Each Order has specific histories and practices that could be entirely unique. Your order could be a storied and secretive school, that has existed for a thousand years and will for a thousand more. Or a splinter group of a different Order with new practices and powers. Maybe you are the first of a new type of hunter and an order will blossom from your legend. (Here are some suggestions based on Mercer's writing and my own ideas. If you don't like the feel of something ignore it, change it, or use something else )
Orders of the Ghostslayer: These Orders tend to be the oldest and most established of any of the others. They were the first of the Hunters and most Orders can trace their history to them. Not uncommonly found as an official group recognized by a king as his personal hunters. The easiest to find but possibly too caught up in there own politics and traditions to do anything.
Orders of the Lycan: These Orders are the second oldest groups. Less numerous than the Ghost Slayers, but with larger memberships and stronger bonds between members. Since their power holds some calculated risk to it they are also quite driven. The members of these Orders might treat each other as a type of extended family due to their shared curse. The dynamics of each order tend to mirror that of the animal they borrow power from.
Orders of Mutant: These are the newest of the established groups and are even more secretive than the rest. They treat their power with a distance provided to them by the almost scientific nature of their abilities. They are the least caught up in tradition and are the most professional to deal with.
Orders of the Profane Soul: These Hunters are outcasts among outcasts. Their power has the highest cost and can make them subservient to great evils. If they are established then they would be of the celestial variety. Or if not celestial then maybe an outright evil organization, or part of some larger cult. Lone hunters of this type are the most common
- Skill Proficiencies: Every Hunter is given extensive training to prepare them for any situation. Whether that be discovering a shape shiftier, killing a hulking zombie, or tracking down a lycanthrope. Choose two skills that represent your extensive training in physical skill or knowledge.
- Languages: You learn the languages of evil races and planer threats. Learn two exotic languages
- Equipment: Badge or emblem of your faction, a compact book containing lessons of your Order(or a personal journal detailing how you came to your power),, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp
As a Blood Hunter your existence is an inconvenient necessity, your profession is talked about only in hushed whispers. Many people and organizations with power understand that your darker abilities serve a purpose, and will not chain you for just having them. All who know of your kind understand what those powers are used for, killing monsters. When it comes to dealing with a problem related to those said monsters, they trust you with more info, more gold and know you will finish the job.
Suggested Characteristics
It's mostly just the Acolyte background table, might've changed one of two of them but I don't really use any of these tables so can't muster the effort to rewrite it.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I idolize a particular hero of my organization, and constantly refer to that person’s deeds and example. |
| 2 | I can find common ground between the fiercest enemies, empathizing with them and always working toward peace. |
| 3 | I see omens in every event and action. The gods try to speak to us, we just need to listen. |
| 4 | Nothing can shake my optimistic attitude. |
| 5 | I quote (or misquote) sacred texts and proverbs in almost every situation. |
| 6 | I am tolerant (or intolerant) of other faiths and respect (or condemn) the worship of other gods. |
| 7 | I’ve enjoyed fine food, drink, and high society among my temple’s elite. Rough living grates on me. |
| 8 | I’ve spent so long in the temple that I have little practical experience dealing with people in the outside world. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Tradition. The ancient traditions of worship and sacrifice must be preserved and upheld. (Lawful) |
| 2 | Charity. I always try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good) |
| 3 | Change. We must help bring about the changes the gods are constantly working in the world. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Power. I hope to one day rise to the top of my faith’s religious hierarchy. (Lawful) |
| 5 | Faith. I trust that my deity will guide my actions. I have faith that if I work hard, things will go well. (Lawful) |
| 6 | Aspiration. I seek to prove myself worthy of my god’s favor by matching my actions against his or her teachings. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I would die to recover an ancient relic of my faith that was lost long ago. |
| 2 | I will someday get revenge on the corrupt temple hierarchy who branded me a heretic. |
| 3 | I owe my life to the priest who took me in when my parents died. |
| 4 | Everything I do is for the common people. |
| 5 | I will do anything to protect the temple where I served. |
| 6 | I seek to preserve a sacred text that my enemies consider heretical and seek to destroy. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I judge others harshly, and myself even more severely. |
| 2 | I put too much trust in those who wield power within my temple’s hierarchy. |
| 3 | My piety sometimes leads me to blindly trust those that profess faith in my god. |
| 4 | I am inflexible in my thinking. |
| 5 | I am suspicious of strangers and expect the worst of them. |
| 6 | Once I pick a goal, I become obsessed with it to the detriment of everything else in my life. |
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