At some point in your past you were found by, and apprenticed to a master Blood Hunter whom trained you in the skills and lore of their dark, forbidden path. Maybe you embraced this knowledge fully and followed in your mentors footsteps, or perhaps you have chosen to deviate and pursue a different career. Whatever the case your education has left you full of hidden knowledge of dark creatures, forbidden rituals, and an in depth understanding of alchemy.
Work with your DM to flesh out your backstory, think about your harrowing event and how that dark stain ties into your meeting and eventual tutorship with your mentor.
- Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, Athletics, Perception, Survival
- Tool Proficiencies: One type of artisan’s tools
- Languages: Two of your choice
- Equipment: A monster hunter’s pack, a set of common clothes, a Alchemist's Supplies, and a pouch containing 20 gp.
Prior to becoming an adventurer, your path in life was defined by one dark moment, one fateful decision, or one tragedy. Now you feel a darkness threatening to consume you, and you fear there may be no hope of escape. Choose a harrowing event that haunts you, or roll one on the Harrowing Events table.
| d8 | Harrowing Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | A monster that slaughtered dozens of innocent people spared your life, and you don’t know why. |
| 2 | You were born under a dark star. You can feel it watching you, coldly and distantly. Sometimes it beckons you in the dead of night. |
| 3 | An apparition that has haunted your family for generations now haunts you. You don’t know what it wants, and it won’t leave you alone. |
| 4 | Your family has a history of practicing the dark arts. You dabbled once and felt something horrible clutch at your soul, whereupon you fled in terror. |
| 5 | An oni took your sibling one cold, dark night, and you were unable to stop it. |
| 6 | You were cursed with lycanthropy and later cured. You are now haunted by the innocents you slaughtered. |
| 7 | You opened an eldritch tome and saw things unfit for a sane mind. You burned the book, but its words and images are burned into your psyche. |
| 8 | You did terrible things to avenge the murder of someone you loved. You became a monster, and it haunts your waking dreams. |
Those who look into your eyes can see that you have faced unimaginable horror and that you are no stranger to darkness. Though they might fear you, commoners will extend you every courtesy and do their utmost to help you. Unless you have shown yourself to be a danger to them, they will even take up arms to fight alongside you, should you find yourself facing an enemy alone.
Suggested Characteristics
You have learned to live with the terror that haunts you. You are a survivor, who can be very protective of those who bring light into your darkened life.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I don’t run from evil. Evil runs from me. |
| 2 | There’s nothing I like more than a good mystery. |
| 3 | I like to read and memorize poetry. It keeps me calm and brings me fleeting moments of happiness. |
| 4 | I am horribly, horribly awkward in social situations. |
| 5 | I spend money freely and live life to the fullest, knowing that tomorrow I might die. |
| 6 | I’m convinced that people are always trying to steal my secrets. |
| 7 | I don’t talk about the thing that torments me. I’d rather not burden others with my curse. |
| 8 | I expect danger around every corner. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | I try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good) |
| 2 | Knowledge. The path to power and self-improvement is through knowledge. (Neutral) |
| 3 | I’m a monster that destroys other monsters, and anything else that gets in my way. (Evil) |
| 4 | Logic. Emotions must not cloud our logical thinking. (Lawful) |
| 5 | No Limits. Nothing should fetter the infinite possibility inherent in all existence. (Chaotic) |
| 6 | I’ll stop the spirits that haunt me or die trying. (Any) |
| d8 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I keep my thoughts and discoveries in a journal. My journal is my legacy. |
| 2 | I have an ancient text that holds terrible secrets that must not fall into the wrong hands. |
| 3 | There’s evil in me, I can feel it. It must never be set free. |
| 4 | I’ve been searching my whole life for the answer to a certain question. |
| 5 | I have a child to protect. I must make the world a safer place for him (or her). |
| 6 | I sold my soul for knowledge. I hope to do great deeds and win it back. |
| 7 | I owe my life to my mentor. He saved me, and made me what I am today. |
| 8 | A terrible guilt consumes me. I hope that I can find redemption through my actions. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I feel no compassion for the dead. They’re the lucky ones. |
| 2 | Most people scream and run when they see a demon. I stop and take notes on its anatomy. |
| 3 | I have an addiction. |
| 4 | Unlocking an ancient mystery is worth the price of a civilization. |
| 5 | I talk to spirits that no one else can see. |
| 6 | I assume the worst in people. |
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