Blood Hunter Class Guide for Dungeons and Dragons 5e

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MONSTERS OF DRAKKENHEIM is 300+ pages of eldritch horror inspired monsters for 5e by the Dungeon Dudes! Coming to Kickstarter March 26th, 2024: www.kickstarter.com/projects/... We take a look at the Blood Hunter class created by Matt Mercer for D&D 5e. We discuss inspiration, Features, Subclasses, and our ideas for building Blood Hunters for our games.
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Please note this video contains spoilers for Critical Role Season 2, Episode 26.
0:00 - Opening
2:05 - Inspiring a Blood Hunter
6:11 - Blood Hunter Features
13:39 - Subclasses
13:47 - Order of the Ghostslayer
14:27 - Order of the Lycan
15:43 - Order of the Mutant
17:21 - Order of the Profane Soul
19:58 - Building a Blood Hunter
23:29 - Final Thoughts
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@jakovsaric9492 3 жыл бұрын

Literally half an hour ago i was thinking to myself: "Boy i should finally sit down and understand blood hunters!" And there you are

@captainnebraska3197 3 жыл бұрын

Bro I was thinking this yesterday and then this came out!

@allerasthesphinx7184 3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t even know It was a legit class I thought it was UA or something

@profkingthing 3 жыл бұрын

I literally did the same thing last night

@corbentimms9443 3 жыл бұрын

@@allerasthesphinx7184 not official class however, so not every DM will allow it

@freedfalchion9860 3 жыл бұрын

Same here!!!

@narwaltz1239 3 жыл бұрын

Fun thing about Order of the Lycan is that it never says you have to be a Werewolf. You can be a werebear, a wearcroc, a wearboar, etc. I have a BH Lizardfolk who turns into a bigger gnarlier Lizardfolk.

@xiahoupaul19 2 жыл бұрын

So weredrake?

@generalgeorgewashington5300 2 жыл бұрын

@@xiahoupaul19 or a croc

@dylanurquidez8878 2 жыл бұрын

Yo, I am going to play a Lizardfolk order of the lycan. Use a shield, a cross bow, and my bite as a melee attack. How was your play?

@BoredTAK5000 2 жыл бұрын

Or xp to level 3 recommended a werefish to be funny

@moecheekks 2 жыл бұрын

I'M A WERE LEONIN

@lord6617 3 жыл бұрын

2:50 I thought you were going to say Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter.

@raelafey1759 3 жыл бұрын

That's such a good mental image

@DungeonDudes 3 жыл бұрын

We approve.

@ncorva 3 жыл бұрын

Most likely how the movie came to be.

@notorious.scoundrel 3 жыл бұрын

Lol, I forgot that movie existed

@ncorva 3 жыл бұрын

@@notorious.scoundrelSometimes I wish I could as well.

@Lrbearclaw 3 жыл бұрын

Smooth-Brains: I don't want Geralt in my D&D!!! Ridged-Brains: I can DM a Bloodborne inspired game with this and Grim Hollow.

@svartrbrisingr6141 3 жыл бұрын

That would be awesome

@BrenttFease 3 жыл бұрын

Also, why WOULDN'T you want Geralt in your D&D?

@svartrbrisingr6141 3 жыл бұрын

@@BrenttFease its a lack of creativity on the players part.

@AllThingsFascinate 3 жыл бұрын

@@svartrbrisingr6141 waaaaah. All classes are tropes.

@svartrbrisingr6141 3 жыл бұрын

@@AllThingsFascinate not necessarily

@alanschaub147 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone: Monty: “Crossbow Expert!”

@Technotoadnotafrog 3 жыл бұрын

it's a good feat

@alanschaub147 3 жыл бұрын

@@Technotoadnotafrog No argument from me! 👍🏻

@yooooo8600 3 жыл бұрын

@@Technotoadnotafrog But a crossbow is a bitch weapon, longbow looks much more badaaa

@levugainer584 3 жыл бұрын

Blood hunter monk = flaming fists or radiant fist. Basically you get to be Jonathan Jostar

@shiranuiprestonsaga8867 3 жыл бұрын

* Insert Jonathon's Theme*

@iselreads2908 3 жыл бұрын

I need this. I NEEEED IT RIGHT NOW!!!

@JudgeMagisterSnow 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, I don't think that the Crimson Rite typically works with unarmed strikes (unless you have claws).

@levugainer584 3 жыл бұрын

@@JudgeMagisterSnow I guess it would depend on if the DM rules a monk's fist as a weapon. Maybe if you used gloves or brass knuckles and applied the crimson rite to those it would be more within the rules

@TheodoreMinick 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, RAW, fists aren't "melee weapons". Which, IMO, is BS. It doesn't break anything to consider an unarmed strike to be a weapon for the purposes of abilities like this, and opens up a lot of fun builds, so at my table, if you're making a "melee weapon attack", you're using a melee weapon, whether it's a manufactured weapon or not.

@piemastergeneralii156 3 жыл бұрын

"there's a reason Molly's story ended so quickly" well.....

@iselreads2908 3 жыл бұрын

Still way to soon spawn of Foster! Leave our Bisexual god alone 😥

@madhurdhingra4525 3 жыл бұрын

PAIN

@timseddon1757 3 жыл бұрын

Spoiler Warning!!!!!

