Difference between revisions of "Blood Magic Expanded"

Revision as of 14:12, 29 April 2020

This homebrew expands on the Blood Tribute feat as featured on Reutilizing your Health by Milly.

All Techniques and Spells in this homebrew increase your Bloodthirst Rank. This is an additional stat that gives your character ever-increasing disabilities that stack with each rank.

• Rank 1: You heal [Rank] less Health from Dishes and Elixirs, and from the effects of healing Techniques and Spells excluding those that require Blood Tribute to learn.
• Rank 2: Spent Health only returns after an Extended Rest, but can be healed as if it was lost health.
• Rank 3: Whenever you spend Health, it is Burnt instead.
• Rank 4: Burnt Health can no longer be healed by anything except by the effects of Techniques and Spells that require Blood Tribute to learn.
• Rank 5: Whenever you lose Health due to receiving damage, it is Burnt.
• Rank 6+: You are permanently Sick and are Vulnerable to Light (or Fire if you are already Vulnerable to Light) until you reduce your Bloodthirst Rank to 5 or below.

New Techniques

Dragmire's Embrace
0 Tokens
Learn Requirement: Blood Tribute, Quest Reward or GM Approval Only
Cost: 8 Stamina
Use Requirement: A Halted or Helpless target
Range: Melee
Damage: ((Combat + 1d6) / 2)
Effect: You regain Health equal to the damage dealt. This can heal Burnt or Spent Health, but not Bound Health.
Special: When learned, increase your Bloodthirst Rank by 1. Whenever you use it on a Helpless target, temporarily increase your Bloodthirst Rank by 1 until you take an Extended Rest.

Dragmire's Gestalt
0 Tokens
Learn Requirement: Blood Tribute, Quest Reward or GM Approval Only
Cost: 8 Health
Effect: You grow hooked fingernails, webbed feet and large leather wings. You become a Natural Climber, a Natural Swimmer, a Natural Glider and a Natural Flier until the end of combat or scene.
Special: When learned, increase your Bloodthirst Rank by 1. Whenever you either climb or swim and either glide or fly during one instance of this Technique inbetween two Extended Rests, temporarily increase your Bloodthirst Rank by 1 until you take an Extended Rest.

Dragmire's Domination
0 Tokens
Learn Requirement: Blood Tribute, Quest Reward or GM Approval Only
Cost: 4, 6 or 14 Health
Range: Projectile 4, Line 4, or Cone 4 (based on amount spent)
Effect: Roll To-Hit target's Concentration; on success, they are Cursed and Halted until the end of your next turn.
Special: When learned, increase your Bloodthirst Rank by 1. Whenever you use Cone Range for this Technique, temporarily increase your Bloodthirst Rank by 1 until you take an Extended Rest.

New Spells

Dragmire's Claim
0 Tokens
Learn Requirement: Blood Tribute, Quest Reward or GM Approval Only
Cost: 8 Magic
Use Requirement: A Halted or Helpless target
Range: Projectile 6
Damage: (Willpower / 2)
Effect: You regain Health equal to the damage dealt. This can heal Burnt or Spent Health, but not Bound Health.
Special: When learned, increase your Bloodthirst Rank by 1. Whenever you use it on a Helpless target, temporarily increase your Bloodthirst Rank by 1 until you take an Extended Rest.

Dragmire's Crimson Wave
0 Tokens
Learn Requirement: Blood Tribute, Quest Reward or GM Approval Only
Cost: 12 Health
Range: Burst 2
Damage: Weapon + Willpower
Effect: Roll To-Hit target's Vitality; on success, regain 1 Health. This can heal Burnt or Spent Health, but not Bound Health.
Special: When learned, increase your Bloodthirst Rank by 1. Whenever you regain Health from six different targets that way inbetween two Extended Rests, temporarily increase your Bloodthirst Rank by 1 until you take an Extended Rest.

Dragmire's Scarlet Armor
0 Tokens
Learn Requirement: Blood Tribute, Quest Reward or GM Approval Only
Cost: Up to (Willpower / 2) Health (Bind)
Effect: Whenever you receive damage, burn 1 Bound Health to reduce that damage by 50%. You can use Dragmire's Scarlet Armor only once per combat or scene.
Special: When learned, increase your Bloodthirst Rank by 1. Whenever you reduce damage four times that way inbetween two Extended Rests, temporarily increase your Bloodthirst Rank by 1 until you take an Extended Rest.

Salvation

The above Techniques and Spells make a character trade away their humanity, soul, or essence as the price for the power gained, which should be described as losing a part of what makes the character mortal and moral as the character descend into the alluring promise of easy access to a lot of power. The GM is encouraged to tempt the character with these "rewards" at least once during a session.
Luckily, heroes are often greater than life itself and they can find ways to regain what they have lost while keeping what they have gained. The following feat reflects that possibility.

Restored Essence
9 Tokens
Learn Requirement: Quest Reward or GM Approval Only
Effect: Reduce your Bloodthirst Rank by 1.

Blood Magic Expanded made by SirAston, the Goron Bard