Hunter

A human man wields a large greatsword, surrounded on all sides by a horde of rabid undead monstrosities. He crashes his blade into a skeleton, a blazing light flaring off of the edge of the sword, incinerating the creature as the weapon quickly splits into two thinner longswords. The man hacks and slashes at the horde, deflecting attacks and retaliating quickly in response to each, bloody radiance pulsing off of each strike.

A female tiefling dressed in dark, feathered clothes wielding a hand crossbow and shortsword circles a cackling devil, the two circling around a burning bonfire of bodies. Before the fiend has a chance to react, the tiefling quickly rushes forth, a flurry of shots and stabs ripping through bone and blood, covering the floor in desecrated pieces.

The sounds of footsteps echo down a hallway, as a lone bandit runs for his life. He had already seen his fellow thieves torn to shreds by a thing who had seemed more beast than man, and didn't want the same fate for himself. Just as he could see light at the end of the long corridor, leading to the exit from the dungeon, he was pounced upon from behind, and ripped apart.

These are but a few of those individuals who call themselves hunters; beings who learn how to harness the might of the blood that runs through themselves. They are known to generally be purifiers of wickedness, using otherworldly, esoteric powers that slowly drain on their own life force.

Hit Points

• Hit Dice: 1d8 per hunter level
• Hit Points at First Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per hunter level after 1st

Proficiencies

• Armor: Light armor,
• Weapons: Simple weapons, martial weapons
• Tools: Alchemist's supplies
• Saving Throws: Strength, Dexterity
• Skills: Choose two from Acrobatics, Arcana, Athletics, Insight, Perception, Medicine, Religion, and Survival

Starting Equipment

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

• (a) a hand crossbow & 20 bolts, or (b) a martial weapon
• (a) a shortsword, or (b) a simple weapon
• (a) a burglar's pack or (b) an explorer's pac
• A component pouch and leather armor

Blood Vials

Crimson blood fuels you as you fight, keeping yourself alive even as your wounds grow worse, making you immune to disease.

Your component pouch has vials filled with blood in it, which only you can consume for benefits. If a creature other than you injects a blood vial into itself, it becomes poisoned until the start of its next turn.

As a bonus action, you can take a vial out and inject it into yourself, restoring hit points to yourself equal to your Blood's Echo die, as shown in the Blood's Echo column of the Hunter table, plus your Constitution modifier. You have one blood vial, and regain use of it after a long rest.

The number of blood vials you have increases by 1 at 5th level (2 vials), 11th level (3 vials), and 17th level (4 vials). At the end of a long rest, you regain any expended blood vials.

Presence of the Moon

The presence of the moon makes you undying. You are proficient in death saving throws, and if the result of a death saving throw you make is 20 or higher, you regain 1 hitpoint.

Fighting Style

At 2nd level, you adopt a style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can't take a Fighting Style option more than once, even if something in the game lets you choose again.

Archery. You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.

Dueling. When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.

Great Weapon Fighting. When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding with two hands, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2. The weapon must have the two-handed or versatile property for you to gain this benefit.

Two-Weapon Fighting. When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier.

Covenant of the Choir

Your covenant reveals to you the true terrifying secrets of the world, secrets known only by a mysterious choir. Their many eyes see all that goes on in the world, and though not all of their members understand everything that they see, they all know more than most men.

Warped Divinity: Cosmic Chant

As an action, you can use your Warped Divinity to begin to chant, uttering otherworldly tongues for the next minute, or until you lose your concentration (as if concentrating on a spell).

When a creature that starts its turn within 30 feet of you can hear your utterances, it must succeed on an Intelligence saving throw, or take psychic damage equal to 1d6 + half of your hunter level and be frightened until you stop chanting. The creature can repeat its saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success. A creature that succeeds on its saving throw is immune to being frightened by your chanting for the next 24 hours.

Warped Divinity: Invoke Amnesia

As an action, you can use your Warped Divinity to try to have a creature within 60 feet of yourself forget what has transpired within the past minute. The creature must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw, or it will forget any memories it gained within the past minute; typically, this will make the creature no longer hostile to you unless you are currently fighting any of its allies.

Warped Divinity: Desecrate Life

As an action, you can use your Warped Divinity to destroy the vitality of the healthy. You evoke negative energy that can drain a number of hit points equal to three times your hunter level.