@TheodoreMinick 3 жыл бұрын

Now, what I find interesting is that Cad cast _Decompose_ ...

@theodorewood6356 3 жыл бұрын

Ummmm yeah about that

@SteamTitan 3 жыл бұрын

My werewolf girl was one and was fun. She was a noble who's family was slaughtered by werewolves but she survived. Went duelist with rapier and shield when not transformed

@Clarity_Control 3 жыл бұрын

The edge is real with this

@yooooo8600 3 жыл бұрын

@@Clarity_Control That is what blood hunters are

@drilltotheheavens1695 Жыл бұрын

@@yooooo8600”Ow I cut myself on how edgy this class is!” -XP to level 3.

@Senok13 Жыл бұрын

I had a lizardfolk blood hunter once. As lizardfolks get a bite attack, and a member of the Order of the Lycan only spreads lycantropy, if it want to, i really could do some havoc among humanoid enemies, especially, if they know, what a lycantrope is. (Also, i turned into a were-hyena instead of werewolf, with a flail in my one hand, and a hand crossbow within my other, added crossbow master feat and the archery weapon style - they sometimes confused me with a gnoll even!)

@wizkid915 3 жыл бұрын

How dare you mention vampire hunters named Abraham and NOT mention Abraham Lincoln, the greatest American presidential vampire hunter ever?!?

@raelafey1759 3 жыл бұрын

I know right? He was such a badass

@samuelstensgaard4828 3 жыл бұрын

Fake news, everyone knows the best Vampire Hunter was Calvin Coolidge

@andrewfornes5458 3 жыл бұрын

Loved that book

@cooperemmerton2692 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewfornes5458 it’s a book I saw the movie I know what I am doing next weekend

@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus Жыл бұрын

@@samuelstensgaard4828 I preferred Andrew Jackson, he wasn’t a vampire hunter but he still got the most out of any president just out of raw numbers in his death toll. I think he holds the record for fey and most humanoid in general.

@DryTEKGI 3 жыл бұрын

Gnome with the order of the Lycan.. there is nothing scarier than this. Big dogs may be scary but the small ones are the real deal

@demonzero677 3 жыл бұрын

I prefer the idea of a Goblin going Lycan and basically becoming Taz the Tasmanian Devil, complete with spinning tornado of murder.

@taylorforsyth4278 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing

@theyonlycomeoutwhenitsquiet 3 жыл бұрын

I saw the word Lycan and remembered the most broken thing I’ve ever seen in D&D. A lycanthrope monk. No falling damage. No regular piercing, bludgeoning, or slashing damage. Able to personally remove charms and mind control. Immune to poison. The list goes on. I had a friend play one in the tomb of horrors. He triggered every, single, trap, and took no damage whatsoever. My brother was running the game, he just about lost it sometimes from how impossible it was to hurt this guy.

@taylorforsyth4278 3 жыл бұрын

@@theyonlycomeoutwhenitsquiet my shadow monk has the eldritch claw tattoo and just got his lycan powers after multiclassing and being allowed to take blind fighting as his fighting style. He almost singlehandedly destroyed an encounter with beefed up homebrew monsters.

@theyonlycomeoutwhenitsquiet 3 жыл бұрын

@@taylorforsyth4278 see?! My point exactly! And well done by the way

@Tom-em9pc 3 жыл бұрын

Illidan the Demon Hunter is another great example.

@KnicKnac 3 жыл бұрын

He'd be whole new subclass. Perhaps more demon infused abilities or something

@BaneRain 3 жыл бұрын

WoW demon hunters in general would be classified as blood hunters

@TH3MIN3R3000 3 жыл бұрын

While not wrong, I'm pretty sure that I've seen a homebrew Demon Hunter class somewhere on GM Binder.

@vasilkalov2622 3 жыл бұрын

He is multiclass with Warlock

@oiman5733 2 жыл бұрын

@@KnicKnac could make an argument for profane soul BH too, with the demon and all

@Battleguild 3 жыл бұрын

"What's that smell? The sweet blood, oh, it sings to me. It's enough to make a man sick..."

@Zer0mac316 3 жыл бұрын

*cries in Lady Maria OCT*

@rotaderp88 3 жыл бұрын

WOOOOOOO!!! Finally somebody noticed

@paradax_124 2 жыл бұрын

“I’m sure he was falling apart “

@johnstarinieri7360 3 жыл бұрын

I'm currently running a Blood Hunter/Artificer multiclass. I pumped INT first and then used the Mutant's DEX-increasing potion to power up attacks with my weapon of choice: firearms. Running Blood Hunter as a ranged warrior (using the Repeating Shot Artificer Infusion and Curse of the Eyeless to protect myself and others) has been an absolute blast.

@jackdizzy123 3 жыл бұрын

Absolute... Blast, huh? Nice

@ryanbrodeur5105 3 жыл бұрын

The big thing with this multiclass is if you're willing to invest 3 levels into artificer for battlesmith you can just focus on intelligence for all your offense. I like this because the int boosting mutagen carries a much lower risk than the dex mutagen (disadvantage on Cha saves vs Wis saves)

@arielravid7674 3 жыл бұрын

Another thing you can do is playing a gnome and because they have advantage on ALL mind based magic effects, you can stack the mutagens of wis disadvantage and just roll once (because advantage and disadvantage cancel each other no matter how many times you have disadvantage or advantage) I found the mutant subclass actually quite powerful if you plan very well and know to the full extent the mechanics of the game...

