Circle of Blight

Druids tend to be seen as protectors of nature, but every tree can have rotten fruit. Some druids seek to twist nature to their own foul desires. The mysterious Circle of Blight hold this belief.

Many believe the origins of the Circle of Blight lead back to the creation of the first Gulthias Tree. The legend goes that when the stake that killed the vampire Gulthias was planted by a crazed druid, a group of more estranged druids sought the powers of the tree. These druids snuck into the underground grotto where the Gulthias Tree was rooted and stole several branches. The evil that was infused in the branches corrupted their minds, and the druids began to twist nature to their own will. Even if the legend is false, the Circle of Blight has always had a strange affiliation with the blights that were created by the Gulthias Tree.

The abilities of the Circle of Blight druids reflect their poison beliefs.They can control plants, summon the spawn of the Gulthias tree, and drain their enemies health while healing themselves and others.

 

Botanic Corruption

Starting at 2nd level, you attempt to control a plant. As an action, you can target one plant creature in sight. It must make a Wisdom saving throw against your druid spell save DC. On a failed save, the plant must obey your commands for the next 24 hours, or until you use Botanic Corruption again. A plant creature with a challenge rating equal or higher than your druid level is immune to this feature.

You may use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier(minimum 1).

Fortitude of Decay

At 2nd level, your affinity with the forces of rot and decay gives you resistance to their influence. You gain resistance to necrotic damage.

Circle Spells

Your affinity with rot and decay give you access to certain spells. At 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to the spells listed for that level in the Circle of Blight Spells table.

Once you gain access to one of these spells, you always have it prepared, and it doesn’t count against the number of spells you can prepare each day. If you gain access to a spell that doesn’t appear on the druid spell list, the spell is nonetheless a druid spell for you.

Circle of Blight Spells

Druid Level	Spells
3rd	blindness/deafness, spike growth
5th	vampiric touch, stinking cloud
7th	blight, grasping vine
9th	enervation, contagion

Gulthias Summoning

At 6th level, you gain the ability to summon blights do do your bidding.

 You have a pool of blight points equal to 1 + half your druid level. As an action, you can call upon the corruption of the Gulthias Tree. You can spend a certain amount of blight points to summon blights. A twig blight costs 1 blight point, a needle blight costs 2 blight points, and a vine blight costs 3 blight points. You can summon any combination of blights you choose, as long as it doesn't exceed the amount of blight points you currently possess. The blights appear within 30 feet of you, and wither away after 24 hours.

You regain spent blight points when you finish a long rest.

Vitality Siphon

At 10th level, you gain the ability to drain the health of an enemy and heal your allies. As an action, you may choose a creature within line of sight who is less than 60 ft from you. They must make a Constitution saving throw against your druid spell save DC. The target takes 3d8 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success. Additionally on a failed save, you may choose an amount of willing humanoids, beasts, or plants equal to half your level that is within 30 ft of you(other than you). They each regain health equal to half the damage dealt.

You may use this feature once per short or long rest.

Natural Tyranny

At 14th level, you become a master of blights. Whenever you roll for initiative and have no blight points remaining, you regain 4 blight points.