Monster Hunter
You are a Monster Hunter, whenever towns
or nobles have a beast that needs to be
taken care of, you are the one to deal with
the problem. You use ingredients and parts
of monsters to create alchemical mixes,
imbibing you with the powers of the very
beasts you have sworn to destroy.
Key Attribute: Strength, Intelligence
Hit points: 1d5+5 (plus Con bonus if any)
per level up to 9th level, then 3 hp/level.
Armor and shields: Light, Medium armor,
and shields
Weapons: Any
Skills: Apothecary, Wilderness lore, plus 3
of the following: Animal Lore, Arcane Lore,
Divine lore, , Insight, Detection, Acrobatics,
Athletics, Traps & Locks, Gather information
MONSTER HUNTER ATTACK BONUS
Level 1 2 3 4 5 6
Bonus 0 1 2 3 4 5
Level 7 8 9 10 11 12
Bonus 6 7 8 9 10 10
At 1st Level a Hunter must choose two of
the three 1st level skills in which to train.
The remaining, unlearned skill can become
the 3rd Level Unique Feature that the
Hunter learns. The three options are
Serums and Concoctions, Adaptable
Fighting, and Rune Carving.
Serums and Concoctions (Level
1)
As an Monster Hunter, you have vigorously
studied monsters and how their various
body components work and interact with
different alchemical substances.
By 1st level, you have memorized a number
of serums equal to your Intelligence
modifier. Each level thereafter you learn one
additional serum and, if desired, may
substitute one known serum for another.
Taking 1d4 hours, you can create serums
out of harvested monster parts, along with
plants and ingredients found in the wild.
When finding new ingredients, make an Int
check to see what they do. If you fail you
can trial and error to discover the effects’
Drinking this serum grants you an ability
from that monster (Some more powerful
abilities might have side effects, GMs
discretion) Serums last in the body 2d6
rounds, and stay good for 1d6 days after
creation (unless stored in a container that
would keep it “fresh”)
Concoctions differ from serums and potions
in that they are short term, on-the-fly recipes
that only become active once you use a
point of DDM to prime them because the
ingredients alone don’t become a
concoction without the addition of
alchemical magic known only by Hunters. A
concoction takes 1 round to create and
prime, and takes a free action to imbibe (if
you take damage while creating
concoction, you lose the concoction. It's a
free action to imbibe the concoction but
cannot be imbibed on the same turn it was
created). To create a successful
concoction, tell your GM which parts of a
monster you've collected, what potions or
serums you are mixing etc. to make a
desired effect. Make an intelligence check,
and if successful it creates the desired
effect. A great success on the check could
do max damage, double the affected area,
etc. A great Failure might make it have the
opposite effect, make you automatically roll
on the Alchemical imbalance table, etc
A basic concoction universally lasts 2d6
rounds from when the concoction is primed,
not from when a concoction is imbibed.
Only one concoction may function on an
individual at a time, with the exception of
stated healing concoctions which don’t
interfere with other active concoctions.
If desired, you may spend an action to
“feed” the concoction to an adjacent party
member, saving them from spending their
action to grab it from you. Regardless,
whoever imbibes the potion must roll a
DDM check, and on a failure must roll on
the Alchemical Imbalance table.
The rules governing the gathering and
butchering of ingredients, as well as the list
of known recipes is posted at the end of this
document. At 1st and every level following,
a Hunter can gather ingredients according
to the following table:
Ingredients Found
Leve
l Success Great Success
1 1 2 (p.54). In addition, 1d4 attribute points
2 1 2 lost due to poison are restored over 1d6
3 1 2
4 2 4
5 2 4 weapon
6 2 4
7 3 6
8 3 6
9 3 6
10 4 8
11 4 8
12 4 8
Adaptable fighter (1st, 4th and
7th level)
At 1st level, the Monster Hunter knows a
number of talents equal to his Int modifier.
At 4th and 7th level, the Monster Hunter
learns one new talent, and if desired, may
substitute one known talent for
another. You begin an adventure with one
use of this ability per level. You may regain
expended uses by taking short or long rests
(p.81). Each time you use this ability,
choose one of your known talents to apply.
You may use this ability as part of your
normal action. If a talent requires an Int
check, you may use your Reroll Pool.
● Keen eye: Before rolling for damage
with a single handed melee attack, the
Monster Hunter may make
a Int check. If successful, the attack
causes critical hit damage. This ability may
not be used more than once per round.
● Anti-toxin Draught: One target within
reach may apply the effects of Anti-toxin
hours.
● Two Hander: If you use a melee
two handed, you gain advantage when 4 +1 2
rolling damage.
5 +1 2