@johnstarinieri7360 3 жыл бұрын

@@arielravid7674 I agree. I personally really enjoy that methodical playstyle that lets me take advantage of my knowledge of mechanics

@davidbodor1762 Жыл бұрын

Wow that sounds really neat. How did it turn out?

@Reddotzebra 3 жыл бұрын

**Mental break** "I'm a monster, MONSTER! Don't look at me!" Warlock: "Wow... I have never been so glad that I just signed away my soul for evil power..."

@srvfan17 3 жыл бұрын

My girlfriend has been planning a Profane Soul crossbow expert, and we did some math and realized something valuable: unless you're going up against a huge tanky boss monster, it's not worth it to bother with using a bonus action to get Hex swapped over every couple of turns. Activating your rites is generally worth it for one reason: it affects your weapon, not a specific target, so once you turn it on it stays useful for the whole fight. As for spells, she chose roleplay-focused cantrips, and the two 1st level spells she got at level 3 were Armor of Agathys and Hellish Rebuke to try and make her a risky target for melee enemies. We haven't gotten to see it in action, but I'm excited to see what she can do with it!

@SokiHime 3 жыл бұрын

I also took armor of agsthys and hellish rebuke, But I don't think they're very good, mainly because as a 1/3rd caster, your spell scaling is pretty bad. Armpr of Agsthys is great when it lasts longer than 1 hit, which is generally with a level 3 spell (15 temp hp). Unfortunately, they just don't scale too well

@fridtjofjohanolderheim6213 3 жыл бұрын

I definetly do agree that Hex isn't always worth using as a Profane soul, especially since it's concentration. However it is worth noting that even though Hex only targets one creature, it does let you change your target as long as you killed your first one, so that part isn't a big issue

@srvfan17 3 жыл бұрын

@@fridtjofjohanolderheim6213 the main thing we realized about the math is that, while the spell does allow changing targets, each time requires a separate bonus action, which just negates so much of the potential damage for crossbow experts and polearm masters. It works if you don't want to use one of those two methods though, and it's honestly pretty smart in that case

@jeromeace1282 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, hex isn't worth it a lot of the time, but still something I'd personally take for big fights, in terms of defensive spells, I would consider protection from evil and good if you're facing a lot of those creature types personally, and it doesn't care your slots are 1st level. As for armour of agathys, its not that good on profane soul tbh since your slot scaling is so poor. Tbh tho, the 1st level spell choices are a bit eh, 2nd level opens up some much better options but well, you gotta wait for 7th level. Which patron is she going for btw? GOO is prolly the most solid overall with a p decent rite focus and solid spells, but I'm partial to undying personally, even if the spells are kind of bad, the self healing every time you kill an enemy is pretty nice, tho not as good vs enemies that actually matter, more just a keeping you topped up type of thing.

@srvfan17 3 жыл бұрын

@@jeromeace1282 she's looking at the Archfey, mostly as a setting-specific reference and for flavor

@Hedgeclipperz 3 жыл бұрын

I’m playing a Dwarven Eldritch Knight (3)/Order of the Lycan Blood Hunter (6 and counting) and absolutely love it! I wasn’t planning on multiclassing away from Fighter, but ended up being driven that way due to story events. Those two work together so well, especially now that Matt updated BH to make it Int based rather than Wis. He’s a lot of fun from an RP standpoint, is quite the tank, and puts out great damage. I love that dwarven werebear!

@sergeantdornan7000 3 жыл бұрын

"Beasts all over the shop... You'll be one of them, sooner or later..."

@ssfbob456 3 жыл бұрын

I recently used a blood hunter as an NPC, when their reaction when one of the players insulted him and he responded by hitting them with a blood maledict was perfect.

@blackhobbitno1 3 жыл бұрын

You can also take inspiration from the gray wardens in dragon age. They make the taint apart of them to be able to fight the darkspawn. They also work to fight the darkspawn by any means necessary so they would probably get an eldritch pact.

@cherry_buzzsaw 3 жыл бұрын

My wife want to start playing blood hunter genasi of fire, that slowly dying of inner fire in Curse of Strahd where I'm DMing. I love her concept and this video is pretty useful for me, because I never played with BH. And I never saw Critical role, because it's english and I'm not:( Btw you, guys, have a pretty good and understandable speech :) thank you so much! Hello from Russia;)

@StateBlaze1989 3 жыл бұрын

As they were going over those examples in pop culture, I realized you could technically retool Van Rictin from Curse of Strahd into a blood hunter.

@jackdizzy123 3 жыл бұрын

True

@seanmitchell3803 3 жыл бұрын

I just went ahead and made a character based on Van Helsing as a BH ghostslayer and have been the sole dps of our party in Curse of Strahd. The whole backstory and everything. Of course I don't like to be on the nose to much so I named the character Bram Stoker instead.

@Andy_Enderson 3 жыл бұрын

@@seanmitchell3803 still a wee bit on the nose but ok

@matthewgrahamclur3210 3 жыл бұрын

DM: Roll a contested grapple check. Mutant BH: No.

