Blood Caller

As he raises his axe the orc warlord chants the words that the elders taught him. His blood starts glowing up, his muscles tense, doubling in size and strength. With an appalling roar the beast rushes into the enemy lines, cutting up elves like pigs to the slaughter. A sea of blood soon fills the battlefield, and when the orc puts his palm in it, waves start generating from him swallowing the poor soldiers that had barely survived.

The art of "blood-calling" is a special type of magic obscure to the most and feared by the rest, one can be born with a disposition to it or learn of its existence by an ancient text, but to truly master it, it usually requires years of study.

Hit Points

• Hit Dice: 1d10 per blood caller level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your constitution modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 + your constitution modifier for every level after the 1st

Proficiencies

• Armor: light armor, medium armor
• Weapons: simple weapons, martial melee weapons
• Tools: none

• Saving Throws: Constitution, Intelligence
• Skills: Choose two from Acrobatics, Arcana, Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Medicine, Performance

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:

• (a) any melee weapon or (b) a hand crossbow and 20 bolts
• (a) an athame or (b) any other sacrificial focus
• (a) a breastplate or (b) a studded leather armor
• (a) a scholar's pack or (b) a dungeoneer's pack

Blood Magic

Starting at 2nd level when hitting a creature with a melee attack you can expend a use of this feature to try to drain the creature of part of its blood, dealing an extra 1d6 of the damage type of your weapon and draining 1d10 blood for your pool. You can use this feature two times. You regain the use of this feature upon completing a long rest. The damage become 2d6 at level 8th, and 3d6 at level 16th. The Blood drained also increases to 2d10 at level 8th, and 3d10 at level 16th.

Starting at 18th level in a 60ft you shoot a chain of blood to a creature that has to make a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC. If it fails you are linked, and every time you take damage the creature suffer an equal amount of necrotic damage (if the creature is immune to necrotic treat it as resistant otherwise ignore resistance). The Hit points you lose due to your casting don't count for shared damage and the creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of its turn. If the creature leaves the range this effect ends.

Starting from 7th level when a creature suffers from weeping fountain your movement is doubled if moving towards it, and you know their general direction for up to 1 hour, unless they find a way to clean away all the blood.

Starting from 11th level as an action choose a creature under the effect of Requiem (Scarlet Lyre) that you can see, that creature feels the requiem resonate with their blood, as if it is their own funeral, they make a Charisma saving throw against your spell save DC, on a failed save the creature loses their will to fight and drop to their knees, this effect lasts for 1 minute, upon taking damage the creature can repeat the saving throw. This effect can be dispelled. Before using this feature again you need to complete a long rest.

Blood Arrow

2nd level necromancy

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 90ft
• Components: V, S
• Duration: instantaneous

You fire an arrow-like bolt of magical blood against a target that you can see. Make a ranged spell attack against the target, dealing 6d4 force damage on a hit.

Blood Boil

2nd level necromancy

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: self
• Components: V, S
• Duration: instantaneous

You cause the blood of nearby enemies to boil. All creatures within 20 feet must make a Constitution saving throw. Each target takes 2d6 fire damage, or half on a successful save. Creatures without blood are immune to this power.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each level.

Blood Seal

2nd-level necromancy (ritual)

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: V, S, M (an ornate dagger worth at least 25 gp)
• Duration: 1 hour

You inflict a wound upon yourself to create a protective seal on another creature within range. As you cast the spell, you spend a number of hit points and the target gains 1d10 + the number of hit points spent as temporary hit points for the duration.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the target gains 1d10 additional temporary hit points for each slot level above 2nd.

Crimson Skin

2nd level necromancy

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: self
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour

By transforming the blood in your blood pool for this spell, you wrap your arms with magical burgundy blades and surround your body with grotesque armor. The armor and weapons can transform at your will, and never hinder you.

For the duration, whenever you make an attack you can choose to attack as though you are wielding one or two scimitars. You add your proficiency bonus to attack rolls with these weapons if you otherwise would not. You can add your casting ability modifier to attack and damage rolls with these weapons instead of another ability modifier. Once per turn, a hit with one of these scimitars deals an extra 1d10 necrotic damage.

For the duration, your AC equals 15 + your Dexterity modifier (max 2) if it would otherwise be lower.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the necrotic damage increases by 1d10 damage for every two spell slot levels above 2nd.

