Blood Hunter - A Martial Class for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons Often feared or misunderstood, and driven by an unending drive to destroy the wicked, blood hunters are clever, arcane warriors who have bound their essence to the dark creatures they hunt to better stalk and survive their prey. Bloodlust.Ifyoubeginyourturnwithnomorethanhalfofyourmaximum hitpoints,youmustsucceedonaDC8Wisdom savingthrowormovedirectlytowardsthenearestcreaturetoyouandusetheAttackactionagainstthatcreature.YoucanchoosewhetherornottouseyourExtraAttackfeatureforthisfrenziedattack.Ifthereismorethanonepossibletarget,rolltorandomlydeterminethetarget.Youthenregaincontrolfortheremainderofyourturn. Blood Curse of The Eyeless: Range reduced, and now subtracts your hemocraft die from the attack rather than imposing Disadvantage. similar ability score increases. You can publish your book online for free in a few minutes. Blood Hunter Class for Graphic Design and Illustration: Gordon McAlpin D&D 5E (2020). Blood Hunters, it should be noted, are not official classes. It has several numeric advantages which other characters cant replicate without magic items, and Order of the Lycan is extremely difficult to kill. Creating a mutagen requires one minute of uninterrupted work with these reagents and a set of alchemists tools. Dexterity increase youll need to resort to a Strength-based build. If there is something that you would like to see in Fantasy Grounds that isn't currently part of the software or if there is something you think . Subclasses: The subclasses have seen a lot of changes. See the description under Order of the Lycan, above. ResilientHide.Youhaveresistancetobludgeoning,piercing,andslashingdamagefrom nonmagicalattacksnot Lycanthropycomesinmanyforms.Eachversionofthemadewithsilverweapons.Whileyouarenotwearingheavy curseisboundtoaspecificbeast:wolf,bear,tiger,boar,armor,yougaina+1bonustoyourAC. For more on multiclassing, see my Practical Guide to Multiclassing. This is also a great counter against Hardened Soul provides a helpful defense against common status conditions, but it doesnt change our tactics. The most important thing to get from your race is a Dexterity increase. Order of the Lycan Build - Matt Mercer's Blood Hunter 2020 D&D 5E. Through careful study and practice, blood hunters hone the rites of hemocraft into unique combat techniques, forfeiting a portion of their own health to call blood curses down upon their enemies or summon the elements to aid their strikes. The blood hunter is a bit different. @matthewmercer's revised class is available NOW on D&D Beyond! Prerequisite:15thlevel,OrderoftheMutantBrandoftheVoracious Asabonusaction,acreaturewithin30feetofyoumustAt15thlevel,youhaveadvantageonyourWisdom saving makeaConstitutionsavingthroworbecomepoisoned.Atthrowstomaintaincontrolofyourbloodlustinhybridform. Arcana, History, and Investigation are all great choices. Yourunarmedstrikesdeal1d6slashingdamage.Thedamageincreasesto1d8at11thlevel. Youre just as effective with a rapier and a shortbow, so use whatever fits the situation. Second, Dhampir starts with 35 base speed. The Dnd 5E Blood Hunter and its class features are mentioned right below, which will give you an insight into the whole category in detail. This section briefly details some obvious and enticing multiclass options, but doesnt fully explore the broad range of multiclassing combinations. Brand of Tethering keeps enemies from fleeing in ways that Blood Curse of Binding cant. Wizards of the Coast LLC. Hunters Bane: The Blood Hunter is a class 19thlevel,youcanincreaseoneabilityscoreofyourchoice by2,oryoucanincreasetwoabilityscoresofyourchoiceDueling by1.Asnormal,youcantincreaseanabilityscoreabove20 