@adachyyes 3 жыл бұрын

After watching this, I decided to play as the Order of the Ghostslayer on my friend's campaign. Archery build with sharpshooter feat. This is my first time playing as a ranged DPS as well. Literally having a blast. It is very fun to play and rp as a blood hunter. And my friend's campaign have a lot of undead. So that double Rite of the Dawn die feels very awesome

@Mabujold 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite thing gameplay wise is that every level feel a lot more significant than some other classes like the rogue. Every level felt significant and I felt like I could do more every time I leveled.

@ThisIsNotYourFriend Жыл бұрын

I'm playing a level 3 Arcane Trickster Rogue and I know what you mean. Looking ahead there doesn't really seem to be alot to be excited by. Going to multiclass into battle master or echo Knight fighter

@SgtTeddybear66 3 жыл бұрын

Here's my idea for a Blood Hunter: He's under the service of a Vampire. Where normally most Blood Hunters you'd imagine would be hunting Vampires, he's working for one along with a group of others. They are more of specialized group of mercenary force tasked with securing the domain of their Vampire Lord. Any foreign undead or monsters that would threaten the Vampires Domain [Likely creatures from rival Vampires], they are tasked to eliminate them. But furthermore, This group of Blood Hunters also dabble in local politics. Acting more as spies that embed themselves within other Monster Hunter groups. To ensure loyalty, These Hunters are infused with some sort of Werebat creature. This not only gives the Hunters unique abilities, but also keeps them loyal, knowing that if that secret was revealed, they'd likely be hunted just as much as the Vampire. TL:DR: A Monster Hunter that serves a Monster.

@carnivoriousleaf 3 жыл бұрын

Makes a lot of sense to me.

@genghiskhan6809 3 жыл бұрын

The perfect "vanilla" subclass I could see this working with perfectly is Order of the Profane Soul with the Undying as your patron. The fluff of that is, some powerful undead is your patron. You could set your vampire lord as your patron.

@Senok13 Жыл бұрын

So, technically "Renegade" Blood Hunters - which means, if they run into any other BH, they will be treated the same, as their master: like a monster. And it's highly likely, that the Orders would send several members to hunt them down...

@linkplays2952 11 ай бұрын

i wanna try playing a damphir lycanblood blood hunter i feel like itd be fun a vampire werewolf blood hunter

@charleslaflamme2691 3 жыл бұрын

Currently playing a level 2 BH. He is an Urchin Feral Teifling. It’s very cool! He’s going to be a Lycan on level 3. Nobody knew about the class before we started and now everybody want’s to play one! I planned with the DM that I won’t tell the others about the Lycan thing. It’s going to be a fun surprise!

@isaiahmoonlight1727 3 жыл бұрын

Favorite class guide series for my favorite class! You guys are great thanks for everything you do. Your work is always awesome

@DM-Nox 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome guys! What a welcome surprise, I was not expecting you to do a bloodhunter guide :) Can't wait to watch the whole thing!

@CompassRoseCreates 3 жыл бұрын

Currently playing a Blood Hunter! I love this class so much. It’s such a cool spin on things and it provides some really cool role-play opportunities.

@TheHornedKing 2 жыл бұрын

The Blood Hunter got a small update not long ago. You can now choose whether to use INT or WIS for your spells and features, and they added all the new warlock patrons as possible patrons for the Profane Soul. The Ghostslayer also got this Aether Walk ability, which I'm not sure is new, but you don't mention it in this video.

@freedfalchion9860 3 жыл бұрын

This has to be my most favorite vid you guys have done. Awesome analysis and critique on what I think may become my most fav to play class in 5e.

@ceedub2004 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the upload guys! I've only been playing for about a month or so now but I've told all my friends about you guys! Keep up the great work and thanks so much, again!

@pharmerbai 3 жыл бұрын

I played an order of the Lycan Mountain Dwarf! His name was Gunter and his damage output was amazing! I would definitely recommend having a high constitution and possibly taking the Tough feat to make your character a little beefier so the damage done by your hemocraft die isn't as big of a hit.

@matttabor5103 3 жыл бұрын

Played a Kenku Blood Hunter order of the mutant my very first time playing DnD. Yeah I was overwhelmed at first and everything took a lot of getting used too but by the end of the campaign I knew how to play him inside and out and I loved every second of it.

@gleantheaspect 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for segmenting the videos in the progress bar guys. I like being able to click around to different topics.

@devincarter8155 3 жыл бұрын

this is litteraly so perfect i just started my first campaign playing blood hunter and used your vids to prepare. The only thing i was dissapointed with was that you didnt have a blood hunter specific guide and low and behold the day before my first session this pops up

@esgeir9499 3 жыл бұрын

Oh I didn't expect to see the blood hunter come up in one of these videos, I'm excited to see it, thanks for all the hard work you put into your awesome videos! PS great haircut Monty! It suits you

@SteamTitan 3 жыл бұрын

Something not mentioned to those wondering. When a werewolf you get claw attacks. You can make an extra with your extra action. Also if you invoke crimson rite while transformed both claws will gain the benefit instead of just one weapon

@aaronturnbull6528 3 жыл бұрын

I'm currently playing a high elf Ghostslayer Blood Hunter in a Tomb of Annihilation campaign, and I'm absolutely loving it. Its perfectly suited for the strong sylvan, fiendish, and undead themes in the module. I'm playing it a little more reckless with a two-weapon fighting style, and it was risky at first to activate the Crimson Rite on both weapons, but once I got to level 5 and gained more max hp and got extra attack the build really started to come online.

