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D&D Homebrew Class: Blood Dealer Rogue (Draft 2)


Darkpig

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Blood Dealer Rogue

 

A deal has been struck. Either you have made a deal with multiple magical entities or one magical entity of unknown origin but your blood is now currency for this dark deal.

 

Your class is a charisma based spell caster however instead of spell slots as a bonus action you can sacrifice a small portion of your health pool to enchant your weapon or mutate your body. This damage can’t be reduced in any way. You can only have one blood enchantment and one mutation at a time. Adding another blood enchantment or poison will cancel out the previous blood enchantment. Adding another mutation will cancel out the previous mutation. Otherwise all enchantments and mutations last until you take a long or short rest.

 

Level 3:

 

 

Blood Enchantment of the Elemental:

For 1d4 hit points you can enchant your weapon to do extra fire, frost, lightning or poison damage. Extra damage = 1d4 + Spell Attack. At 14th level gain 3 new damage options: Thunder, Necrotic & Psychic.

 

Dark Guidance Mutation:

For 1 hitpoint you can see through 60 feet of darkness including magical darkness however direct daylight causes disadvantage on perception checks.

 

Blood Enchantment of Disguise:

For 1d4 hit points you make yourself--including your clothing, armor, weapons, and other belongings on your person--look different until you use your action to dismiss it. You can seem 1 foot shorter or taller and can appear thin, fat, or in between. You can't change your body type, so you must adopt a form that has the same basic arrangement of limbs. Otherwise, the extent of the illusion is up to you.

The changes wrought by this spell fail to hold up to physical inspection. For example, if you use this spell to add a hat to your outfit, objects pass through the hat, and anyone who touches it would feel nothing or would feel your head and hair. If you use this spell to appear thinner than you are, the hand of someone who reaches out to touch you would bump into you while it was seemingly still in midair.

To discern that you are disguised, a creature can use its action to inspect your appearance and must succeed on an Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC.

 

Vampiric Edge:

When dealing damage to an opponent You are able to absorb half the physical damage you do to an opponent not including sneak attack. The creature however must have blood. You can do this at no cost however you can only heal yourself with this ability a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus.

 

Level 5:

 

Mutation of the Wolf:

For 2 hitpoints you can mutate yourself into a Werewolf. In this form you can roll to hit with advantage once per turn. You may attack an opponent with one of your claws with each hit doing 1d6 slashing damage. You may of course attack again as a bonus action. Your claws count as Finesse weapons that do either piercing or slashing damage of your choosing. You may wield other melee weapons however they will be fused to you while in this form. You cannot use ranged weapons in this form.

 

Mutation of the ballista:

For 2 hitpoints you can mutate one of your limbs into a bow, crossbow or cannon shaped appendage. In this form you can roll to hit with advantage once per turn. You may use that appendage to shoot for 1d8 piercing damage. Your limb weapon counts as a Finesse weapon. You may wield other ranged weapons however they will be fused to you while in this form. You cannot use melee weapons in this form.

 

 

Level 7:

Mutation of the Spider:

For 3 hit points you gain the ability to move up, down, and across vertical surfaces and along ceilings, while leaving your hands free. You also gain a Climb Speed equal to your Speed however your speed is halved while in this form.

 

Blood Enchantment of the Legless:

For 1 hit point a veil of shadows and silence covers you, masking you from detection. You gain a +10 bonus to stealth checks and can’t be tracked except by magical means. With this bonus you leave behind no tracks or other traces of your passage. You can choose to take an extra 1d4 hit points of damage so any creature you choose within 30 feet of you also benefit from the enchantment so long as you keep it active. Does not stack with Pass Without a Trace.

 

Blood Enchantment of Invisibility:

For 1d6 hit points you can become invisible. Anything you are wearing or carrying is invisible as long as it is on your person. The enchantment ends if you attack or cast a spell.

 

Level 13:

Mutation of the hawk:

For 3 hit points you sprout wings and gain a flying speed of 60 feet however you have disadvantage on Constitution Saving throws while in this form. If you cancel the mutation in midair you will fall unless you can stop it. You can take an additional 1d6 of damage to remove the negative effect while the mutation is active but you will have to re-roll if you want to remove the negative effect again.