Animate Blood

3rd-level necromancy

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: 10 feet
• Components: V, S, M (droplets of blood)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes.

You animate droplets of your own blood to act under your command. For every three hit points spent in the casting of this spell, you create a droplet of animated blood.

As you cast the spell, and as a bonus action on each of your turns thereafter, you can mentally command the droplets to move as long as they are within 120 feet of you. The droplets have a speed of 30 feet, and a climbing speed of 15 feet. As an action on your turn, you can choose to see and hear from the location of one of the blood droplets until the end of your turn, becoming blinded and deafened to your own surroundings. Additionally, you may instead use your action to cause one of the droplets to explode in a burst of necromantic energy, destroying the droplet and damaging surrounding creatures. Each creature within 5 feet of the droplet must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 6d4 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d4 for each slot level above 3rd.

Bloodsight

3rd-level necromancy

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes

You draw out a portion of your blood, causing your eyes to take on a crimson hue. For the duration, you can see the life force of nearby creatures. The range of this vision is a number of feet equal to 5 times the number of hit points spent on this spell. When a creature is at full health, they appear perfectly normal, but as they become more wounded a red aura begins to surround them. You can notice when a creature’s current hit points are below 1/2 or 1/4 of their hit point maximum. If a creature is below 1/2 of their hit point maximum, you can see them even through walls and invisibility.

At Higher Levels. If you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the duration is 1 hour. If you use a slot of 7th level or higher, the duration is 8 hours. If you use a 9th level spell slot, the duration is 24 hours. Using a spell slot of 5th level or higher grants a duration that doesn’t require concentration.

Crushing Blood Wave

3rd level evocation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self (30-foot cone)
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

A wave of blood rushes out from you. Each creature in a 30-foot cone must make a Dexterity saving throw or take 4d8 bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage and isn't knocked prone. Any unprotected flames in the area of this spell are smothered and quenched.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 4th.

Corrupted Mantle

3rd level evocation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self
• Components: V
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

Dark power radiates from you in an aura with a 30-foot radius, awakening boldness in friendly creatures. Until the spell ends, the aura moves with you, centered on you. While in the aura, each non-hostile creature in the aura (including you) deals an extra 1d4 necrotic damage when it hits with a weapon attack.

Dark Flare

3rd level evocation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self (40-foot line)
• Components: V, S, M (a magnifying glass and a piece of black cloth)
• Duration: instantaneous

A stream of dark fire bursts forth from your hand in a 40-foot long, 15-foot wide line. Each creature in the line must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 5d4 fire damage and 5d4 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the fire damage and the necrotic damage each increase by 1d4 for each spell level above 3rd.

Blood Rain

4th level necromancy

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60ft
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

Designate a a 30-foot radius, 60-foot high cylinder within range. A red, bloodlike fluid rains down in this cylinder. Creatures other than you which begin their turn in the target area or enter it on their turn must succeed on a Constitution save or take 4d8 necrotic damage. This spell has a reversed effect on allies, causing them to instead regain 2d8 hit points.

While concentrating on this spell, you can use your action to move the pillar up to 20 feet in any direction.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the damage and healing both increase by 1d8 for each slot level above 4th.

Blood Teleport

4th level conjuration

• Casting Time: 1 reaction
• Range: self
• Components: V
• Duration: instantaneous

As a reaction to taking damage, you can teleport up to four times your full movement from your current location. You may only teleport to places you can see or have seen. You may not teleport into another creature's space.

Draining Thread

4th-level necromancy

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

You open a wound on your body, shooting out a thread of blood between yourself and a creature within range. As you cast the spell, you must spend a number of hit points. The creature must then succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 7d6 + the number of hit points spent as necrotic damage. If this damage brings the target to 0 hit points, half the hit point cost is refunded as blood drains through the thread back into your body

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the damage increases by 2d6 for each slot level above 4th.

Mirage of Despair

4th level illusion

• Casting Time: 1 reaction
• Range: 60ft
• Components: V
• Duration: 6 hours

You affect one target in range that you can see. That target must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature sees everything around it in the worst possible light. Allies look hateful or even become monsters, a beautiful garden appears dying and covered in rot, a tranquil pool looks covered in slime and filled with dead fish. The target becomes frightened of the most horrific-looking thing for the duration of the spell. If that object is removed from the target's sight for more than ten minutes, the target will become frightened of something else. The target will also become increasingly paranoid during this time. The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. The spell also ends early if an affected creature is subjected to the remove curse spell or similar magic.