usingthisfeature.Whenyouarewieldingameleeweaponinonehandandnootherweapons,yougaina+2bonustodamagerollswith ExtraAttackthatweapon. and many of your other class features will depend on you having Crimson Rite YoulearnanadditionalPrimalRiteofyourchoiceat DarkAugmentation7thlevel,andchooseanEsotericRitetolearnat14thlevel. It also discourages the target from attacking your allies, which can be great if you need to draw attention away from other allies who might be short on hit points. OrderoftheLycan Nighteye.Yougaindarkvisionforupto60feet.Ifyoualreadyhavedarkvision,thisincreasesitsrangeby60 Ofthemanyterriblecursesthatplaguetherealm,fewareadditionalfeet.Asasideeect,yougainsunlightsensitivity asancientorasfearedasLycanthropy.Passedthrough(detailedintheDarkElfsectiononpage24inthePlayers blood,thisaictionseedsahostwiththesavagestrengthHandbook). weaponattackempoweredbyyourCrimsonRite,you regainoneexpendeduseofyourBloodMaledictfeature. Mobile.Youareimmunetothegrappledand Vermillion.YougainanadditionaluseofyourBloodrestrainedconditions.At11thlevel,youalsoareimmuneto Maledictfeature.Asasideeect,yougaindisadvantageontheparalyzedcondition.Asasideeect,yougain deathsavingthrows.disadvantageonStrengthabilitychecks. the air and being angry) so you cant Dash to move back towhere you OrderoftheGhostslayerFeatures BloodHunter Level Feature 3rd RiteoftheDawn,CurseSpecialist 7th EtherealStep 11th BrandofSundering 15th BloodCurseoftheExorcist 18th RiteRevivalArtby RiteoftheDawnJomaCueto Whenyoujointhisorderat3rdlevel,youlearntheRiteof take4d6psychicdamageandmustmakeaWisdom saving theDawnesotericrite(detailedbelow). In most cases you cant do that without scouting around or using divination magic, and even then it can be hard to guarantee anything more than a few minutes in the future. If you fight at range and they dont, you can stop them in place and shoot them while they stuggle. Blood Curses: Every Blood Curse changed. Instead, this section will cover the options which I think work especially well for the class, or which might be tempting but poor choices. This will be using the NEW, Updated 2020 version that has . spellcasters and some fiends. If youre having trouble deciding, here are some suggestions: Thissectiondoesnotaddresseverypublishedfeat,asdoingsowouldresultinanever-growinglistofoptionswhichdontcatertotheclass. whenever you want. TheArchfey.Youcancastslowoncewithoutexpend- ingaspellslot.Youcantdosoagainuntilyounishalong TheArchfey.Whenyoudealritedamagetoacreature, rest.itglowswithfaintlightuntiltheendofyournextturn.Fortheduration,thecreaturecantbenetfrom halfcover, TheFiend.Youcancastreballoncewithoutexpend-three-quarterscover,orbeinginvisible. The Blood Hunter is a man changed by tragedy, who has been driven to the extreme fringe of societial kindness as to alter himself to become a monster who will hunt monsters. you can get more from the Variant Human with the Skille feat. Blood Hunters are designed to be incredibly versatile, and it's worth fully looking over what sort of Blood Hunter you want to play before you allocate stats. At1stlevel,yougaintheabilitytochannel,andsometimesEquipment sacrice,apartofyourvitalessencetocurseand manipulatecreaturesthroughhemocraftmagic.YougainYoustartwiththefollowingequipment,inaddition onebloodcurseofyourchoice,detailedintheBloodtotheequipmentgrantedbyyourbackground: Cursessectionattheendoftheclassdescription.You learnoneadditionalbloodcurseofyourchoice,andyou(a)amartialweaponor(b)twosimpleweapons canchooseoneofthebloodcursesyouknowandreplaceit(a)alightcrossbowand20boltsor(b)handcrossbow withanotherbloodcurse,at6th,10th,14th,and18thlevel. Exalted Mutation solves Order of the Mutants biggest problem, but it doesnt come online until 18th level, at which point youve suffered so long that it hardly matters. Even with its many strengths, Order of the Lycan still has limitations. TheGreatOldOne.Whenyouscoreacriticalhitagainstacreaturewhileusingtheweapon,thatcreatureis TheUndying.Youcancastbestowcurseoncewithoutfrightenedofyouuntiltheendofyournextturn. Saves: Dexterity saves are important for The most likely usage is to pendingaspellslot.Youcantdosoagainuntilyounisha longrest. Four were removed, 7 new options were added, and 4 existing options were altered to some degree. 