Order of the Crimson Rider

Some Blood Hunters learn that the hunt is faster and deadlier when shared with another creature. Members of the Order of the Crimson Rider form a supernatural blood pact with a mount—often a horse, dire wolf, or other swift beast. Through blood rites and shared pain, rider and mount become a single predator on the battlefield, capable of tracking prey across impossible distances and striking with terrifying speed.

 

Crimson Bond

3rd-level Order of the Crimson Rider feature:

1. Crimson Mount Rules:

   • The mount can be a Large or Medium beast suitable for riding (DM approval).

   • Its HP maximum increases by twice your Blood Hunter level.

   • It adds your Hemocraft modifier to its attack and damage rolls.

   • It understands your commands telepathically within 1 mile.

   • If the mount dies, you can perform a 1-hour blood ritual during a long rest to revive it at full health.

   Shared Senses:
   While within 60 ft, you may use a bonus action to see through your mount’s senses until the start of your next turn.

   Mounted Predator:
   When you are mounted on your Crimson Mount:

   • Your movement speed increases by 10 ft

   • Opportunity attacks against you have disadvantage.

Abyssal Serpent

You have chosen the Abyssal Serpent as your Crimson Mount.

Blood Wolf

You have chosen the Blood Wolf as your Crimson Mount. 

Celestial Blood Bat

You have chosen the Celestial Blood Bat as your Crimson Mount.

Frosted Hippogriff

You have chosen the Frosted Hippogriff as your Crimson Mount.

Hell Horse

You have chosen the Hell Horse as your Crimson Mount. 

Sanguine Cephalopod

You have chosen the Sanguine Cephalopod as your Crimson Mount.

Shadow Griffon

You have chosen the Shadow Griffon as your Crimson Mount. 

Undead Steed

You have chosen the Undead Steed as your Crimson Mount. 

Rite Focus

Starting at 3rd level, your weapon becomes a conduit for the power of your pact with your chosen Crimson Mount. While you have an active crimson rite, you can use your weapon as a spellcasting focus for your warlock spells.

Crimson Rite

At 2nd level, you learn to invoke a rite of Hemocraft within your weapon at the cost of your own vitality. Choose one rite from the Primal Rites list below to learn. As a bonus action, you activate a crimson rite on a single weapon with the elemental energy of a known rite of your choice that lasts until you finish a short or long rest, or if you aren’t holding the weapon at the end of your turn. When you activate a rite, you lose a number of hit points equal to one roll of your Hemocraft die, as shown in the Hemocraft Die column of the Blood Hunter table. While active, attacks from this weapon deal an additional 1d4 damage of the chosen rite’s type. This damage is magical and increases as you gain levels as a blood hunter, as shown in the Hemocraft Die column of the Blood Hunter table. A weapon can only hold a single active rite at a time. You learn an additional Primal Rite of your choice at 7th level and choose an Esoteric Rite to learn at 14th level. 

Primal Rites

Rite of the Flame. Your rite damage is fire damage. Rite of the Frozen. Your rite damage is cold damage. Rite of the Storm. Your rite damage is lightning damage. 

Esoteric Rites

Rite of the Dead. Your rite damage is necrotic damage. Rite of the Oracle. Your rite damage is psychic damage. Rite of the Roar. Your rite damage is thunder damage.

Mystic Frenzy

Starting at 7th level, when you use your action to cast a cantrip, you can immediately make one weapon attack as a bonus action.

Sanguine Tracker

7th-level Order feature

You and your mount become masters of the hunt.

• You gain advantage on Survival checks made to track creatures that have blood.

• If you possess a drop of a creature’s blood, you and your mount can track it for 24 hours, knowing the direction of the target while within 10 miles.

• While mounted, your Brand of Castigation range increases to 60 ft.

Additionally, when your mount hits a creature, you have branded, it deals extra Hemocraft damage equal to your Hemocraft die.

Twin Blood Rite

11th-level Order feature

When you activate a Crimson Rite on a weapon, your Crimson Mount can also benefit.

Choose one of the following:

• Its natural weapon attacks gain the same rite damage type.

• Its attacks deal extra damage equal to your Hemocraft die.

Whenever you take rite damage, your mount may choose to take half the damage instead, sharing the burden of the ritual.

Relentless Pursuit

15th-level Order feature

Your bond turns you into an unstoppable hunter.

While mounted:

• Your mount gains advantage on Dexterity saves.

• Difficult terrain does not slow you or your mount.

• When a creature you have branded moves away from you, you may use your reaction to move up to your mount’s speed toward it.

Avatar of the Crimson Hunt

18th-level Order feature

You and your mount become a legendary hunter spirit.

As a bonus action, you may enter this state for 1 minute:

• Your mount’s speed doubles.

• Your weapon attacks deal an additional Hemocraft die.

• When you hit a branded creature, your mount may make one attack as a reaction.

• You and your mount gain temporary HP equal to your Blood Hunter level each round.

Once used, this feature cannot be used again until a long rest.