● Opportunist: Once per turn, when 6 +1 2

you
reduce a foe to zero hit points with a
weapon attack, you may immediately
make one free melee or thrown attack.
● Dual Weapons: If you are armed
with two single handed melee
weapons, every time you miss with
your extra attack, you gain +1 to hit
(cumulative) on subsequent extra
attack rolls until it hits.
Rune Carving (Level 1)
When a Hunter trains at his House of
Hunters, he can learn how to imbue his
equipment with runes, giving the equipment
benefits past that of normal means. The
Master of Runes teaches the Hunters the
magic of the runes and how to carve and
imbue them with magic.
By 1st level, you know a number of runes
equal to 1 plus your Intelligence modifier.
Each level thereafter you learn one
additional rune and, if desired, may
substitute one known rune for another. At
each level a Hunter is able to imbue a
number of carved runes into a piece of
equipment or thing according to the table.
Leve Runes Runes per Piece
l known of Equip. or Thing
1 1+Int 1 The list of known runes is posted at the end
2 +1 1
3 +1 2
7 +1 2
8 +1 3
9 +1 3
10 +1 3
11 +1 3
12 +1 3
Runes are triggered by speaking the name
of the rune. If the Hunter is unable to speak
the name of the rune, it will not trigger.
Runes can only be inscribed during a
short/long rest. Once carved, the Hunter
must pass an Int check to imbue the carving
with runic magic. On a failed check, the
carving remains inert. Only one attempt,
whether a success or failure, can be
attempted per day and the use of the ability
cannot be regained during a short rest with
a Will check.
A rune’s magic is renewed at dawn each
day and has one use per day. The use of
the rune’s magic cannot be regained during
a short rest with a Will check.
Some runes are more powerful and take up
two or even three spaces on a piece of
equipment. A piece of equipment can have
any combination of runes, but cannot go
over the maximum allowed by the piece of
equipment.
of this document.
Scavenger (2nd level) They create a redoubt and home for the
Your familiarity with monsters has led you to Hunters that call that House home. When
learn more about harvesting from their not at the House, they rove the land in
corpses. Any Int check has a +2 to discover search of contracts and protect the people
ingredients for serums and concoctions. for the good of the land.
Any Lore checks made to recall monster or
beasts information is made with advantage.
Additionally, you gain the skills and know
how to create physical objects and tools out
of various monster parts. Whether that’s a
shield out of a giant’s shoulder blade, or
arrowheads out of a giant spider’s fangs,
your knowledge goes above and beyond
that of a normal craftsman.

Unique Feature (3rd, 6th, 9th &

12th level)
At 3rd, 6th, 9th & 12th level, you gain one
new unique feature.

New Skill (4th & 8th level)

At 4th and 8th level, you gain one new skill.

Melee Master (5th Level)

At 5th level, your weapon attacks cause
critical hits on a natural 1d20 roll of 19-20. If
your weapon causes a special effect on a
natural 19, the effect also occurs on a
natural 20.

You gain the ability to create the potions

described on LFGDE pg 264.

Second Attack (7th level)

At 7th level, you may spend a Reroll die to
make a second attack that turns (if using
two weapon fighting, you do not gain a
second extra attack).

House of Hunters (Level 10)