@quaz_zee 3 жыл бұрын

Been playing a Tortle Lycanthropy Blood Hunter and loving the flavor and the backstory I put in to bring it all together. Was conservative about taking damage on myself at first but my build actually helps buffer that health loss quite a bit. Fun class, great video dudes!

@Xenozfan2 3 жыл бұрын

I have much love for the blood hunter (the old, Wisdom-based version). I played a shifter blood hunter bounty hunter. He was NE (though later changed to TN; nearly dying will do that) that only took bounties he could kill. It certainly was a learning experience for me trying to balance an evil character that didn't play well with others with a largely neutral or good party.

@alphaxtitania5597 3 жыл бұрын

My group is planning to run the Icewind Dale module pretty soon, and my friend is planning to play a Halfling Lycan Blood Hunter. Can't wait to see an ankle-biter werewolf running around with a flaming battleaxe.

@tommy6691 3 жыл бұрын

Just started researching this class and- you guys. You guyssssss. Always on it!

@theonetruemungdaalgamer725 3 жыл бұрын

The Mutant is my favourite of the subclasses. I love the risk/reward features, and with the fun that came from being a what was essentially a Hitman for Monsters was great. I found it really fun with my party of Monster Hunters.

@LordZeebee 3 жыл бұрын

Played through a modified version of Death House where the characters were lvl3 when they got to the end boss and a well timed Curse of Binding followed by some bad rolls from my side completely allowed them to massacre that whole encounter, it can be reeeaaally useful.

@Rebelscum855 3 жыл бұрын

I like how the changed it from Wisdom to Intelligence. I played a 10th level character that was half Battle Smith and half Ghostslayer with a bow.

@samuelbroad11 3 жыл бұрын

Treantmonk has a great video going through every stage of the subclasses and clearly explains the complexities , highly recommend it to anyone rolling one up. I really like China Melvilles Scar (the sequel to Perdido Street station) with it's blood scarring arena fighters whose blood congeals into armour, taking damage for protection. Worth a read for sure.

@pharaoh2811 3 жыл бұрын

I'm completely new to DnD but I find myself more inclined to using the challenging classes. This video was pretty useful to help understand the class and get inspiration for my character. Good video

@Shield0rHeal 3 жыл бұрын

I did a fun Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde order of the Mutant BH. It was definitely a difficult character to play but the flavor of the mad scientist. Felt the most appropriate sage background with the making a dark deal for knowledge.

@Maninawig 3 жыл бұрын

This came at just the right time as I was considering a Blood Hunter. My character would be a changeling given the Right of Lycantrope as an infiltrator, possibly adopting a wereraven instead of a werewolf, allowing him to pose as a Kenku in his hybrid form and subvert expectations by melding the raven's mimicry with the changling's shapeshifting.

@davidcurtis8135 3 жыл бұрын

Just started playing a variant human Sentinel/Polearm master Profane Soul BH starting at level 5. In order to be tanky enough I decided to start with a level of fighter for the heavy armor and defensive fighting style and backstory. Really enjoying it. The Blood Curse of Binding really adds to my ability to control enemy movement.

@cbilici 3 жыл бұрын

I'm playing a water genasi order of the mutant Blood Hunter with a trident and shield and it's super effective. My ability scored are such that even when I've got my strength potion on and I've got disadvantage on dex saving throws I've been incredibly resilient regardless. My high HP pool protects me and taking a feat like Skill Expert makes me really feel like this Witcher character who is really well learned. It's super effective to be able to boost my abilities as I need and to give myself features really helps me cover my gaps. I love the high risk and reward gameplay because it keeps me on my toes and I'm never face rolling in my decision making and I have to be engaged in the situation the DM is setting or I will die. Shield Expert will be key when you play this class and getting the level 7 ability to ignore the disadvantages of my potions is going to be super rewarding.

@agrainofsun 3 жыл бұрын

DD: *start listing the inspirations for the blood hunter* Me: Where the hell is Bloodborne. WHERE. THE. HELL. IS. BLOODBORNE.

@minine6508 3 жыл бұрын

All I could hear during the Profane Soul Blood Hunter portion was bloodborne LOL

@mikemerchant9242 3 жыл бұрын

@@minine6508 I think The Elric Saga is more of an inspiration.

@gavinkidder1317 3 жыл бұрын

Or Constantine come on!

@gavinkidder1317 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine playing a John Constantine inspired Blood Hunter with Crossbow Expert and Sharpshooter in a Descent into Avernus Campaign

@zhelbigs5558 Жыл бұрын

I’m currently playing a Bloodhunter ghost slayer in our Curse of Strahd game and it’s been a lot of fun. Early levels are terrifying, I fell unconscious in most of our fights until around 3rd or 4th lvl. My character was actually inspired by Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. We’re 6th lvl (5 Bloddhunter, 1 Fighter) gonna go eldritch knight since I can’t do anything at range. I love this character and even got art commissioned for him.

@Babbleloo 3 жыл бұрын

I'm currently playing a Ghost slayer, I picked up crossbow expert and use a hand crossbow. I love this class.

