Z's Blood Magic (5e Sourcebook)/Character Options

Character Options

Below are the many Blood Magic Character Options presented in this sourcebook, from classes and races, to new subclasses for existing classes and feats.

New Class - The Cardinal

The Cardinal

The Cardinal is a Constitution-based martial hybrid class that utilizes Hemocraft to its fullest, gaining access to dark and powerful rites by sacrificing their life force.

• Sin of the Abomination
• Sin of the Beast
• Sin of the Deathless
• Sin of the False
• Sin of the Forbidden
• Sin of the Fury
• Sin of the Hunger
• Sin of the Mirror
• Sin of the Void

Blood Magic for Other Classes

The following new alternate class features and subclasses have been introduced to allow you to indulge in the flavor and features of Blood Magic, even if you're not a Cardinal.

Alternate Class Features

These Alternate Class Features fundamentally change a base class,

• Crimson Sorcery (Sorcerer) - Use your blood to fuel your magic in place of Sorcery.
• Eldritch Hemocraft (Warlock) - Use your blood to appease your patron, unleashing your otherworldly power with sacrifice.
• Sanguine Priest (Cleric) - Blood for the blood god; Sacrifice your foes for greater divine power.

New Subclasses

• Bloodsmith - (Artificer) - Forge infusions from your very blood, and even manifest weaponry, natural armor or a helpful pet, all poured from your veins.
• Path of Mutation - (Barbarian) - Gain Mutations while raging, and sacrifice your life force to hit harder.
• College of Viscera - (Bard) - Amplify your Bardic Inspiration by hurting yourself, and learn to command the bodies of your enemies to betray them.
• Circle of Ichor - (Druid) - Practice ancient rituals of Hemocraft to empower your Wild Shape, changing it into something twisted and eldritch.
• Sanguine Knight - (Fighter) - Spice up your martial prowess with a sprinkling of Hemocraft, much in the style of Eldritch Knight or Battle Master.
• Way of the Open Vein - (Monk) - Manipulate the blood inside yourself and others, using it as a powerful fluid weapon.
• Oath of Sacrifice - (Paladin) - Empty your veins to protect, heal, and vindicate, like the martyr you were born to be.
• Shadowhunter Conclave - (Ranger) - Use your forbidden Hemocraft to hunt down far worse foes, Blood Hunter style.
• Cruor Thief - (Rogue) - Steal the greatest treasure of any living things - Their life - And use it like a weapon.
• School of Hemoturgy - (Wizard) - Add some Hemocraft Rites to your magical repertoire, and learn to empower your spells through sacrifice.

Races

• Thrombulan - A vampiric ooze-like race of sentient blood, often hiding within other creatures.
• Durlanaar - A race suffering a Blood Curse for their past abuse of Hemocraft.

Racial Feats

• Accursed Virtue (Durlanaar) - Gain a Cardinal Virtue of your choice, as the ghost of the fallen empire stirs within you.
• Body Snatcher (Thrombulan) - Take on the form of a creature you've harvested blood from.
• Hexbound Resistance (Durlanaar) - Twist your Blood Curse to protect you from Blood Magic, at the cost of hampering your innate Hemocraft
• Invasive Transfusion (Thrombulan) - Invade the body of a blood-bearing creature, draining their life from the inside.
• Sanguine Attunement (Durlanaar) - Your Blood Curse grows and blossoms, granting you new Hemocraft abilities.
• Viscous Mass (Thrombulan) - Your amorphous form becomes sticky enough to help engulf enemies, or climb sheer surfaces.

General Feats

• Hemocraft Initiate - Learn a dabbling of Blood Magic, in the style of the Magic Initiate feat.
• Sanguine Adept - Gain a couple Sacrifice Points you can use to alter your spells and/or Hemocraft.
• Mutagenic Adept - Learn a couple Mutagen formulae that you can imbibe.