19th 20thOrderoftheProfaneSoul techniqueswiththeabilitytocastspells.Seechapter10of thePlayersHandbookforthegeneralrulesofspellcastingThosewhohavetakentotheOrderoftheProfaneSoul andchapter11ofthePlayersHandbookfortheWarlockhaveseenthelimitsofhemocraftagainstsomeofthemost spelllist.ancientandcruelendsandterrorsoftheworld.Unabletopursuebeingsofsuchpower,creaturesabletovanish Cantrips.Youlearntwocantripsofyourchoicefromamongstthenobleswithoutatrace,orbendthemindofthe thewarlockspelllist.Youlearnanadditionalwarlockcan-moststalwartwarriorwithbutaglance,thisordertrusted tripofyourchoiceat10thlevel.intheirresilienceanddelvedintothissamewellofcorruptingarcaneknowledge,makingpactswithlesser SpellSlots.TheProfaneSoulSpellcastingtableshowsevilstobettercombatthegreater.Whiletheymayhave howmanyspellslotsyouhave.Thetablealsoshowswhattradedapartofthemselves,membersofthisorderbelieve thelevelofthoseslotsis;allofyourspellslotsarethesamethepowergainedfaroutweighstheprice,forevendevils level.Tocastoneofyourwarlockspellsof1stlevelornowquakewhentheyknowtheyvedrawntheattentionof higher,youmustexpendaspellslot.Youregainallexpend-theOrderoftheProfaneSoul. Cha: Dump.Point BuyStandard ArrayStr88Dex1515Con1514Int1012Wis1412Cha810if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[468,60],'rpgbot_net-banner-1','ezslot_22',111,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-rpgbot_net-banner-1-0'); Authors Note: Ive only a subset races here. Blood Curse of The Marked: Totally rewritten. cleansedagainsttheirwill,butthosebrothersandYoualsohaveadvantageonStrengthchecksandStrength sistersreadilyreturntotheordertoundergoarenewedsavingthrows. Hit Points: d10 is standard for front-line are spectacular. Shuffling around the levels at which the Blood Hunter gets subclass benefits necessitates some design changes, but the degree to which the subclasses have changes is considerable. Download This document was uploaded by user and they confirmed that they have the permission to share it. small attacks it can add up quickly. January 27, 2020 Zoltar DOWNLOAD The new BLOOD HUNTER Been working on this for awhile, & excited to toss out the new Blood Hunter! See the description under Order of the Profane helpful counter against enemies which can easily move between planes like Allotheroriginalmaterialinthisworkiscopyright2020byMatthewMercer andpublishedundertheCommunityContentAgreementforDungeonMastersGuild.BloodHunter(2020) DesignbyMatthewMercer, The words you are searching are inside this book. Remember that since the Blood Hunter is primarily a martial class, you will generally want to avoid spells solely devoted to dealing damage. They are: Hitpoints: You need 1d10, at least for the front-liner martial classes. Under the direction of the Court of Stars, they etch the patterns of frost on the winter ponds and rouse the buds in springtime. OrcERLW: See above under the general Races section. This gives us good ability score increases, Lucky, resistance to fear, and resistance to poison. Note that Tashas Cauldron of Everything published an updated version of savingthroworhavetheirspeedbereducedto0andthey cantusereactionsuntiltheendofyournextturn. However, dont forget that Rite of the Dawn offers other useful benefits like resistance to necrotic damage. Order of the Mutant saw a lot of improvement from the original version, but its still held back by the severely limited number of mutagens that you can have readied at any one time. and getting gigantic, horrifying toe claws but otherwise looking almost throw.Onafailure,theteleportorplaneshiftfails. This section does not address every published background, as doing so would result in an ever-growing list of options which dont cater to the class. 