@silverkyrie4714 3 жыл бұрын

Order of the Mutant is the most risk vs reward, but the whole class feels like it's supposed to be about risk vs reward, and the Mutant has most of that. If I didn't want all the risks and drawbacks I wouldn't want to play Blood Hunter. The Mutant subclass is the most appealing to me for that reason. Ghostslayer and Profane Soul don't have much drawbacks at all outside the core class features, and Lycan has the potential to attack an ally which is a risk but DC 8 isn't too hard to beat and when you do fail the risk is to your party, not to your character specifically, and that's not as much fun. Getting your own character killed because you took a risky mutagen isn't as bad as accidentally killing your friends wizard because you rolled a 6 and had to hit them with your Greataxe because of it.

@christianbreffle 3 жыл бұрын

I’m planning on running Tiamat in Eberron, so this could be a interesting choice for my players

@gabrielmezzenalopes9459 3 жыл бұрын

Just an idea: Change Tiamat to Kyber, the Deep Dragon. Who was imprisoned by the dragon Eberron

@christianbreffle 3 жыл бұрын

@Alex Macmillan sounds like a plan!

@christianbreffle 3 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielmezzenalopes9459 good idea! That’d definitely work!

@jeremiasdanielnunezvivas1864 3 жыл бұрын

Finally! Thanks for the video it was excellent! Im playing the blood hunter previous edition wich got the spell breaker sub class and even when there aren't any spell casters around I'm still a great menace to my enemies. But when a spellcaster comes, I can really shine basically nullifying him/her.

@Unholydragoon 3 жыл бұрын

I am currently running a battlemaster/ghostslayer combo, and it is simply AMAZING. I don't do the most damage in the group (that would be the two weapon barbarian/hunter ranger) but I consistently outpace the rogue/monk. And the sheer battlefield control I have is just gross (protection FS, tavern brawler feat, battlemaster abilities, defense oriented blood maledicts), and it all comes back on a short rest. There is nothing better than knocking a vampire to the ground, pinning it in place with a grapple, then action surging and wailing away with 2 dice worth of radiant damage on top of my weapon damage.

@mrbrightside9609 3 жыл бұрын

Talion from Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor/War comes to mind. Using Sauron's Uruk-hai against him.

@nightflame69 3 жыл бұрын

Van helsing.. from the hugh jackmans “van helsing” movie

@rantdmc 3 жыл бұрын

great video, explained all those paragraphs in the class description so well! by the way, Monty, saying, "if you take a misstep, you might end up being killed by an ogre mage!" made me lol hard. Well done for being so positive about a really interesting addition to the classic D&D classes

@svartrbrisingr6141 3 жыл бұрын

This reminded me of a homebrew class i saw someone made. It was a class that took heavy inspiration from the Hunters from Bloodbourne. The abilities were fitting and not Op and it looked fun

@flannelshirtenthusiast4159 3 жыл бұрын

This is great, I've been thinking of playing a Blood Hunter for my group's Curse of Strahd campaign.

@lich1019 3 жыл бұрын

Someone needs to get Matt to see this

@irvingfaverman7419 3 жыл бұрын

Only played a BH from 5-6 but Harric Forington of the Waterdeep irregulars was incredibly fun! Ghost slayer and the class in general played into the fantasy of a gritty watch detective working on the odd cases. Sort of a gritty Karin Murphy from Dresden.

@pyroblade650 3 жыл бұрын

I was in a campaign where my friend was playing a Lycan (from the original release), and I was playing an Ancients Paladin. I would cast Aid on him (and others). It was a really strong combo, because it gave him a little buffer on top of his original health, for using his hemocraft abilities

@OranGate1 3 жыл бұрын

They immediately reminded me of Grey Wardens from dragon age.

@yooooo8600 3 жыл бұрын

I think that and Witchers are the closest comparisons you can make and they're pretty spot on

@OranGate1 3 жыл бұрын

@@yooooo8600 for sure.

@TH3MIN3R3000 3 жыл бұрын

I've always wondered why Bladesinger wasn't a subclass of Bard. I mean, it would kind of make more sense thematically for it to be part of the singing, music playing, magic coming from music, Bard. It at least would make more sense to me... If anyone can tell me why it's a Wizard subclass, that would be awesome.

@KieranTuohy 3 жыл бұрын

I play a reskinned version of the lycan - as a kenku. I'm a human variant with blade mastery and magic initiate. I use a rapier shield combo and use parrying stance for my bonus action. Occasionally I'll use shield of faith on myself too. I'm in a large party but tend to be the only front line fighter so I need to draw attention for as long as possible while allowing the others to get attacks in. So survivability over damage was my focus.

@RauschIronback 3 жыл бұрын

We got a pretty relaxed group when it comes to using UA or off source classes, so with a quick run by the DM I decided to create a Dwarven BH(OoLycan)/Barb(PoBeast) to go full featured werebeast berserker. Sadly our campaign has been on hold due to COVID and work pressures, but I can't wait to resume playing that character.

