Its name comes from the fact that the rite is incredibly painful, and can cripple or even killed those who undertake it.

So it was that long ago the wizard-priest Duran devised the ritual known as the Hunter’s Bane. They also know that the universe is a hostile place, that the gods have stacked the odds against mortals, and that only by standing together can humanity survive. The Seekers of the Divinity Within-also known as the Blood of Vol-know that there is a spark of divinity within mortal blood. I will be the silver sword in the night, the blade that stands between the innocent and terror. But I will seize that power and use it to slaughter these horrors, even if burns my body from within. They sought to sever our path to divinity, to trap us in our flesh and to tear us apart. When the jealous gods cursed our people with mortality, they filled the night with countless terrors-tempting demons, slavering werewolves, hungry corpses, and more. The Order of the Silver Night (Ghostslayer) Is it important that the character is part of an order, or could they be a unique individual who has found their own path to this power? Does the power have to be based on blood, or as long as the core mechanics remain the same, could it be about consuming the character’s soul? I’ve never used blood hunters in my campaign, but here’s a few different ways I could imagine doing it. The critical question is what aspects of the existing blood hunter we want to keep.

Ultimately, the defining feature to me is monster hunters who burn their own essence to bring down their foes. Ghostslayer blood hunters specialize in dealing with the undead Lycan blood hunters take on aspects of the curse of lycanthropy Mutant blood hunters alter their own physiology and Profane Soul blood hunters forge pacts with dangerous entities to gain their powers. From the beginning, they have advantage on checks made to track or recall information about fey, fiends, or undead the Brand of Castigation allows a blood hunter to mark a creature and always know the path toward it. A secondary aspect is a knack for hunting monsters. A blood hunter can invoke the Crimson Rite to infuse a weapon with elemental power or invoke a Blood Curse on an enemy, but this requires them to take damage based on the role of their Hemocraft die. When time permits, I like to answer interesting questions posed by my Patreon supporters, such as… How would you incorporate Matthew Mercer’s blood hunters into Eberron?Īt its core, the blood hunter is a warrior who can strengthen their own attacks and weaken their enemies at the expense of their own health. Actually a Bitter Phoenix by Rich Ellis and Grace Allison, but close enough…

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