Choose any creatures within 30 feet of you, and divide those hit points among them, forcing all creatures to make a Constitution saving throw, taking necrotic damage equal to the amount of hit points divided to it on a failed saving throw, or half on a success. You can't use this feature on an undead or a construct, nor can you use this feature to reduce a creature to 0 hit points.

Warped Divinity: Darkness of the Dusk

As an action, you can use your Warped Divinity to create a 20-foot sphere of magical darkness centered on yourself, which lasts for the next minute, or until you lose your concentration (as if concentrating on a spell). You can see through this darkness as if it were bright light, and if you move, the darkness moves with you.

Warped Divinity: Wither the Living

As an action, you can use your Warped Divinity to siphon all of the life around you, and revitalizing yourself. All Small or smaller vegetation within 20 feet of yourself dies instantly, and all creatures of your choice within 20 feet of yourself must succeed on a Constitution saving throw, or take necrotic damage equal to 1d10 + your hunter level. Plant creatures have disadvantage on this saving throw.

After using this effect, you regain hit points equal to your hunter level, plus additional hit points equal to half of your Blood's Echo bonus for every creature that failed its saving throw, to a maximum number of hit points restored equal to twice your hunter level.

Warped Divinity: Eldritch Wrath

As an action, you can use your Warped Divinity to infuse your weapon with a storm of the far realms, brimming with psychic energy for the next minute.

When you hit a creature with a weapon attack before the duration ends, eldritch bolts rip out and deal an additional amount of psychic damage to the target equal to half of your hunter level, as well as dealing the same damage to up to two creatures of your choice within 20 feet of the initial target.

Warped Divinity: Illusion of Truth

As an action, you can use your Warped Divinity to create a perfect illusion of yourself that lasts for 1 minute, or until you lose your concentration (as if you were concentrating on a spell). The illusion appears in an unoccupied space that you can see within 30 feet of you. As a bonus action on your turn, you can move the illusion up to 30 feet to a space you can see, but it must remain within 120 feet of you.

For the duration, you can make weapon attacks as though you were in the illusion's space, but you must use your own senses. Additionally, when both you and your illusion are within 5 feet of a creature that can see the illusion, you have advantage on attack rolls against that creature, given how distracting the illusion is to the target.

Warped Divinity: Forced Strike

As an action, you can use your Warped Divinity to force one creature within 60 feet of yourself to make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed saving throw, the creature makes one weapon attack on a target of your choice within its attack range.

Bonus Proficiencies

When you choose this covenant, at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in medium armor and shields.

Cleave

Also, at 3rd level, you can cleave through your foes using brute force. When you take the Attack action on your turn and hit a creature with a melee weapon using your Strength, you can use your bonus action to deal damage of the weapon's type to a different creature within reach of your weapon. The damage is equal to your Blood's Echo die + your Strength modifier (a minimum of 1).

Executioner's Wheel

At 6th level, you learn to call upon the wheel of fate that was forever turned by the executioners. When a hostile creature starts its turn within 10 feet of you, it takes necrotic damage equal to your Blood's Echo die.

Parry the Wicked

At 13th level, you leverage your strikes to purge your foes. When you hit a creature with a weapon attack using your Parry feature, you can choose either of the following effects:

Cleaving Parry. You can deal damage of the weapon's type to a different creature within reach of your weapon. The damage is equal to your Blood's Echo die + your Strength modifier (a minimum of 1).

Shoving Parry. The creature you hit is moved 15 feet away from you in a straight line.

Martyrdom

At 18th level Logarius the Martyr has deemed you and your cause worthy of service, allowing you to call upon his favor as an action. When you do so, you gain the following benefits for one minute:

• A spectral scythe forms out of any melee weapon you hold, increasing its reach by 10 feet.
• When you use your Cleave feature, you roll your Blood's Echo die twice, and you can affect any number of creatures within your weapon's reach.

After using this feature, you must take a long rest before doing so, again.

Crow’s Sight

When you choose this covenant, at 3rd level, you are granted an instinctual ability to hone onto an enemy's weaknesses. As a bonus action, you can mark a creature you can see with your Crow's Sight, which becomes your hunter's prey for the next 10 minutes, or until you mark a different creature. You gain the following benefits against your hunter's prey:

• You have advantage on opportunity attacks made against your hunter's prey.
• You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception and Survival) checks made to track your hunter's prey.
• If your hunter's prey tries to move further than 30 feet away from you, it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw, with a DC equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength or Dexterity modifier (your choice). On a failed save, a creature can't willingly move more than 30 feet away from you until the start of its next turn.