@arcanemedia8166 3 жыл бұрын

I love the blood hunter class, one of my current character was a monster hunter is his history and wish i could access tis class so bad

@ticozayas6430 3 жыл бұрын

The updated version is on dnd beyond if u want to check it out

@greynik7037 3 жыл бұрын

I went Curse of the Fallen Puppet, haven't had much chance to use it yet as the encounters have been rather small. And against undead so... No blood, but lvl 3 Order of Ghost Slayer was achieved last session so now i can apply it and i am giddy for next session of it haha!

@arcanemedia8166 3 жыл бұрын

@@ticozayas6430 For free or to buy?

@ticozayas6430 3 жыл бұрын

@@arcanemedia8166 pretty sure it was free when I got it not sure if it still is

@shiranuiprestonsaga8867 3 жыл бұрын

I'm currently playing a blood hunter and it's really starting to become my favorite I wish that we had Blood curses that don't involve combat though.

@ClaireDuhLune 3 жыл бұрын

"Utility is badass" -Frank Reynolds

@kevingrandke6075 3 ай бұрын

I am now getting around to build a Blood Hunter, this helps a ton! a few guys at my table want to play one and this will help me understand how they work and how I can DM them effectively.

@eliteheran1541 3 жыл бұрын

I have to play this for our TableScape Halloween 1-shot. Thank you guys 🙏 my top D&D channel by far 🔥

@laschicvalisca2481 3 жыл бұрын

I played the original version of this class when it was Wisdom based, so I didn't have as many curses to call upon, nor the Brand of Castigation. I will say however that some things weren't mentioned here. As my character was also an Order of the Lycan, that damage resistance also said, "non-magical weapons that aren't slivered," meaning the weaknesses of that subclass (removed from the newer version) when transformed becomes deadly when the enemy has silver weapons, magical or not due to being vulnerable (a rogue using sneak attack can easily kill such a player back then, but can still bypass the resistance even now witha silver weapon.) Also, in the older version, the Crimson Rite not only damaged the user, but lowered max HP until the effect ended making the ability more risky if dual wielding or applying the effects to a weapon and werewolf claws at the same time. In short, the newer features also made the risks of the class not so bad, so I suppose a DM that wants to combine elements of both the old and newer versions of this class can make this much more interesting.

@Answerisequal42 3 жыл бұрын

Finally the BH waited for that eagerly. I hope WotC will make it official with matt's second book (if it will come out at any point in the future).

@Voriclexx 3 жыл бұрын

Matt’s second book has been out since March

@asherandai1000 3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was official. Both Matt and Jeremy Crawford have talked in interviews about working on the Blood Hunter class, so WoTC have already had a hand in creating the class.

@FROSTYNARWALL 3 жыл бұрын

Nope, they've worked together before and have some form of a relationship. Makes sense that Matt would use that asset.

@garrettwade1294 3 жыл бұрын

@@Voriclexx I think they mean second book that wotc is involved in.

@randyallenmewborn152 3 жыл бұрын

I play a Blue Dragonborn Blood Hunter of the Mutagen named Shok. I also multiclassed as a tempest cleric. Lightning breath, lightning crimson rite, plus lightning or thunder damage as a reaction from tempest cleric. I get lightning spells and can self heal on the fly. I have the dual wiellder feat and use 2 longswords. He can pop mutagen potions to gain resistance to fire damage or cold damage to help as well as different damaging types (ie. Slashing, bludgeoning, piercing) These guys had it right, you have to know your enemy before you pop a mutagen potion. If things go wrong though, you can just burn a bonus action to flush it from your system if you messed up. Playing class has helped me better plan ahead and to know my enemy before recklessly drinking vials that can be my demise instead of a boon. As always, though great video guys! One thing i would have added was the blood hunter table due to that being a big confusion to players that i have seen.

@c.fultra2448 Жыл бұрын

Thanks to y’all for making it easier to understand how to play a blood hunter.

@tristancoble7902 3 жыл бұрын

This is the 2020 updated blood hunter that you guys are discussing right? Also, poor Molly was the original version, which was booty imo... Damn I miss Molly.

@BNRmatt 3 жыл бұрын

16:00 Good use of "grok"

@keithrowan7298 3 жыл бұрын

I wish i could say I know another that knows the word "grok"

@valkyrieprima4922 6 ай бұрын

I have been playing a blood hunter in our campaign for nearly two years and it has been amazing, order of the profane goes hard.

@kevinbee4544 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you I've been interested in the blood hunter class and now i know how to use it

@talongreenlee7704 3 жыл бұрын

I thought of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde when I saw the Order of the Mutant.

@MsKeylas 3 жыл бұрын

Jekyl/Hyde are closer to Lycan

@talongreenlee7704 3 жыл бұрын

@@MsKeylas have you read the book? He mixes up chemicals together and drinks it, turning himself into an alternate version of himself that lets all his inhibitions go. After a while of using this potion, he eventually starts transforming without it.

@MsKeylas 3 жыл бұрын

@@talongreenlee7704 well true. So maybe it is a weird mix of both?

