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

• (a) a light crossbow or (b) a spear


• (a) padded armor


• a dagger, a torch

Only via Dark Path of the Night Mystic (subclass option)

A MOON TORMENTED PROGENY

BLOOD POWER

At 1st level, you, as a Vampire, will have to adapt to your needs, no longer being able to ingest any nourishment but fresh blood.

Your eating habits are aided by the development of a predatory dentition, thanks to which you can use your own bite to make an unarmed weapon attack that deals piercing damage equal to 1d4 plus your Constitution modifier, and by doing so gaining as much Temporary Hit Points as the damage you inflicted. You can only use this attack against corporeal targets, provided you have Advantage on the Attack Roll. You can also use this attack against a target you have grabbed in combat, even if you do not have Advantage on the Attack Roll.

If the target of the bite is an Aberration, a Fiend or an Undead, you are Poisoned until the end of your next turn.

The bite becomes more and more lethal as your levels increase: damage increases to 1d6 (5th level), 1d8 (10th level), 1d10 (15th level) and finally 1d12 (20th level).

GIFTS OF ACIRENZIA

At 1st level, you develop supernatural and mysterious abilities, the same that originated many myths and legends that surround the Vampire’s figure.

You gain two Gifts from the following list and an additional gift to the 3rd, 5th, 8th, 10th, 15th, and 19th levels.

• Dark Grace: As a bonus action, you can improve your mobility, increasing by 10 feet any jump made by the end of the turn; choosing this Gift twice allows you to cast the feather fall spell at will; choosing this Gift three times allows you to cast the levitate spell (only on yourself) once, then you regain its use after you complete a short or long rest.
• Predatory Allure: Choose a skill between Deception, Persuasion, or Intimidation; when you can make a Charisma check using the selected ability, you gain a +2 bonus; you can choose this Gift multiple times, choosing a different skill each time, and your bonuses to previously chosen skills increases by 1.
• Feral Magnetism: When you use the Animal Handling skill, consider any dice roll lower than 8 as 8; choosing this Gift twice allows you to cast the animal messenger spell at will; choosing this Gift three times allows you to cast the animal friendship spell once, then you regain its use after you complete a short or long rest.
• Body of Mist: As a Reaction when you are hit by a melee attack with a weapon that is not magical, silvered or Grim, that deals slashing or bludgeoning damage, you can reduce the damage by 1d4; choosing this Gift twice extends its effectiveness to ranged weapon attacks and attacks that deal piercing damage; choosing this Gift three times allows you to cast the gaseous form spell (only on yourself) once, then you regain its use after you complete a long rest; if your level is 4th or lower, gaseous form ends at the end of your next turn.
• Dominion over the Creatures of the Night: As an action, you can summon a Swarm of Bats: they will attack the nearest hostile creature, but leave at the end of your next turn; you can give new orders to the creatures summoned as an action; you can use this Gift once, then you regain its use after you complete a long rest; choosing this Gift twice allows you to summon 1d4 Wolves instead; choosing this Gift three times compels the summoned creatures to remain at your service until they are reduced to half or less of their Hit Points.
• Superhuman Prowess: As a bonus action, you can have Advantage on the next Strength check made in the same turn; choosing this Gift twice doubles the vampire's carrying capacity; if you choose this Gift three times, when you activate this gift, you also gain a 1d4 bonus to all your melee damage rolls made in the same turn.
• Threat from above: You gain the ability to climb at half your speed, being able to climb completely smooth surfaces and even upside down; if you choose this Gift twice, your climbing speed becomes equal to your walking speed; if you choose this Gift three times, you will have Advantage on Attack Rolls and Strength (Athletics) checks when you attack from an overhead position in relation to the target.

DARK PATH

At 2nd level, you embark on your chosen dark path. This choice provides new features at the 2nd, 6th, 11th and 17th levels.

HEART OF DARKNESS

At 3rd level, the blood of mortals nourishes your soul as much as your physique. When you make a bite attack against a humanoid target, you regain an amount of Soul Points equal to your Charisma modifier.

ABILITY SCORE IMPROVEMENT

At 4th level, and again at the 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th levels, you can increase an ability score by 2, or increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As usual, you cannot bring an ability above 20 through this privilege.

If you implement the optional feat rule, you can give up this privilege to choose a feat instead.