At 10th level, a Monster Hunter may create
and lead a chapter of the House of Hunters.
Alchemy System
Concoctions are on the fly and using
magic and alchemy on the fly is risky,
causing the maker and the drinker to roll
against their DDM tally. A failure against
the DDM tally causes a roll on the
Alchemical Imbalance table.
Serums take time and can be controlled,
meaning that lower strength serums can
be created without risking alchemical
imbalance, but the more powerful
serums contain strong alchemical
properties and magic which causes high
rises in the Hunter’s DDM tally. The roll
against the tally is made when the serum
is imbibed, not when it is created.
Concoctions System
Concoctions take very little time to create
and prime and last for very little time after
being primed. The risk of working at such a
pace causes the chances of a mistake to be
made to be increasingly high, meaning that
each concoction crafted on the fly causes
the player to add a point to their DDM tally.
A failed DDM roll causes the player to roll
on the Alchemical Imbalance Table.
There are obviously an infinite amount of
ingredients in the world, so in an effort to
avoid the infinite sized book it would take to
build that system, this alchemy system uses
4 ingredient types, based on what they
affect. The types are as follows:
1 Attributes
2 Physical
3 Elemental
4 Magic
When gathering ingredients, a player will
have to roll to find the specific plants that
grant the alchemical powers they want.
First they must pass an Int check
(Wilderness Lore, Animal Lore) to see if
they can search out the ingredients they’re
looking for, whether it’s an elusive and rare
plant, or hard to process part of a beast. If
successful, they can roll a D4, and that will
choose the category of what they gather. If
a Great Success, they can roll twice. Then,
they roll according to the table of that
category.
A Hunter uses the ingredients he’s gathered
to create concoctions and serums. It is up
to the DM to decide what the effect is,
according to the ingredients used. The
minimum amount of ingredients needed to
make a concoction is 2.
Serum System
Using the same ingredients, but taking
much more work, serums are more powerful
than concoctions, though they last just as
long. Serums require at least 4 ingredients
and can only be created when resting, but
the ingredients that serums require are just
of the category and not down to the exact
trait. Serums don’t require a roll against a
player’s DDM tally because the Hunter can
take the time to carefully create the serum
and avoid causing it to imbalance himself,
and the extra time allows the alchemical
properties of the ingredients to be realigned
to the Hunter’s will. This is why the
ingredient’s category is all that matters
when creating serums.
Serum Recipes are tested and known by
Hunters, though more are added all the
time. A starting Hunter knows a number of
Serum Recipes according to his Int modifier.

Because the list of serums is ever-growing,

the known serums can be found in the
possession of the Master of Alchemy at the
House of Hunters, where new serums can
be learned through study with the Master.
Rune Carving
The list of known runes taught by the
Master of Runes is as follows:
Level 1 Runes - 1 Space
Ironkeep Rune
This rune grants +1 to AC (Passive)
Earthshatter Rune
This rune functions as the spell Thunderous
Invocation (Thunderwave)
Bloodletting Rune
This rune adds a bleed affect to the attack
and adds 1d4 of damage for the following
two rounds after the attack hits (Passive)
Shadowbind Rune
This rune gives the Hunter a surge of action
which the Hunter can use as an extra attack
or extra move
Deathstrike Rune
This rune causes a hit to cause maximum
damage. Can be triggered after the attack
hits
Blazebrand Rune
This rune, when imbued to a weapon,
causes it to ignite and cause 1d6 of fire
damage on a successful hit
Spiritshield Rune
This rune functions as the spell Lash of
Unerring Pain (Magic Missile)
Flamestrike Rune
This rune functions as the spell Lucent
Emanation (Light)
Ghostwalk Rune
This rune functions as the spell A Wisp
Unseen (Invisibility)
Lifewell Rune
This rune functions as the spell Fusing of
Flesh (Cure Light Wounds)
Bladesharp Rune
This rune gives the wielder a +1 to hit
(Passive)
Lifegaurd Rune
This rune acts as the spell Arcane Aegis
(Shield) Can be triggered as a reaction
Titan Heart
This rune grants a +1 to Str (Passive)
Windrider Rune
This rune grants a +1 to Dex (Passive)
Colossus Rune
This rune grants a +1 to Con (Passive)
Warlord Rune
This rune grants a +1 to Int (Passive)
Panther Rune
This rune grants a +1 to Perc (Passive)
Mountain Heart Rune
This rune grants a +1 to Will (Passive)
Prince Rune
This rune grants a +1 to Cha (Passive)
Tiger Eye Rune
You gain a +5 bonus to initiative and you
can't be surprised while you are conscious
Level 2 Runes - 2 spaces

Voidflight Rune
This rune has two parts that each take up
one space. The rune is carved into two
things and so long as the Hunter bears one
of those two things, he can summon the
other to himself as long as it is one the
same plane of existence

Elderseal
Every consecutive hit on a creature
increases your crit range by 1 until you
score a critical hit, miss an attack, or hit a
different creature

Bloodthirst Rune
Increase the damage die size by 1, to a
maximum of d12. A d12 gains a +3.

Greenleaf Rune
At dawn each day the Hunter’s DDM tally
goes down by one mark

Bloodshadow Rune
This rune, when activated, drinks in light
around it and causes 1d8 of necrotic
damage on a successful hit

Titanfist Rune
Before attacking, you can choose to take a
-5 penalty to the attack roll. If the attack hits,
add +10 to the attack's damage. (Passive)

Arcanum Shield Rune

This rune functions as the spell Sever
Arcanum (Dispel Magic)

Red Moon Rune

This rune functions as the spell Nostrum of
the Dying (Cure Serious Wounds)

Level 3 Runes - 3 spaces