Skirmisher

Also, at 3rd level, you are difficult to pin down during a fight. You can move up to half your speed as a reaction when an enemy ends its turn within 5 feet of you. This movement doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks.

Cunning Action

Beginning at 6th level, your quick thinking and agility allow you to move and act quickly. You can take a bonus action on each of your turns in combat. This action can be used only to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.

Crowfeather Flurry

Starting at 13th level, when you make a weapon attack from your Parry feature, you can make two weapon attacks, instead of only one.

Guillotine

By 18th level, you can rend a foe asunder in a single strike. When you hit a creature that is your hunter's prey with a weapon attack, if that creature has 100 hit points or fewer left after you damage them, you can choose to make that creature die.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Old Blood

When you choose this covenant, at 3rd level, you choose from taking on either the old blood of the Beast or the Kin. Your features in this subclass are affected by your choice.

Some of the following features require your target to make a saving throw to resist the feature’s effects. The saving throw DC is calculated as follows:

• 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength or Dexterity modifier (your choice)

Blood's Anger

Also, at 3rd level, you take on offensive aspects based on the kind of old blood you took on.

Beast. Sharp claws grow on both of your hands, which are natural weapons you are proficient in. They deal 1d8 slashing damage, and have the finesse and light properties. You can add your ability modifier when engaging in two-weapon fighting with only your claws.

Kin. Lashing tentacles sprout from your hands, which are natural weapons you are proficient in. They deal 1d6 bludgeoning damage, and have the finesse and reach properties. Also, your reach for grappling or maintaining a grapple is increased by 5 feet.

Hemotoxin

When you choose this covenant, at 3rd level, you can spread your rotting blood to other creatures. Once per turn, when you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend hit points equal to your Blood's Echo die to deal additional necrotic damage to the creature equal to the amount of hit points you expended. At the end of that creature's next turn, it must succeed on a Constitution saving throw, or take 2d6 necrotic damage. This secondary damage increases by 1d6 at 6th level (3d6), and at 18th level (4d6).

Some of the following features require your target to make a saving throw to resist the feature’s effects. The saving throw DC is calculated as follows:

• 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier

Sanguine Lunge

Starting at 6th level, when you use one of your blood vials, you can instead choose to pour the blood on one melee weapon you're wielding, corrupting it for 1 minute. While your weapon is corrupted, it deals an additional 1d6 necrotic damage, and its reach is increased by 5 feet.

Striking Corruption

Beginning at 13th level, you can unleash tides of blood, infecting all that touch it with your vile curse.

When you would make a weapon attack using your Parry feature, you can instead expend hit points equal to your Blood's Echo die rolled twice, to force all creatures within a 30-by-5-foot line emanating from yourself to succeed on a Constitution saving throw, or take 2d10 necrotic damage, taking half of the necrotic damage on a successful saving throw.

Creatures that fail this saving throw are also affected by the secondary damage of your Hemotoxin feature.

Transfusion

By 18th level, you can bring forth even more life to yourself from your blood vials. When you restore hit points using one of your blood vials, you also gain temporary hit points equal to the amount of hit points you restored.

Trick Weapons

The trick weapons of Bloodborne are probably one of the most iconic parts of the entire game, however, as you may have noticed, they're not mentioned throughout this entire class! The reason for this is primarily because, while trick weapons are important in the game of Bloodborne, in D&D terms, they're essentially just either magic items, or regular weapons that you can sheath one of and draw the other(s) in a single object interaction.

To more properly fit in the wold of D&D, there are two ways you can handle trick weapons, and use either one, both, or even none if you don't think your campaign needs them.

The first method is the following list of existing trick weapons converted into D&D magic weapons, designed to be used by any class.

The second method is through the following feat, as listed below:

Trick Weapon Master

You have learned how to combine two weapons into one, giving you the following benefits:

• Increase your Strength or Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20

• Over the course of a long rest, you can take two weapons, or one weapon with the two-handed property and two with the light property, and combine them into a single weapon, turning it into a trick weapon. Alternatively, over the course of a long rest, you can turn a trick weapon back into its separate parts.

• When you take the Attack action with a trick weapon, you can change the weapon's form as part of any attack you make. Spells and abilities that affect a single weapon, such as the magic weapon spell, affect both forms, however a weapon's innate magical properties, such as a flame tongue’s additional fire damage, only apply to the form with the property.