5e Game System Product (D&D 5th Edition Compatible) D&D 5E Game System. GenasiEEPC: A Constitution increase is a great start, but Air is the only interesting save-or-suck spells like Hold Monster, but only if you spend the hit points to This handbook is for the 2020 version of Matthew Mercers Blood Hunter class, The title and text has been updated on Order of the Ghostslayer's Rite of the Dawn. still available, and so is my Classic Blood Hunter Handbook. Start FG then click library then modules, find the module in the list and click load. Blood Hunter is a licensed 3rd party product, so is "approved" material but not considered official for purposes like being allowed in Adventurer's League play. The Blood Hunter also gets proficiency with still satisfying even its not a huge mathematical advantage. (History) check to ask the DM about the plot or when to find nearby monsters. Firbolg; a bonus to wisdom and strength, and all sorts of admittedly odd spellcasting. attacks to trigger Brand of Castigation, so manage your hit points ability is also worded to disadvantage two-weapon fighting and thrown weapons, When leaning toward Dexterity for two-weapon fighting or an archery build, choosing a High Elf or a Stout Halfling will be smart. TalktoyourDMaboutwhatracesareallowedinyourgame. Blood Curse of The Anxious: This is a great Hardened Soul: Fear and Charm effects become ChangelingERLW: A possible Dexterity increase, but otherwise not a lot to offer. The Blood Hunter is the latest edition to the Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition class. subrace. We selected lightning damage at this level because resistance to it is relatively rare, but well switch damage types at 3rd level. Blood Curse of Binding: Many highly-mobile LocathahLR: Similar to the Bugbear in many ways, but we get more from the Locathah. KenkuVGtM: A good Dexterity increase and two skills. andratareafewofthemorewell-knownvariations. Ability Score Improvement (Dexterity 16 -> 18), Ability Score Improvement (Dexterity 18 -> 20), Ability Score Improvement (Intelligence 14 -> 16), Ability Score Improvement (Intelligence 16 -> 18), Ability Score Improvement (Intelligence 18 -> 20). a Blood Curse it needs to be a situation that really justifies it rather than As a blood hunter, you gain the following class features. Dwarf: A great base, but without a Blood hunters are clever warriors driven by an unending determination to destroy evils old and new. damage.Asasideeect,yougainvulnerabilitytopiercingAsasideeect,yougainvulnerabilitytoslashingdamage. Its a bit of a gamble, unfortunately, but when an enemy hits by 1 or 2 its great. ConsultyourDMbeforedecidingtousethesespells. More details Pages: 8 Preview Full text If youre going somewhere that you expect to encounter enemies, draw to do it. The hour-long duration is good, but you still need to The list of formulae has expanded significantly, and the only option which was removed was Wariness. Amplify.Thecursedcreaturehasdisadvantageonall ConstitutionsavingthrowsmadetomaintainconcentrationBloodCurseoftheFallenPuppet ofspellsuntiltheendofyournextturn.Whenacreatureyoucanseewithin30feetdropsto0hit