 

Level 19:

Blood Enchantment of Greater Invisibility:

For 1d8 hitpoints you can become invisible. Anything the target is wearing or carrying is invisible as long as it is on the target's person.

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Darkpig

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The second draft of my homebrew class. Once again any feedback is appreciated.

demonryupriest

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Looks fairly solid, I'm assuming this was inspired by the Blood Hunter? Cause it definitely fits the vibe that class gives off.

 

Only thing I'd critique is the cost for using the abilities as it seems a little low for some of them. My suggestion would be to increase the HP damage to 1d4+Proficiency Bonus for the minor abilities and for the Mutations change that from HP to Hit Die plus one point of exhaustion once the transformation ends. A little bit more resource management yes, but it gives a bit more of a reason to be more strategic with the abilities so get the biggest bang for your buck (or gold to be thematic) for what ever encounters you're having.

Darkpig

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On 3/10/2025 at 3:07 PM, demonryupriest said:

Looks fairly solid, I'm assuming this was inspired by the Blood Hunter? Cause it definitely fits the vibe that class gives off.

 

Only thing I'd critique is the cost for using the abilities as it seems a little low for some of them. My suggestion would be to increase the HP damage to 1d4+Proficiency Bonus for the minor abilities and for the Mutations change that from HP to Hit Die plus one point of exhaustion once the transformation ends. A little bit more resource management yes, but it gives a bit more of a reason to be more strategic with the abilities so get the biggest bang for your buck (or gold to be thematic) for what ever encounters you're having.

Thank you for the feedback.

 

You might be right about certain abilities needing higher hit die but I'm not sure if adding proficiency is the best solution. Adding an effect after the mutation ends is an interesting idea but I'm worried that it will make the mutations less desirable than the enchantments. Since mutations already have a debuff I may have to do that sparingly. Adding exhaustion seems a bit extreme unless there is an example of it done well. The only other ability I know of that causes exhaustion for the user is the Frenzy ability which causes the Berserker Barbarian subclass to be not so well received. There are very few routes to heal exhaustion. The most obvious is a long rest which isn't always an option. The others costs a lot of gold. Gold that can be used for other things like clothing, potions, information, other spell components, bribes and the list goes on. I was thinking of adding charges similar to the monk that can only be recharged after a long rest but just for mutations. Some mutations will cost more charges than others making mutations more limited without hindering your rogue's ability to be a skill monkey.

demonryupriest

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On 3/11/2025 at 10:33 PM, Darkpig said:

Thank you for the feedback.

 

You might be right about certain abilities needing higher hit die but I'm not sure if adding proficiency is the best solution. Adding an effect after the mutation ends is an interesting idea but I'm worried that it will make the mutations less desirable than the enchantments. Since mutations already have a debuff I may have to do that sparingly. Adding exhaustion seems a bit extreme unless there is an example of it done well. The only other ability I know of that causes exhaustion for the user is the Frenzy ability which causes the Berserker Barbarian subclass to be not so well received. There are very few routes to heal exhaustion. The most obvious is a long rest which isn't always an option. The others costs a lot of gold. Gold that can be used for other things like clothing, potions, information, other spell components, bribes and the list goes on. I was thinking of adding charges similar to the monk that can only be recharged after a long rest but just for mutations. Some mutations will cost more charges than others making mutations more limited without hindering your rogue's ability to be a skill monkey.

Tis an unending struggle we DMs face, the eternal battle of making something new whilst maintaining balance between fun and mechanics. I know I've have more than a few periods of consternation trying to come up with Bonus Feats that fill a niche that ones provided by WoTC and Third party creators miss.

Darkpig

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50 minutes ago, demonryupriest said:

Tis an unending struggle we DMs face, the eternal battle of making something new whilst maintaining balance between fun and mechanics. I know I've have more than a few periods of consternation trying to come up with Bonus Feats that fill a niche that ones provided by WoTC and Third party creators miss.

Thank you for understanding. DMs do have it hard but it is also fun. I added a draft 3 if you want to look at it:

 

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