@StrangeLatte 3 жыл бұрын

I've played 2 blood hunters so far! Changeling Ghostslayer and Human Lycan. Im wanting to try out a different order but its hard not going GS again lol Im thinking fire genasi. Be a spirit flame

@UwilDiEbyME 3 жыл бұрын

I've just recently started a campaign with a new group of friends and this is my first time playing DND! As with all games, I try my best to be fully invested and using systems to my full advantage. So far, my plans are to be a Human Variant, Blood Hunter with Order of the Profane Soul Subclass, Specializing in Finesse Weapons. High Dex as to not get hit but an even higher Con because of the blood magic. My Feat of choice is "Magic Initiate" choosing the Wizard Class in order to secure the lvl 1 Shield Spell. because a +5 AC should help save me from some nasty attacks. Using Int as my spell casting for it helps a lot too. Here's hoping that this campaign turns out to be a grand adventure! (Also open to ideas and suggestions on tactics)

@stevefallert9354 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the class review. I'm playing an Order of the Lycan Blood Hunter in a campaign now and love the class. I probably wouldn't go Polearm Master/Great Weapon Master with this subclass. One big bonus of taking Order of the Lycan is the baked in ability to use your predatory strikes as a finesse weapon and to get a bonus action unarmed strike if you take unarmed strike as an action - and you can apply your Crimson Rite damage to your unarmed strikes as a single weapon. So pump your dexterity and create a flexible martial character that can effectively wade into melee with their Predatory Strikes or attack with a ranged weapon plus Crimson Rite.

@evillaughinthebackground5732 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, have a Bow on you to attack when not transformed, and when the situation arises turn on your werebeast form and shred any enemy to pieces

@scarletbanana6429 3 жыл бұрын

It's a real shame that a blood hunter-paladin multiclass doesn't work so well. I'd love to have a character who starts as one and slowly changes into the other, mixing the dark magics of blood and the holiness of the divine.

@TheTsugnawmi2010 9 ай бұрын

This is astonishingly late, but Cleric instead of Paladin would work slightly better because it shares the Wisdom requirement with Bloodhunter while maintaining the religious flavour of Paladin.

@isaacs1052 3 жыл бұрын

I love when Monty quotes Shakespeare but I love it even more when he quotes Nietzsche.

@zakstorm5171 3 жыл бұрын

I put a very different spin on the Bloodhunter. My character is Isaac is an accidental blood hunter. He dove headfirst into a ritual for a demon lord in order to save a young girl and ended up absorbing said demon lord's powers. He's an Order of the Profane Soul blood hunter. His spells mostly are ones that let him fight better in close combat, like being able to create mirror images. I'm also planning on multiclassing to sorcerer so I can cast more of my buffing spells, as well as just use it as an excuse for rping that all my spells draw on my blood, like turning Ice Knife into a blood knife, or Acid Spray as boiling hot blood.

@WolfOfLegend 3 жыл бұрын

This is such good timing, im making a blood hunter that I'm going to start playing on Sunday!

@jem8011 3 жыл бұрын

I want the 'Cure of Exposure' and the 'Cure of The Eyeless', smile.

@Speknoz 3 жыл бұрын

Blursed

@jacobdagun3670 3 жыл бұрын

Wha

@WinterPains 3 жыл бұрын

I dont get the joke.

@dylanwoodward5256 3 жыл бұрын

You mean curse?

@WildVii 3 жыл бұрын

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@countswagula6150 3 жыл бұрын

It's called a dramatic pause

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@primeemperor9196 3 жыл бұрын

@@WildVii It's a good choice.

@Kaiser8361N 3 жыл бұрын

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@WildVii 3 жыл бұрын

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@Voriclexx 3 жыл бұрын

I was just looking for a bloodhunter guide three days ago and was surprised you didn’t have one!

@VonderHorse 2 жыл бұрын

Went shifter (beasthide) Decent stats that pair nicely, and that extra boost in temp hp helps to almost negate the negatives to using your hemocraft dice (particularly in the early game)

@matthewjennings7645 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone looking to ground it in forgotten realms could easily theme it as a follower of Beshaba (Diety of Misfortune)

@aqacefan 3 жыл бұрын

3:27 The "w" is silent (so "DUN-itch"), like in Greenwich ("GREN-itch"), England.

@arturosanabria5772 3 жыл бұрын

Wait Gren-itch? O_o)

@TheodoreMinick 3 жыл бұрын

Huh. I've always pronounced it "Gren-itch", but never made the connection that it should therefore also be "Dun-itch". Learn something every day.

@aqacefan 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheodoreMinick Greenwich was Lovecraft's inspiration for Dunwich... maybe I'm reading too much into the association, but I also recall hearing the names pronounced the same... somewhere ;)

@collindouglas8188 3 жыл бұрын

So for those of you who are worried about Blood Hunter being underpowered I have something to share. When it was added to DNDBeyond it was updated. Now it has numerous buffs to make it better to play. You have a Hemocraft die that your Blood Maledicts scale off of, your Crimson Rite uses the same die, you get better armor proficiencies (according to some other comments) and finally your Blood Maledicts scale off of Intelligence. This means your main stats will be Strength/Dexterity, Constitution and Intelligence.

@PeterFuentes-DigitalLife 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man! I’ve been wondering about this class, especially considering that Grim Hollow is doing something similar

@lightbearerslamp5870 3 жыл бұрын

I am currently playing a fallen aasimar blood hunter, order of the lycan (Order of the Lion Radiant) with the haunted one background. I promise he is far less edgy than his background would suggest. I am still figuring out and trying to memorize his abilities but I look forward to pulling off both necrotic shroud and hybrid transformation in the same combat. Let the werelion murder angel do his thing.