Base Class: Barbarian
It has long been known among many tribal warriors that no better path to power exists than consuming the blood of a conquered foe. Some practice ancient rituals and solemnly consume their foe's heart, while others simply guzzle blood like ale in a crazed frenzy, but any of the blood rituals these barbarians undertake can transform some into demonic killers that steal life and power from the blood on their blade.
Many Blood Drinkers find that the blood ritual not only granted them great power, but also altered their body in a minor way. If your DM allows, you can choose up to one of the following signs of your blood ritual that you forever carry.
Signs of Blood
| d6 | Alteration | d6 | Alteration |
| 1 | You have small horns sprouting from your head. | 4 | Small, flimsy spines protrude from your back. |
| 2 | Your teeth are all sharpened to eerie points. | 5 | Your skin is deep red instead of its normal hue. |
| 3 | You always smell like fresh blood. | 6 | Thin patches of demonic fur or scales can be found on your shins, forearms, and neck. |
Some Blood Drinkers begin to manifest strange changes while they are raging as a result of the strength in the blood they've consumed. You can choose up to one of the following, or one of your own, when you first enter this barbarian path. If your DM allows, you might change your selection after you drink deeply from the blood of a powerful and noteworthy foe.
Rage Manifestations
| d6 | Manifestation While Raging | d6 | Manifestation While Raging |
| 1 | Your skin is covered by demonic fur or scales, representing your rage's damage resistances. | 4 | Your heart begins to beat fiercely and loudly enough that it can be heard and felt for 30 feet. |
| 2 | Your eyes glow crimson. Even your veins and arteries glow bright red through your skin. | 5 | With each breath, you exhale eerie red fumes that vanish quickly and harmlessly into the air. |
| 3 | Blood pours from your eyes out of your mouth. When it touches the ground, it turns to mist. | 6 | Your body and weapons you wield are coated with fresh blood that can't be washed away. |
Blood Fuels Rage
Beginning at 3rd level, the lower your hit points are, the more damage you can deal while raging. If you are below your hit point maximum while raging, your attacks deal an extra 1d4 points of damage, if you are below half it becomes 1d6, and if you are below one-quarter it becomes 1d8.
Brutal Harvest
At 3rd level, you gain the ability to harvest the life from the blood of enemies you slay. When you kill a creature with blood that is not Tiny using a melee weapon attack while you are raging, you can choose to regain a number of hit points equal to your Constitution modifier + your barbarian level (minimum 1 hit point). This feature cannot bring your current hit point total above half your maximum hit points.
You can only use this feature up to a number of times equal to the number of rage uses you have each day as a barbarian. You regain all uses of this feature when you finish a long rest
Bloodlust
Beginning at 6th level, you succumb to bloodlust while raging, making it difficult to stop you from fighting. While raging, you are immune to being frightened or charmed. Additionally, you gain advantage on saving throws against the effects of spells that limit your attack options, such as “Compelled Duel”, “Confusion”, or “Sanctuary”.
Demonic Aspect
At 10th level, your body transforms as your blood power grows stronger. Choose one of the following benefits to gain permanently.
Claws
You grow huge knife-like talons on your fingers and toes. These claws are retractable. You can use a bonus action on your turn to hide or reveal them. While they are revealed, you gain a base climbing speed of 30 feet that you must have at least one free hand to use, and your unarmed strikes are a special melee weapon that you are proficient with which deals slashing damage equal to 1d10 + your Strength modifier.
Fangs
Your teeth lengthen into huge ghoulish fangs that struggle to fit into your closed mouth. You can survive on meals made of rotting meat, blood, or old bones and suffer no ill effects, including diseases or poisons. You have advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) ability checks made against creatures that have seen your teeth, and your bite is a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. You have proficiency with this bite, and it deals piercing damage equal to 1d10 + your Strength modifier.
Wings
You grow a pair of gigantic, leathery, batlike wings from your back. You have a base flying speed of 30 feet.
Gore Strike
At 14th level, you learn how to channel your own blood into your weapon and crush your opponents with overwhelming power. When you hit with a melee weapon attack while you're raging, you can choose to expend a hit die without regaining hit points. You take 1d12 necrotic damage which cannot be reduced by resistance or immunity, then roll the hit die. You increase the attack's damage roll by the amount rolled on the hit die + twice your Constitution modifier (minimum +2).
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