Homebrew Bloodborn Species Details

The Curse of Hunger

The magic of the disease transformed them into creatures close to undead. They share a few traits with other creatures from the grave, as their resistance to poison and necromantic magic doesn't seem to have a strong grip on their lifeforce.

But the magic also left them with a strong hunger for blood and violence. They feel a compulsion toward killing other living creatures they see. They call this their curse. Young Bloodborn receive training to strengthen their will against this compulsion and when a Bloodborn overcomes this urge for violence he is considered adult and is also allowed to leave their secluded cloister communities. 

Seclusion

The Bloodborn live in very secretive and secluded communities lead by a council of the oldest members. They stay away from human, elven, dwarven or other humanoid settlements out of fear the curse of hunger could well up again. They know they cannot spread their curse, but all descendants of a Bloodborn are Bloodborns as well, as their curse is a dominant gene. 

Intimidating Appearance

The changes to the Bloodborn were not simply internal. The magic also changed their appearance. Most Bloodborn have very pale, sometimes pure white or even grey skin. They also tend to have very colorless eyes, like for albinos, where the red of blood shines through. These are features shared among all the communities, but members of a Bloodborn community share traits with one another. These traits seem to come from certain undead creatures. The Drainer Bloodborn, for example, have vampire-like fangs and their ears tend to be slightly elongated like those of bats.

Bloodborn Traits

Blood Art

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age

Bloodborne take long to grow up. They reach physical maturity with about 50. But there is more to a bloodborne than their physical maturity. They need to be in control of their hunger and so they are considered adults after they have mastered control over their hunger through meditation. This is normally between the age of 70 to 90, though there are exceptions to this. Touched by the Curse Bloodborne can get up to 1000 years old.

Alignment

Bloodborne grow up following strict rules and codes as a way to gain more control over their hunger, so they tend to be lawful.

Size

Bloodborne range from about 5 to a little over 6 feet tall and have slender builds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Infrared Vision

As children of the Night bloodborne have a natural affinity for darkness and thus can see in it. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, but you can discern temperatures. Instead of the normal colors, you see coloring, that represents the temperatures of the surfaces.

Touched by Undeath

You have resistance to necrotic damage and poison damage.

Additionally, you know the Druidcraft, but instead of letting Plants flourish you can let them wither.

Training of Will

Thanks to your extensive training to control your hunger you have Advantage on all Wisdom Saving Throws.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Abyssal.