from the blood of humanoids.

You gain a bite

Order of the Dark attack, which you may use to target one willing
creature, or a creature that is grappled by you,
Draught incapacitated, or restrained. This bite attack
deals piercing damage equal to 1d4 + your
A Blood Hunter Order for the Blood Strength Modifier. This damage increases to
Hunter Class 1d6 + your Strength Modifier at 11th level, and
1d10 + your Strength Modifier at 18th level.
By drinking an alchemical essentia, a draught
crafted from the blood of vampires, members
of this order are able to gain great power and
incredible resilience. Though essentia does
not confer the full curse of vampirism, several
of the strengths (and a few of the weaknesses)
of the vampiric condition are granted by this
blasphemous draught. To create the essentia,
the blood hunter and their allies must hunt
down a vampire or vampire spawn and drain
at least one gallon of the creature’s blood. This
blood is then mixed with a number of reagents
and refined down to a single dose of essentia.
Most blood hunters who join the Order of the
Dark Draught hold a particular hatred for the
undead. As such they take great pleasure in the
idea of exsanguinating such abominations as a
display of poetic justice.

Vampiric Senses
Starting when you choose this archetype
at 3rd level, you begin to adopt the improved
abilities of a natural predator. You gain
advantage on any Wisdom (Perception) checks
that rely on hearing or smell. You also gain
darkvision out to 60 feet. If you already had
darkvision, you may add an additional 60 feet to
your darkvision’s range.

However, if your current hit points are below

your hit point maximum and you do not have
any temporary hit points, you suffer from
sunlight sensitivity, giving you disadvantage
on attack rolls and any Wisdom (Perception)
checks that rely on sight when you, the target
of your attack, or whatever you are trying to
perceive is in direct sunlight.

Bite of the Sanguisuge

Upon choosing this archetype at 3rd level, you
gain the ability to draw sustenance and power
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 When you make a successful bite attack, you
may choose to use this feature to deal your
crimson rite die in necrotic damage to the
target. This damage is in addition to the bite’s
normal damage. If you choose to do so, you gain
temporary hit points equal to the amount of
necrotic damage dealt. You can use this feature
to deal necrotic damage twice. You regain
expended uses when you finish a short or long
rest.
Damage dealt by your bite is considered
magical for the purpose of overcoming damage
resistance.
Resilience of the Damned
Upon reaching 3rd level, you have resistance
to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage
from nonmagical weapons, however you have
vulnerability to radiant damage.
Predator’s Step
At 7th level, your speed increases by 10 feet.
You also can add 10 feet to your long jump
distance and 3 feet to your high jump distance.
Spider Climb. You may use this feature to
climb difficult surfaces, including upside down
on ceilings, without needing to make an ability
check.
Charm
Starting at 11th level, you learn to tap into
the hypnotic powers of your vampiric blood,
allowing you to charm a target. To use this
feature, you use your action to target one
humanoid you can see within 30 feet of you. If
the target can see you, the target must succeed
on a Wisdom saving throw (DC equal to 8 +
your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier)
or be charmed by you. The charmed target
regards you as a trusted friend to be heeded
and protected. Although the target isn’t under
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your control, it takes your requests or actions in
the most favorable way it can, and it is a willing
target for your bite attack.
Each time you or your companions do
anything harmful to the target, it can repeat the
saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a
success. Otherwise, the effect lasts 24 hours or
until you are killed, are on a different plane of
existence than the target, or you take a bonus
action to end the effect.
You may use this feature once. You regain the
ability to use this feature after completing a
short or long rest. At 18th level you may use this
feature twice before taking a short or long rest.
Vampiric Resistance
Beginning at 15th level, you’ve tapped into
the power of vampiric blood to the extent that
you can draw on supernatural resistance to
harm. If you fail a saving throw, you can choose
to succeed instead. Once you have used this
feature you may not do so again until you
complete a long rest.
At 18th level, you may use this feature twice
before completing a long rest.
Legendary Predation
At 18th level, you have mastered the vampiric
blood in your veins to the point that your speed
and prowess become the stuff of legend. You
can now take one of the following Legendary
Actions. Only one legendary action option can
be used at a time and only at the end of another
creature’s turn. You regain spent legendary
actions at the start of your turn.
Move. You move up to your speed without
provoking opportunity attacks.
Bite. You make one bite attack.
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Changelog: Version 1.1

- Fixed spacing with title text.
- Minor alteration to artwork.
- Replaced “Heightened Senses” with “Vampiric Senses” adding in injury-based sunight-
sensitivity. The temporary hp allowing sunlight sensitivity to be overcome is integrated into the
design in order to tempt the blood hunter to use Bite of the Sanguisuge to drink a victim’s blood.

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