order of the conduit https://kimetsu-no-yaiba.fandom.com/wiki/Thunder_Breathing - mainly focused around anime like combat from Demon Slayer (Zenitsu) - might have to have a "brandish" or "equip" limitation making it so you have to unsheathe and sheath your weapon after attacking as a limitation? If the abilities are seemingly too strong? - uses lightning-based or style attacks - maybe getting hit with lightning charges them up and fuels spellstrikes? like a "lightningrod"-esque ability ala Pokémon - maybe an ability or charges like BG3 or something of the sort that fuels them? - static? - when hitting or dealing damage with spellstrike, you gain static, but when getting hit by lightning you gain 2 static - resistance to lightning damage - can cast very select lightning spells but is more of a martial focused subclass with caster accents or capabilities - call lightning - lightning bolt - maybe an inherent interaction with *tempestuous blade* cantrip from LLCS? - chain lightning (even though its 6th level) as a capstone? - flavorful/social ability that you can make the air smell of copper, or have air around you vibrate under certain conditions ## Lightning Breathing Forms ### Form 1 - in the show, its just a simple, classic anime sword open/close strike where you also move very fast and very far - maybe this could be flavored like transforming into a bolt of lightning? and you like charge up by holding your blade and then release to go a certain distance and embody a bolt of lightning? > **First Form:** Thunderclap and Flash (壱ノ型　霹靂一閃 Ichi no kata: Hekireki Issen?)[4] - The user unsheathes their katana, dashes forward at blinding speeds and slashing their opponent with a horizontal sweep faster than they can react, before sheathing it back. This technique is extremely reminiscent of Iaijutsu and its movements are described to be akin to "lightning ripping through the air".[5] ### Form 3 - maybe it can be like the effects of the blur spell when using this? > **Third Form:** Thunder Swarm (参ノ型　聚蚊成雷 San no kata: Shūbun Seirai?)[10] - The user rapidly circles around the enemy and assaults them with a series of wide, arched, lightning slashes from all directions, surrounding them in a series of afterimages. ### Form 6 - maybe this is how they cast *lightning bolt*? > **Sixth Form:** Rumble and Flash (陸ノ型　電轟雷轟 Roku no kata: Dengō Raigō?)[13] - The user unleashes a horizontal slash, which releases a series of powerful long-ranged lightning attacks. The multitude and range of these bolts makes the form difficult to evade. ### Form 7 - this could be their capstone and how they can cast *chain lightning* or maybe the exploit they use is akin to *call lightning* - like "their speed and ferocity is so crazy that they can strike any number of enemies in a circle and it appears as if it was lightning" - ideally this is a saving throw based attack rather than a "make an attack roll against every combatant" attack - either exclusive to this form or as part of the capstone ability, lightning damage dealth "ignores resistances and treats an immunity as a resistance" > **Seventh Form:** God of Fire Thunder* (漆ノ型　火雷神 Shichi no kata: Honoikazuchi no Kami?)[14] - The user dashes forward at blinding speeds and unleashes a singular, horizontal slash at a low stance, which is seemingly accompanied by a blue-to-yellow gradient, lightning-like Japanese dragon. form description isn't super related to hitting multiple people but that's what it could be modeled after I guess