1) This document presents the Fiend-Blooded sorcerous origin. It allows sorcerers to choose an affinity to the Nine Hells, Hades, or the Abyss, gaining a spell associated with that realm.
2) Features include Hellish Affinity to change damage types, gaining spells known, and the Mark of Darkness which enhances social skills and provides temporary hit points.
3) Later features include summoning infernal chains to restrain targets, gaining resistance and damage immunities, and transforming into an infernal being that damages nearby creatures. The final feature summons a spectral river for transportation.
1) This document presents the Fiend-Blooded sorcerous origin. It allows sorcerers to choose an affinity to the Nine Hells, Hades, or the Abyss, gaining a spell associated with that realm.
2) Features include Hellish Affinity to change damage types, gaining spells known, and the Mark of Darkness which enhances social skills and provides temporary hit points.
3) Later features include summoning infernal chains to restrain targets, gaining resistance and damage immunities, and transforming into an infernal being that damages nearby creatures. The final feature summons a spectral river for transportation.
1) This document presents the Fiend-Blooded sorcerous origin. It allows sorcerers to choose an affinity to the Nine Hells, Hades, or the Abyss, gaining a spell associated with that realm.
2) Features include Hellish Affinity to change damage types, gaining spells known, and the Mark of Darkness which enhances social skills and provides temporary hit points.
3) Later features include summoning infernal chains to restrain targets, gaining resistance and damage immunities, and transforming into an infernal being that damages nearby creatures. The final feature summons a spectral river for transportation.
1) This document presents the Fiend-Blooded sorcerous origin. It allows sorcerers to choose an affinity to the Nine Hells, Hades, or the Abyss, gaining a spell associated with that realm.
2) Features include Hellish Affinity to change damage types, gaining spells known, and the Mark of Darkness which enhances social skills and provides temporary hit points.
3) Later features include summoning infernal chains to restrain targets, gaining resistance and damage immunities, and transforming into an infernal being that damages nearby creatures. The final feature summons a spectral river for transportation.
Choose one of the plane your most aligned with: The Nine Fiend-Blooded Hells, Hades, or the Abyss. You learn an additional spell based on that affinity, as shown below. It can be used a Your blood is corrupted by the touch of fiends. Whether you number of times equal to your charisma modifier per day and were born of the union of a fiend and a mortal race, your doesn't expend a spell slot. The spell counts as a sorcerer lineage traces back to one, or your blood was corrupted by spell for you, but it doesn’t count against the number of fiendish magic - you've gain malignant and inhuman abilities. sorcerer spells you know. These spells can’t be replaced when Mortals with fiendish blood, while not always tieflings, are you gain a level in this class. always marked by darkness. Fiend-blooded mortals, however, Affinity Spell are not inherently evil. Other mortals will always be wary of sorcerers imbued with the power of the lower planes viewing The Nine Hells command them as agents or artificers of evil machinations and Hades ray of sickness schemes. The Abyss chaos bolt Fiend-Blooded Features Sorcerer Mark of Darkness Level Feature Starting at 1st level, you have an infernal mark upon your Fiendish Magic, Hellish Affinity, Mark of body. Whether it's a searing tattoo, devilish horns, claws made 1st Darkness of ash - no matter what it is, it radiates with dark energy and empowers you. You add half of your proficiency bonus, Chains of the Damned, Diabolic 6th rounded down, to your Charisma (Intimidation) and Charisma Awakening (Persuasion) checks when you present your mark. 14th Wicked Transformation Additionally as a bonus action, you can choose to spend 2 18th Stygian Escape sorcery points to gain temporary hit points equal to your Charisma modifier + your Sorcerer level. These temporary hit Fiendish Magic points are vulnerable to radiant damage.
Starting at 1st level, your fiendish blood imbues you with
arcane power. You learn additional spells when you reach Chains of the Damned certain levels in this class, as shown on the Fiendish Magic Beginning at 6th level, you gain the ability to summon infernal Spells table. The spell counts as a sorcerer spell for you, but it chains from the ground to bind an enemy. As a bonus action, doesn’t count against the number of sorcerer spells you know. you can spend 3 sorcery points to chain one creature you can These spells can’t be replaced when you gain a level in this see within 40 feet of you. The creature must succeed on a class. Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC or be affected by these chains for the duration of the effect. On a Fiendish Magic Spells failure four chains lock around the creature. Sorcerer Level Spells While bound by the chains, a creature is restrained and 1st cause fear, hellish rebuke cannot restore hit points through any means including magic. On its turn, it can use either an action or a bonus action, not 3rd flame blade, scorching ray both. Regardless of the creature’s abilities or magic items, it 5th Melf's minute meteors, tongues can’t make more than one melee or ranged attack during its turn. A creature affected by these chains may make a another 7th fire shield, shadow of moil wisdom saving throw at the end of each of its turns. On a 9th dispel evil and good, mislead successful save, the effect ends for it. The chains disappears if its target is reduced to 0 Hit
Hellish Affinity Points, succeeds the saving throw, or after 3 minutes.
