight
what goes on in their tribes and bands.
with reckless abandon and are often distressingly prideful.
Little do they know that destiny is a fickle thing, and
goliaths that the songs of defeated stormborn (or worse, tyrannical
ones) are rarely sung by the bards.
After the fall of Kevdak and the Herd of Storms, the
scattered groups of wandering outsiders took to a slightly
less violent way of life, instead focusing on forgotten spir-
ituality and survival in the wake of the Conclave’s attack.
However, some bands of roving warriors now grow either
brash, or desperate, leading to savage attacks and raids on
outlying camps and caravans.

Goliath Stormborn

Medium humanoid (goliath), chaotic neutral
Armor Class 13 (hide armor)
Hit Points 102 (12d8 + 48)
Speed 30 ft.

Str dex con int wiS cha
18 (+4) 12 (+1) 18 (+4) 9 (-1) 11 (+0) 9 (-1)

Saving Throws Con +6
Skills Athletics +6, Intimidation +3,
Damage Resistances lightning
Senses passive Perception 10
Languages Common, Giant
Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)

Reckless. At the start of its turn, the stormborn can gain
advantage on all melee weapon attack rolls during that turn,
but attack rolls against it have advantage until the start of its
next turn.
Innate Spellcasting. The stormborn’s innate spellcasting ability
is Charisma (spell save DC 9). The stormborn can innately cast
the following spells, requiring no material components:
3/day: lightning bolt
1/day: call lightning
Actions
Multiattack. The stormborn makes two greataxe attacks.
Greataxe. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 10 (1d12 + 4) slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) lightning
damage. Miss: 3 (1d6) lightning damage.
Reactions
Endurance. When the stormborn takes damage, it may reduce
the damage by 10 (1d12 + 4). It cannot use this trait again until
it completes a short or long rest.

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