BloodCurseoftheSouleaterpoints,youcanuseyourreactiontomakethatcreatureimmediatelymakesasingleweaponattackagainstatarget Prerequisite:18thlevel,OrderoftheProfaneSoulofyourchoicewithinitsattackrange. ProcienciesGainedBloodCurseoftheMarked Lightarmor,medium armor,shields,simpleweapons,mar- tialweapons,oneskillfrom theclasssskilllist,alchemicalAsabonusaction,youcanmarkacreaturewithin30feet supplies.ofyou.Untiltheendofyourturn,wheneveryoudealritedamagetothetarget,youdealanadditionalhemocraftdie BloodHunterMulticlassingwithWarlockofritedamage. A have a more significant effect on an encounter with other options. Thestrainofthecursedefinesthebeastahybridform PredatoryStrikes.YoucanapplyyourCrimsonRite willshare,butthefeaturesthecursebestowsremainfeaturetoyourunarmedstrikesassingleweapon.Youcan relativelyuniform acrossstrains.useDexterityinsteadofStrengthfortheattackanddamagerolIsofyourunarmedstrikes.WhenyouusetheAttack DesignbyMatthewMerceractionwithanunarmedstrike,youcanmakeoneunarmedstrikeasabonusaction. Hemocraft Modifier, which is crucial for many of your class features. But that is not all they forfeit. Changes to the Blood Hunter class as per our friends at Critical Role: The intro text for the class has been updated. Blood Curse of the Fallen Puppet: A good oathsofthisorderistoneverinfectanotherwithoutthe orderssanction. Our DnD 5E Blood Hunter guide also covers what's known as Blood Hunter orders. Dragonmarked HalflingERLW: Dragonmark traits replace your subrace. The older Blood Hunter made you immune to the Frightened condition and having advantage against charm effects. Blood hunter Orders (subclasses) are a mixed board, but as a dwarf you're more likely to focus on the martial aspects of the blood hunter, turning to magical aid where it boosts that ability. Grim Psychometry got a significant rewrite. Be careful enhancing the effects, though. The older ability is clearly a bit more powerful, but the updated Blood Hunter feature is a bit more balanced. TheUndying.Wheneveryoureduceahostilecreatureto0hitpointsusingaweapon,youregainanumberofhit TheCelestial.Youcancastrevivifyoncewithoutex-pointsequaltoonerollofyourhemocraftdie. Generally youll want to activate Crimson Rite as soon as you supect that youll be facing enemies so that its ready to go whenever you need it. DnD 5e The Blood Hunter (2020) Handbook, Example Build Halfling Blood Hunter (Ghostslayer), an average of just over 1 damage per attack on average. that way. Keep in mind that the state of the meta periodically changes as new source materials are released and this article will be updating accordingly as time allows. 5e Blood Hunter is equal to witchers. If your The advice offered below is based on the current State of the Character Optimization Meta as of when the article was last updated. In this updated document, the Blood Hunter has advantage on saving throws to avoid being frightened or charmed. Yourweapondealsoneadditionalhemocraftdieofrite SanguineMastery damagewhenyouhitanundead. You never get more than 4 uses of Blood Maledict per rest, so option if you have an offensive spellcasting in the party who likes to rely on Blood Hunter - DND 5th Edition. 6 ExaltedMutation Mutagens(3/rest) At18thlevel,yourbodyhasadaptedtoproduceyourtoxins18th ExaltedMutation,Formulas(8) naturallyinamomentofneed.Asabonusaction,youcan chooseonemutagencurrentlyaectingyoutoushfromFormulas yoursystem andend,thenimmediatelyhaveamutagenyou knowtheformulafortakeeectinitsplace.Youbegintouncoverforbiddenalchemicalformulasthattemporarilyalteryourmentalandphysicalabilities. Dark Velocity renamed to Dark Augmentation; effects altered slightly. These sanguinary stalkers use the power of "hemocraft" aka blood magic to inflict massive damage. Blood clots imbue their attacks and weapons