Bloodcurse

5th-level necromancy

• Casting Time: 1 minute
• Range: Touch
• Components: S
• Duration: Varies (see below)

You touch a creature’s open wound and bestow a curse. As you spend a number of hit points to cast the spell, that creature must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or become cursed. During the casting of the spell, you can make a Charisma (Deception) check against the target’s Wisdom (Insight) check to attempt to conceal the spell’s true nature, such as pretending to bandage their wound. The curse has no effect until after 1 hour. Thereafter, the curse lasts for a number of days equal to the number of hit points spent, and for that duration the cursed creature can’t regain hit points and is poisoned. Every 8 hours the creature is cursed, they take 3d4 necrotic damage as the curse rots away at them. A remove curse spell ends this effect.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d4 for each slot level above 5th.

Darkbolt

5th level evocation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: self (120ft)
• Components: V, S
• Duration: see below

With a quick invocation you call forth a nimbus of jet-black night around your hands, from which you shoot black bolts of power that trail wisps of terrible darkness.

You unleash seven bolts of darkness from your open palms and fire them at targets within range. You can fire them at one target or several. Make a ranged spell attack for each bolt. On a hit, a target takes 2D8 necrotic damage and must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, the target is stunned until the end of its next turn. Choose one of the following two options when you cast this spell:

You can fire all the bolts at once, and all targets must be within 60 feet of each other. When you use this option, the spell's duration is instantaneous. When you cast this spell -and as a bonus action on each of your turns thereafter- you can expend one or two of the bolts to fire them at a target or targets you choose within range. When you use this option, the spell's duration is Concentration, up to 10 minutes. No matter how many bolts strike a single target, a target can only be stunned until the end of its next turn.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, you create one additional bolt for each slot level above 5th.

Flesh Clone

5th level necromancy

• Casting Time: 1 hour
• Range: touch
• Components: V, M(an empty vial which is consumed)
• Duration: Until dispelled

While speaking an intricate incantation, you cut yourself or another creature and fill the vial full of blood, taking 1d4 piercing damage that can’t be reduced in any way. You must then continue casting the spell for the rest of the hour or the blood be unusable for the spell. You may not have more than one Flesh Clone spell in effect per creature at a time. The number of Flesh Clone spells in effect may not exceed your spell-casting ability modifier.

At any time after the spell has been cast, you may destroy the material component by smashing the vial on the ground. If the creature whose blood sample that you took is at 0 hit-points, dead, or otherwise incapacitated, a copy of that creature is created. The copy is a construct who is exactly like the sample creature at the time the blood sample was taken, retaining memories, spell slots, personality, abilities, etc. at the time of sampling. You DO NOT control the copy. The copy does not have a soul and will be perceived by creatures with True-sight in shades of gray.

The copy has half the number of hit-points of the sample creature(minimum of 1) and its hit-point maximum is reduced by 1d10 every hour. When its hit-points are reduced to 0, it turns into a small pool of blood and the spell ends. Also, the copy takes a -4 penalty to all Attack rolls, Saving Throws, and Ability Checks. If the sample creature returns from the dead, or regains consciousness, the copy is instantly destroyed and the spell ends.

Although the copy is a construct, it can be possessed, for example by the Magic Jar spell. If the copy is then possessed, it is perceived by creatures with True-sight in color.

Sanguine Mantle

5th level necromancy

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: touch
• Components: V, S
• Duration: 1 minute (Concentration)

Upon casting, the target of this spell is enveloped in a fine crimson mist. For the duration of this spell, whenever a hostile creature first enters a space within 15 feet of your ward or starts their turn there, they must make a Constitution saving throw or take 5d6 necrotic damage and suffer disadvantage on the first attack roll they make before the end of their next turn. On a successful saving throw, the target takes half damage and does not suffer disadvantage on their next attack roll.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher the damage of this spell increases by 1d6 for every level of spell slot beyond 5th. For example, if cast as a 7th level spell, Sanguine Mantle would deal 7d6 necrotic damage.