Blood Knight Martial Archetype
Rites
Martial Archetypes
Different fighters choose different approaches to perfecting
their fighting prowess. The martial archetype you choose
reflects your approach.
Blood Knight
For good or for evil, blood knights seek power at dangerous
costs. They use dark arts to enhance their abilities, even at
the cost of their own life force.
Quick Build
First, make Constitution your highest ability score. Then
choose either Strength or Dexterity, depending on whether
you want to focus on melee or ranged combat. Finally, make
Wisdom your third highest ability score.
Blood Rites
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain the
ability to sacrifice your own hit points to gain tactical
advantages.
Rites. You learn two rites of your choice, which are
detailed under "Rites" below. You learn an additional rite at
7th, 10th, 15th, and 18th levels. Each time you learn a new
rite, you can also replace one rite you know with a different
one.
Casting Rites. Whenever you use this feature, choose
which rite to use and lose hit points equal to your total
character level. This loss of hit points cannot be prevented.
These rites require verbal and somatic components, but can
be gesticulated while holding a weapon and / or a shield.
Saving Throws. Some of your rites require saving your
target to make a saving throw to resist the rite's effects. The
saving throw DC is calculated as follows:
8+
+ W
Forbidden Knowledge
Starting at 7th level, you are knowledgable about the occult.
You gain advantage on Intelligence checks to recall
information about cults, cursed artifacts, and forbidden
knowledge.
Blood Frenzy
Starting at 10th level, you can spend 1d4 hit point while
making an attack to deal an extra 1d4 necrotic damage if the
attack hits.
Murderous Look
At 15th level, you gain proficiency in Charisma (Intimidation).
Death's Door
Starting at 18th level, if you reduce your hit points to 0 while
using a blood rite or blood frenzy, you can immediately gain
hit points equal to your fighter level + your Constitution
modifier. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again
until you finish a long rest.
The rites are presented in alphabetical order.
Bloodlust. As an action, you send a creature you can see
within 30 feet of you into a momentary frenzy. It can make a
Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, or if it decides not to
make the saving throw, it must use its reaction to attack a
creature of its choice it can see within 5 feet of it. If it cannot
make the attack, this rite has no effect.
Break Concentration. Immediately after hitting a creature
with an attack, you can induce a brief, disturbing vision that
immediately breaks its concentration on a spell or similar
ability.
Gravity Warp. As an action, you can increase the effect of
gravity on a creature you can see within 30 feet for one round.
For the next round, the creature takes double damage from
falls, has its walking speed halved, if it is flying must use all of
its flying speed to move straight down. This effect requires
concentration, as if you were casting a spell.
Mire. As an action, you can change the terrain of a 30 foot
radius area you can see within 30 feet of you into a thick
swamp for one minute, making it difficult terrain. The effect
requires concentration, as if you were casting a spell.
Nightmarish Image. As an action, you can cause a
creature within 30 feet of you to see you as a terrifying
monstrosity. It makes a Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, it
becomes frightened of you until the end of its next turn.
No Escape. As an action, you magically pull a creature
within 30 feet of you towards you. If the creature's size is
Large or smaller, it makes a Strength saving throw. On a
failure, it is pulled up to 30 feet towards you.
Seeking Strike. As a bonus action, gain advantage on your
next weapon attack this turn.
Shadow Screen. You can use your reaction to shroud a 30
foot radius area centered on yourself in magical darkness
until the end of the turn.
Spectral Weapon. As a bonus action, you summon a
floating melee weapon of your choice at a point up to 30 feet
away, which disappears at the end of your turn. For any
number of your attacks this turn, you may remotely attack
with this weapon instead.
Transfusion. As an action, you touch another creature and
it regains hit points equal to your fighter level + your Wisdom
modifier.
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A Martial Archetype for the Fighter Class of the Fifth Edition of the
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