At 1st level, you discover your affinity to one of the lower
planes of existence. Whenever you deal cold, fire, or necrotic damage, you can change the damage type to cold, fire, or necrotic. Until you finish a short or long rest, all damage of that type will act as though it is the converted damage type (i.e fire will freeze, cold will burn, and necrotic will decay).
1 Diabolic Awakening Stygian Escape At 6th level, your body and mind becomes more fiendish. Your At 18th level, you can use an action to summon an echo of creature type is fiend, replacing your original creature type. the River Styx and traverse across it. You call forth a ghostly Choose one of the following damage types: cold, fire, or echo of the River Styx beneath you that stretches out 40 feet necrotic damage. You gain resistance to it. in width, 30 feet in depth, and goes 10 miles in any direction of your choice, the river takes the clearest path. The river has In addition, as a reaction when you take damage from the a slow moving current of 3 miles per hour. The river lasts until chosen damage, you can spend 3 sorcery points to gain you die, you dismiss it as an action, or it fades after 3 hours. immunity to it until the start of your next turn. After the river fades, it leaves no debris, residue, or damaged terrain. Wicked Transformation Creatures in the path of the river when it is summoned must Starting at 14th level, you can transform into an infernal being make a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or fall in the waters. Any that reflects the fiendish blood within you. As an action, your creatures who touch the water take 3d6 cold damage and 3d6 appearance becomes infernal and you magically radiate a psychic damage. Any creatures who start their turn in the river transparent, 20-foot-radius aura for 1 minute. It may appear only take 2d6 cold damage and 1d6 psychic damage. as a torrent of souls, a whirlwind chaotic energies, a burning inferno, or some other horrific aura. Other creatures treat the When you summon the river, a spectral skiff appears beneath aura as difficult terrain, and when they start their turn in it, you, considers you its crew and responses to your they take 2d4 necrotic damage. Creatures damaged by this commands. The statblock of the skiff is at the end of this effect have their hit point maximum reduced by an amount subclass. The skiff fades away along with the river after 3 equal to the necrotic damage taken, and you regain hit points hours. equal to that amount. A creature dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0. While this aura active, you are Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you vulnerable to radiant damage and silvered weapons. finish a long rest. As a bonus action, you can end the aura early. If you do so, creatures within the aura must roll a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC. A creature takes 4d6 force damage on a failed save, or takes half as much damage on a successful one. When a creature takes damage from this effect, they must succeed a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC, or be frightened for 1 minute. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.
Infernal Form When you transform and begin to radiate hellish energy, your appearance will reflect your Hellish Affinity. If you chose the realm of Hades, you might become a skeletal monstrosity; or if you aligned with the Abyss, you might take on a twisted, bestial nature like a the form of a hyena- like demon.
2 Spectral Skiff The spectral skiff is an exceptional large skiff with tattered sails. The affinity you chose for your Hellish Affinity feature determines the appearance of the spectral skiff: An iron machine wrapped with chains (the Nine Hells), a skeletal ship covered in fog (Hades), or an oozing, fleshy abomination (the Abyss).
Spectral Skiff Huge vehicle (20 ft. by 10ft.)
Creature Capacity 1 crew, 7 passengers
Cargo Capacity 0.75 tons Travel Pace 3 miles per hour (24 miles per day)
Actions Move. The skiff can move using its infernal engine.
Action Stations Helm (Requires 1 Crew). Drive and steer the spectral skiff.
Hull Armor Class 11 Hit Points 50
Control: Helm Armor Class 12 Hit Points 25 Move up to the speed of its infernal engine, with one 90-degree turn. If the engine is destroyed, the skiff can’t move or turn.
Movement: Infernal Engine
Armor Class 12 Hit Points 75; -5 speed per 25 damage taken Speed (water) 15 ft. If the engine is destroyed, the ship immediately stops moving.
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