with blood magic, with their blood vessels to fortify curse and attack enemies. Blood Curse of the Howl: Restricted to Order On turns where you pass the save, move back to a safe center point carefully. How to Make an Elf Blood Hunter This is a very simple build. Alchemists Supplies, allowing you to craft things like Alchemists Fire, as above. mitigating damage from area damage effects, but Intelligence saves are rare. If youre suffering from Bloodlust but dont want to drop out of your Since we already have several great options there is room for you to experiment with options which are only situationally useful. ally. Blood Maledict and Crimson Rite switched places; Blood Maledict is now awarded at 1st level, and Crimson Rite at 2nd. tancetothem untiltheendoftheturn. cant match the AC of the Fighter or the Paladin unless you find a way to get published on DMsGuild.com. Stout Halfling. great option for the Blood Hunter. (minimum ofone). Blood Hunter was developed by member (s) of the D&D 5e team, so is from an . While the two classes are thematically the same and share nearly all of their may be able to block an attack. Youcanusethisfeatureonce.Beginningat15thlevel, youcanuseyourEtherealStepfeaturetwicebetweenrests. choosing between Intelligence and Wisdom. core Intelligence increase, Darkvision, resistance on mental saving throws In general, Order of the Mutant is easier to read and play. creatures hit points. Beginningat5thlevel,youcanattacktwice,insteadofGreatWeaponFighting once,wheneveryoutaketheAttackaction.Whenyourolla1or2onanon-ritedamagedieforan BrandofCastigationattackyoumakewithameleeweaponthatyouarewieldingwithtwohands,youcanrerollthedieandmustusethe At6thlevel,wheneveryoudamageacreaturewithyournewroll.Theweaponmusthavethetwo-handedorversa- CrimsonRitefeature,youcanchoosetosearanarcanetilepropertyforyoutogainthisbenet. Ask your DM. 2020 Cover Colorist: Rebecca McConnell Metzger, Paul. TheCelestial.YoucanexpendauseofyourBloodMaledictfeatureasabonusactiontohealonecreaturethat TheHexblade.Youcancastblinkoncewithoutex-youcanseewithin60feetofyou.Theyregainanumberof pendingaspellslot.Youcantdosoagainuntilyounishahitpointsequaltoonerollofyourhemocraftdamagedie+ longrest.yourIntelligencemodier(minimum of1). If youre fighting primarily at range, grab a shortbow and take Archery. But lets be honest: Wisdom is the choice of Intelligence every time. once per turn will be helpful nearly every turn. edspellslotswhenyounishashortorlongrest.OrderoftheProfaneSoulFeatures Forexample,whenyouare8thlevel,youhavetwo 2nd-levelspellslots.Tocastthe1st-levelspellwitchbolt,BloodHunter youmustspendoneofthoseslots,andyoucastitasa 2nd-levelspell.Level Feature SpellsKnownof1stLevelandHigher.At3rdlevel,3rd OtherworldlyPatron,PactMagic,RiteFocus youknowtwo1st-levelspellsofyourchoicefrom thewar- lockspelllist.7th MysticFrenzy,RevealedArcana11th BrandoftheSappingScar TheSpellsKnowncolumnoftheProfaneSoultable showswhenyoulearnmorewarlockspellsofyourchoice15th UnsealedArcana of1stlevelandhigher.Aspellyouchoosemustbeofalevel18th BloodCurseoftheSouleater nohigherthanwhatsshowninthetablesSlotLevel columnforyourlevel.Whenyoureach11thlevel,forexam-OtherworldlyPatron ple,youlearnanewwarlockspell,whichcanbe1st,2nd, or3rdlevel.Whenyoureach3rdlevel,youstrikeabargainwithanotherworldlybeingofyourchoice:theArchfey,theFiend,or Additionally,whenyougainalevelinthisclassandtheGreatOldOne,eachdetailedinthePlayersHandbook, order,youcanchooseoneofthewarlockspellsyouknowtheUndyingwithintheSwordCoastAdventurersGuide, andreplaceitwithanotherspellfrom thewarlockspelllist,andtheCelestialorHexbladeinXanatharsGuideto whichalsomustbeofalevelforwhichyouhavespellslots.Everything.Yourchoiceaugmentssomeofyourorderfeatures.