Path of the abomination (rework)

Regardless of the story behind the curse or condition, few abominations are willing to show the other form they can manifest. Regardless of the race they were originally, the brand or curse they obtained causes them to lose their original form and become hideous beasts. Very few people would be tolerant of such a thing, and as such most abominations tend to hide their true nature and keep moving, so as to avoid people learning what they truly are. In battle, they are strong fighters who can take multiple blows for their allies, but should the stress become too much or the pain too staggering, they may have to show their secrets to survive.

Beastial Form

Starting when you choose this path at 3rd level, when you enter your rage, you can choose to transform, revealing the bestial power within you. You gain a number of new benefits in this form.

Claws: Your unarmed strikes deal 1d6 slashing damage and you are considered proficient with them.

Size: Your size is considered large and you can lift and move objects that are up to 1000lbs in weight. any being smaller than you has disadvantage when trying to grapple you.

Manifestations

At 3rd level, you can learn to alter your form, the way you fight or various other effects in situations. You learn various manifestations, these are fueled by special dice called manifestation dice.

Manifestations. You learn three manifestations of your choice (which are listed at the bottom of the subclass page). Many manifestations enhance an attack in some way. You can use only one manifestation per turn. You learn 2 additional manifestations of your choice at the 6th, 10th, and 14th levels. Each time you level up, you can replace your manifestations with different ones.

Manifestation Dice. While you are raging each time you are hit you gain a manifestation dice, which are d8's, you can only gain a maximum of 1 manifestation dice per each of your turns. A manifestation die is expended when you use it. You can hold a total number of manifestation dice equal to double your proficiency bonus. Your total number of manifestation dice that you have accumulated, resets when your rage ends.

Saving Throws. Some of your manifestations require your target to make a saving throw to resist effects. The saving throw DC is calculated as follows:

Manifestation save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength or Dexterity modifier (your choice)

Bestial Soul

Beginning at 6th level, the feral power within you increases, causing the natural weapons of your Form of the Beast to count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.

At this point, You have honed your transformative ability so much that you can transform without raging. but you do not gain your manifestations or any of the benefits of transforming that you normally would get apart from the size growth, for this version of your transformation is not made for battle but is made to help you adapt to your surroundings. You gain 1 manifestation dice and this transformation will end after 1 hour or until you end it yourself and can be done once a day:

• You gain a swimming speed equal to your walking speed, and you can breathe underwater.

• You gain a climbing speed equal to your walking speed, and you can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.

• When you jump, you can make a Strength (Athletics) check and extend your jump by a number of feet equal to the check’s total. You can make this special check only once per turn.

Improved Manifestations

At 10th level, your Manifestation dice turn into d10s. At 18th level, they turn into d12s.

Rememberance

Starting at 14th level, when your rage ends you keep half of your accumulated manifestation points for the next fight. If you roll initiative with no manifestation dice, you regain 1 die.

Manifestation list

 

Combat-focused manifestations.

These manifestations can only be used when you transform from raging.

 

• Absolution You learn to manipulate your cells so you can heal yourself and keep up the fight. As an action, you can choose an amount of manifestation dice, you gain hit points equal to twice the amount of dice used (not rolled), expending the dice used.
• Poison spit. As an action and using 1 manifestation dice, you can make a ranged attack (dex) to spit on a creature within 30 ft, dealing poison damage equal to your manifestation dice roll. 
• Primal obsession. You can use 1 manifestation dice to cast the spell hunter's mark without a need for spell slots, when making a concentration check, you can roll 1 manifestation dice and add that to the roll.
• Sweeping tail. if a creature moves towards you and gets within 5ft if the target is large or smaller, you can use 2 manifestation dice to try to trip the target and knock them down, it must make a Strength save or be knocked prone.
• Tail block. If you or a creature you can see within 5 feet of you gets hit with an attack, You can block it with your tail. Using your reaction and expending a manifestation die, You roll the manifestation die, taking that amount of damage away from the enemies damage roll.
• Vampiric Bite. As an action, you can expend 2 manifestation dice to make an unarmed strike (bite) on a target, dealing necrotic damage equal to 1 manifestation dice. You also regain a number of hit points equal to the damage dealt with this bite, provided you have less than half your hit points when you hit it.

