Homebrew Blood fiend Species Details

Blood Fiends are a mysterious and elusive race that have long been feared and misunderstood by other inhabitants of the world. They are known for their bloodlust, which drives them to feed off the blood of their enemies and steal their life force for their own sustenance.

Physically, Blood Fiends are quick and agile, with a dexterity boost that allows them to move with lightning-fast speed. They are small in stature, typically no taller than 5 feet, with small red horns protruding from their foreheads and a long, slender tail that ends in a sharp point. They also have small, sharp claws that allow them to climb and maneuver through tight spaces.

Despite their fearsome appearance and bloodthirsty tendencies, Blood Fiends are not inherently evil. They are simply creatures driven by instinct and a primal need to survive. However, their feeding habits and appearance have led many to view them with suspicion and fear, much like the Tieflings.

Blood Fiends are skilled hunters and trackers, able to sense the scent of blood from great distances. They often make their homes in secluded areas such as caves, thickets, and other hidden locations where they can hunt and feed without drawing unwanted attention.

In combat, Blood Fiends are formidable foes, able to move with incredible speed and agility. Their bloodlust also gives them the ability to steal health from their enemies, making them difficult to defeat in battle.

Overall, Blood Fiends are a unique and intriguing addition to any D&D campaign. Their bloodthirsty tendencies and quick reflexes make them a formidable foe, while their small size and ability to hide in tight spaces make them excellent scouts and infiltrators.

Blood fiend Traits

Blood fiends hunters of anything that has blood and love the smell and taste of blood

Bloodlust

Bloodlust: Blood Fiends have an innate sense of smell that allows them to detect the scent of blood from great distances. Once they catch the scent, their bloodlust takes over, driving them to feed off the creature whose blood they smell. In combat, Blood Fiends can use their claws to make a melee attack against a creature, stealing health from them and transferring it to themselves. The amount of health stolen is equal to a portion of the damage dealt by the attack. Additionally, if a Blood Fiend reduces a creature to 0 hit points with a melee attack while using Bloodlust, they gain temporary hit points equal to the creature's maximum hit points. However, Blood Fiends cannot use Bloodlust again until they complete a short or long rest.

Ability Stat Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1 but a -2 in charisma.

Blood Resistance

  1. Blood Resistance: Blood Fiends have resistance to necrotic damage and vulnerability to radiant damage, due to their unique physiology.

Darkvision

Darkvision: Blood Fiends have excellent vision in the dark, and can see up to 60 feet in dim light as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light

Stealthy

  1. Stealthy: Blood Fiends are masters of stealth, and have proficiency in the Stealth skill.

Blood Forest Affinity

Blood Forest Affinity: Blood Fiends have a natural affinity with the Blood Forest, and can navigate its twisted pathways with ease. They gain proficiency in the Survival skill while in the Blood Forest, and have an advantage on all Wisdom (Survival) checks made to navigate, track, or forage in the forest. In addition, when in the Blood Forest, Blood Fiends can communicate with plants and animals as if under the effects of the speak with plants and speak with animals spells. However, they have a disadvantage on all Charisma checks made with creatures outside of the Blood Forest, due to their unsettling appearance and bloodlust.

Claws

Claws: You do more damage doing unarmed strikes because of your claws but you have a hard time gripping weapons causing you to do less damage with weapons.
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