The process of undertaking the Hunter’s Bane ritual is a painful, scarring, and sometimes fatal experience. Those who survive are irrevocably changed—and not always for the better. Over generations of experimentation, a splinter order of blood hunters honed the way in which hemocraft alters the body, using corrupted alchemy and toxic elixirs to alter their blood even further. Over time, they have modified their capabilities in battle, becoming something beyond what they once were. Calling themselves the Order of the Mutant, these blood hunters now specialize in assessing the strengths and weaknesses of their foes, altering their biology to be best prepared for any conflict.
Mutagencraft
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn to master forbidden alchemical formulas—known as mutagens—that can temporarily alter your mental and physical abilities.
As a bonus action, you consume a mutagen, whose effects and side effects last until you finish a short or long rest unless otherwise specified. While one or more mutagens are affecting you, you can use an action to focus and flush all mutagens from your system, ending their effects and side effects.
Mutagens are designed for the specific biology of the character who concocted them, and your mutagens have no effect on other creatures. They are also unstable by nature, losing their potency over time and becoming inert if not used before you finish your next short or long rest.
Mutagencraft
Blood Hunter
Level | Mutagens
Created | Formulas
Known |
|---|
| 3rd | 1 | 4 |
| 7th | 2 | 5 |
| 11th | 2 | 6 |
| 15th | 3 | 7 |
| 18th | 3 | 8 |
The number of mutagens you can concoct when you finish a rest, and the number of formulas you know, increases as you gain levels in the blood hunter class, as shown on the Mutagencraft table above. Additionally, when you learn a new mutagen formula, you can replace one formula you already know with a new mutagen formula. You choose four mutagen formulas to learn from the options detailed at the end of this subclass description, and you can concoct one mutagen when you finish a short or long rest.
When you reach 7th level, your body begins to adapt to toxins and venoms, ignoring their corrupting effects. You gain immunity to poison damage and the poisoned condition.
Additionally, you can trigger a burst of adrenaline that lets you temporarily resist the negative effects of a mutagen. As a bonus action, you can ignore the negative side effect of one mutagen affecting you for 1 minute. Once you do so, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.
Brand of Axiom
At 11th level, your mutagenic hemocraft lets your Brand of Castigation reveal a foe’s true nature. Any illusion or invisibility in effect on a creature when you brand it ends, and the creature can’t benefit from invisibility or illusion effects while branded by you. If a creature branded by you is in an alternative form (by way of the polymorph spell, the Change Shape action or Shapechanger trait, the Wild Shape feature, and similar effects), it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or revert to its true form and be stunned until the end of your next turn. Whenever a branded creature attempts to alter its form, it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or have the attempt fail, and it is stunned until the end of your next turn.
Blood Curse of Corrosion
Starting at 15th level, your blood curse can infuse a creature’s body with terrible toxins. You gain the Blood Curse of Corrosion for your Blood Maledict feature. This doesn’t count against your number of blood curses known.
Exalted Mutation
At 18th level, your body has adapted to produce mutagens naturally in a moment of need. As a bonus action, choose one mutagen currently affecting you. Its effects and side effects end, and you can immediately have a mutagen you know the formula for take effect in its place.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Hemocraft modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Mutagens
The mutagens that are part of your hemocraft are presented in alphabetical order. You can learn a mutagen at the same time you meet its prerequisites.
Aether
Prerequisite: 11th level
You have a flying speed of 20 feet for 1 hour. However, you have disadvantage on Strength checks and Dexterity checks during this time.
Alluring
Your skin and voice become malleable, allowing you to enhance your appearance and presence. You have advantage on Charisma checks. However, you have disadvantage on initiative rolls.
Celerity
Your Dexterity score increases by 3, as does your maximum for that score. However, you have disadvantage on Wisdom saving throws. Your Dexterity score and your maximum increase by 4 if you consume this mutagen at 11th level, and by 5 at 18th level.
Conversant
You have advantage on Intelligence checks. However, you have disadvantage on Wisdom checks.
Cruelty
Prerequisite: 11th level
When you use the Attack action, you can make one additional weapon attack as a bonus action. However, you have disadvantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws.
Deftness
You have advantage on Dexterity checks. However, you have disadvantage on Wisdom checks.
Embers
You have resistance to fire damage and vulnerability to cold damage.
Gelid
You have resistance to cold damage and vulnerability to fire damage.
Impermeable
You have resistance to piercing damage and vulnerability to slashing damage.
Mobility
You have immunity to the grappled and restrained conditions. However, you have disadvantage on Strength checks. At 11th level, you are also immune to the paralyzed condition.
Nighteye
You have darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. If you already have darkvision, its range increases by 60 feet. However, you have disadvantage on attack rolls and on 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.
Percipient
You have advantage on Wisdom checks. However, you have disadvantage on Charisma checks.
Potency
Your Strength score increases by 3, as does your maximum for that score. However, you have disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws. Your Strength score and your maximum increase by 4 if you consume this mutagen at 11th level, and by 5 at 18th level.
Precision
Prerequisite: 11th level
Your weapon attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20. However, you have disadvantage on Strength saving throws.
Rapidity
Your speed increases by 10 feet. However, you have disadvantage on Intelligence checks. At 15th level, your speed increases by an additional 5 feet.
Reconstruction
Prerequisite: 7th level
For 1 hour, at the start of each of your turns when you have at least 1 hit point but fewer hit points than half your hit point maximum, you regain hit points equal to your proficiency bonus. However, your speed is reduced by 10 feet during this time.
Sagacity
Your Intelligence score increases by 3, as does your maximum for that score. However, you have disadvantage on Charisma saving throws. Your Intelligence score and your maximum increase by 4 if you consume this mutagen at 11th level, and by 5 at 18th level.
Shielded
You have resistance to slashing damage, and you have vulnerability to bludgeoning damage.
Unbreakable
You have resistance to bludgeoning damage, and you have vulnerability to piercing damage.
Vermillion
You gain an additional use of your Blood Maledict feature. However, you have disadvantage on death saving throws.