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• Hallucinogenic Belch. (prerequisite 6th level) As an action you can belch out a noxious gas aimed at a creature within 5ft, the creature must make a constitution save or attack a creature that it is hallucinating. You can expend as many manifestation dice you want to a minimum of 1, the number of dice used is the number of rounds the creature hallucinates.
• paralyzing sting. (prerequisite 6th level) As an action, you can expend 3 manifestation dice and make a (20ft) ranged attack to a target, striking them with your tongue. the target must make a Constitution saving throw or become paralyzed, the target can make a saving throw at the start of each of its turns, if they succed, they become unparalysed.
• Quill shot. (prerequisite 6th level) using 3 manifestation dice, you can make a (20-60ft) ranged attack (dex) to shoot 3 ranged projectiles, each dealing 2d4 poison damage. The target must make a constitution save or become poisoned, if they become poisoned they can make a save at the beginning of each of their turns.
• Swallow. (prerequisite 6th level) When you successfully grapple a Medium or smaller creature, you can use 4 manifestation dice to swallow a creature or object. The target is blinded, restrained, and has total cover from attacks. If you take 15 or more damage in one round, your rage ends, you fall unconscious or by your choice, the target is regurgitated. You can only swallow one creature at a time. 

  At the end of each of your turns, while you have swallowed a creature, you can roll a manifestation die and deal acid damage equal to the roll.

• unbreakable. (prerequisite 6th level) when you reach 0 hit points, you can use a reaction and 1 manifestation dice to instead have a number of hit points equal to the rolled outcome. You must finish a long rest to be able to use this feature again.

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• Beasts Bile (prerequisite 10th level). As an action, you can throw up a stream of acidic bile directly onto the target. You can use any number of manifestation dice you want that you have available, the total number rolled is the amount of acid damage the target takes. The target makes a dex save, taking half damage on a success.

• Infection. (prerequisite 10th level) as an action you can expend any number of manifestation dice to bite a willing creature and enhance their physical capabilities, you choose whether the target creature is resistant to bludgeoning, slashing or piercing. This effect lasts as many rounds equal to the amount of dice used. The target also gains temporary hit points equal to double the amount of manifestation dice used.
• Constrict. (prerequisite 10th level) as an action, you can expend 4 manifestation dice to attempt to grapple someone with your tail, dealing 2d10+str damage to the target, the creature remains grappled in your tail and your hands are kept free. The creature gets advantage to break out your grapple if you interact with anything using your hands.

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• Form Of Power.  (prerequisite 14th level) as an action, you can expend 10 manifestation dice to transform into a form of power, you turn into a hydra for 1 minute, you gain the statistics and abilities of the hydra, though your health, intelligence, wisdom, and charisma scores stay the same as if you weren't transformed. you cannot use any of your regular manifestations while in this form and cannot use this manifestation again until 1d4 + 3 days have passed since you last used it.

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Beastial soul manifestations. 

These manifestations can be used during your rage transformation or your bestial soul transformation, using one of these gives a permament -1 to the total manifestation dice you can hold. This effect stacks with each beastial soul manifestation you take.

 

• Alter form. You can slightly alter your size, you can choose to become size medium, this effect lasts until your transformation ends.
• Blindsight. You gain a 10ft blindsight, this effect lasts until your transformation ends.
• Burrow. You gain a burrowing speed equal to a third of your movement speed (rounded up to nearest 5) and can dig through loose earth leaving a 5 by 5-foot hole in your wake. This effect lasts until your transformation ends.
• Camouflage. You can blend into your current surroundings. You gain advantage on stealth checks,  this effect lasts until your transformation ends.

• Heightened senses.  You gain the improved senses of a natural predator. You gain advantage on perception checks that rely on sound and smell, this effect lasts until your transformation ends.

• Siege monster. When hitting an object or structure, your damage is doubled.