VERMILION RESILIENCE

At 7th level, your body is nothing more than an empty container for your bloodthirsty soul. If reduced to 0 Hit Points, you remain at 1 Hit Point instead if you have at least 1 Soul Point. Further Hit Point losses turn into Soul Point losses unless they are caused by critical hits or radiant damage.

At 14th level, the amount of Soul Points lost in place of Hit Points is halved.

SOUL OF DARKNESS

At 9th level, resorting to the power of your cursed blood makes you impervious to adversity, albeit eroding your soul. When you fail a Saving Throw, you can sacrifice 1d8 Soul Points to reroll, considering only the second roll to be valid.

This feature can be used twice, and you regain each use you spent after you complete a long rest.

MASK OF THE BEAST

At 13th level, you can sacrifice a fragment of your soul and humanity to turn into a real night predator.

As an action, you can sacrifice 2d6 Soul Points and cast the polymorph spell on yourself without having to spend any spell slots, and immediately turn into a Night Predator: a majestic and dreadful creature, with bat wings and wolf jaws.

This feature can be used once, then you regain its use after you complete a short or long rest.

Night Predator CR: 6

Large monstrosity, any

Armor Class: 15 (Natural Armour)

Hit Points: 104 (or 8 per character level)

Speed: 35 ft , fly: 60 ft

STR

18 +4

DEX

16 +3

CON

15 +2

INT

6 -2

WIS

12 +1

CHA

6 -2

Skills: Athletics +7, Perception +4, Stealth +6

Damage Vulnerabilities: radiant damage

Damage Resistances: bludgeoning, piercing, slashing damage from nonmagical attacks made with non-silvered weapons

Damage Immunities: Frightened Conditions

Senses: Passive perception 14 (19 if hearing-based), Blind Vision 60 feet

Languages: it may comprehend Common, but not speak it

Challenge Rating: 6

Scent of Blood: the Night Predator has Advantage on attack against targets it has grappled

Acute Senses: the Night Predator has Advantage on smell and hearing based Wisdom (Perception) checks

Actions

Multi-attack: the Night Predator makes one attack with Claws and one with Bite

Claws: melee weapon attack: +7 to hit, range 5 feet, one target; hit: 11 (2d6+4) slashing damage, and the target is grappled (DC 15 to escape)

Bite: melee weapon attack: +7 to hit, range 5 feet, one target; hit: 15 (2d10 + 4) piercing damage; if the target is grappled, the Night Predator gains as much Temporary Hit Points as the damage inflicted with the bite

A majestic and dreadful creature, with bat wings and wolf jaws.

BLOOD BALANCE

At 18th level, you can use your action and sacrifice 1d10 Soul Points. By doing so, you can redistribute your Hit Points and Soul Points at will between the two reserves.

This feature can be used once, then you regain its use after you complete a long rest.

APOTHEOSIS OF THE BEAST

At 20th level, using the Mask of the Beast feature does not cost any Soul Points and it can be used at will.

DARK PATHS

The Vampire's cursed blood burns while their senses sharpen. As you become familiar with your gifts, you can choose which path to take in the eternal night and how to channel your vampiric essence to develop specific predispositions.

The vampire's blood exudes magic and their eyes radiate death. The night itself becomes the source of their power. When you choose this archetype at 2nd level, you gain the ability to cast a variety of spells drawing on the power inherent to blood.

 

Spells: Below there is the list of spells that can be cast with this feature; the following chart shows the number of known spells; when the chart indicates that you know one spell more than at the previous level, you can choose a spell of any level in which you have spell slots; the chart also shows the number of slots available to cast spells depending on the level; such spell slots are regained when a long rest is completed.

 

Spellcasting ability: Charisma is the spellcasting ability of a Night Mystic, as their magic resides in the Vampire’s very blood, soul, and self. Take your Charisma score as a reference when a spell mentions the spellcasting ability. Use your Charisma modifier to determine the Difficulty Class (DC) of Saving Throws for Night Mystic spells cast or used to attack.

 

Saving Throw DC= 8 + your Proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier

 

Spell attack modifier= your Proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier

 

Blood Weakening

At 6th level, when you make a successful bite attack, the target has Disadvantage on the next Saving Throw against spells you cast within the next minute.

 

Chalice of Power

At 11th level, when you get a result of 6 or or more on the dice roll for bite damage, you regain a 1st level spell slot.

This feature can be used as many times as your Constitution modifier, and you regain each use you spent after you complete a long rest.

 

Majesty of the Blood Moon

At 17th level, your Wisdom and Charisma scores increase by 2 (up to a maximum of 22).