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Matt Mercer's Blood Hunter stands alone as the ONLY homebrew class for DND 5e that is fully integrated on DNDBeyond and accepted in most TTRPG groups! Let's dive into the Blood Hunter and flesh out what broken antics can be born of the power within!
The Blood Hunter in D&D 5e often gets overlooked by new players and dungeon masters but it actually manages to fill a gap in flavor not covered by other classes. And some of their early features also add a level of mechanical strength that rivals everything else out there in 5e!
That said, let's take a look at why the Blood Hunter is broken in DND 5e!
00:00 Intro
00:20 Blood Hunters in DND
01:25 Ability Scores & Species
02:02 Level 1
03:31 Blood Curse Options
08:36 Level 2
10:43 Level 3
11:09 Ghostslayer
12:52 Lycan
16:43 Mutant
21:50 Profane Soul
26:56 Level 4
27:07 Level 5
27:12 Level 6
27:54 Level 7
27:59 Level 9
28:11 Level 10
28:23 Level 13
29:17 Level 14
29:39 Level 17
29:44 Level 20
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@BCBpwns 14 дней назад

As a genie profane soul im sorry to say the flying speed is a number of ROUNDS not hours

@ConstructedChaos 14 дней назад

Ah you are absolutely right! I must’ve misread that. I’ll pin your comment here to make sure other people aren’t tripped up by that!

@indigo_tribe 15 дней назад

Also remember that there is no requirement to harm yourself physically to activate your crimson rite. It says necrotic damage. That can easily be internal

@ConstructedChaos 15 дней назад

You’re absolutely right! I hadn’t considered that as much just because of the evocative imagery of conjuring magic from your very blood. Very badass either way!

@indigo_tribe 15 дней назад

My character currently is a ghostslayer blood hunter that thinks he is just a special paladin. He thinks that the pain he feels inside is him paying a tithe to his god for the power.

@ConstructedChaos 15 дней назад

@@indigo_tribe that’s some cool flavor!! I’m sure that’s fun to RP through!

@indigo_tribe 15 дней назад

@@ConstructedChaos it is! Especially with the hunter's bane senses and skill check advantage to recall info and track "evil"

@woutvanostaden1299 14 дней назад

Ghostslayer can be made in a way that in terms of sustainable high damage a paladin could learn a thing or 2. A lot of people also underestimate the staying power of the mutant. I mean getting regeneration at lvl 7 is quite something. (As a 7th lvl spell it's unattainable for most martials beast barbarian is hard to justify {though reconstruction elixer does stack with beast} 11 lvls of of lycanthrope bloodhunter or dhampirs bite {you could do all 3 reconstruction, beast and be a dhampir})

@jacobyullman5005 15 дней назад

I just wanna point out that the newest version of the Blood Hunter's Crimson Rite feature doesn't require you to be holding the weapon for the Rite to remain active. Instead, the Crimson Rite states that it remains active on the weapon until you finish a short or long rest, but other creatures cannot benefit from the Rite. This means that now Crimson Rites can actually work on thrown weapons, and you can don't have to worry about keeping hold of the weapon to maintain the Rite, allowing you to activate a Crimson Rite at the beggining of the day and safely sheathe the weapon until you need to use it. That also means that Two-Weapon Fighting is more viable for Blood Hunters, since they don't have to spend two turns prepping their weapons before they can actually use their bonus action attack, instead preemptively activating Rites on both weapons immediately after resting.

@ConstructedChaos 15 дней назад

That’s an interesting detail! Where is that update published? I was going off of DNDBeyond and assumed that was the most up to date.

@jacobyullman5005 15 дней назад

@@ConstructedChaos It should be the same update that changed the Hemocraft modifier to be Intelligence OR Wisdom. From DNDBeyond. "Also at 2nd level, you learn to invoke a rite of hemocraft that infuses your weapon strikes with elemental energy. As a bonus action, you can activate any rite you know on one weapon you’re holding. The effect of the rite lasts until you finish a short or long rest. When you activate a rite, you take necrotic damage equal to one roll of your hemocraft die. This damage can’t be reduced in any way. While the rite is in effect, attacks you make with this weapon are magical, and deal extra damage equal to your hemocraft die of the type determined by the chosen rite. A weapon can hold only one active rite at a time. Other creatures can’t gain the benefit of your rite." No where in the feature does it say you have to be holding the weapon to maintain the Rite anymore. It only says that it lasts until you finish a short or long rest, that a weapon can on only hold one active Rite at a time, and that other creatures cannot benefit from your Rite. You only need to be holding the weapon to ACTIVATE the Rite, not to maintain it like in older versions.

@johnpliego9438 9 дней назад

My dm allowed me to use it on my crossbow since there’s nothing saying it can’t be. So I was just shooting off radiant damage arrows like a mad man

@jacobyullman5005 15 дней назад

I know some people rag on the Profane Soul subclass, and maybe rightfully so, but I did recently create one of my favorite villains I've ever made, and I did it with the help of the Profane Soul. In my Eberron campaign I've added some homebrew lore to implement Blood Hunter orders, and that led me to create a villain who made a pact with Bel Shalor (sort of). Essentially he's a Hobgoblin, Forge Adept Artificer lvl.4 (from Kieth Baker's 3rd party book Exploring Eberron), multiclassed with a Profane Soul Blood Hunter lvl.6 (Fiend Patron), and wielding a Flame Tongue Greatsword as his "Ghall'Shaarat" (Goblin for "Mighty Blade", gives it a +1). With the Rite of Flame active on his Flame Tongue, he does 5d6+5 damage on a hit and can reroll 1's and 2's on any of those dice. Should be fun for the party to eventually meet him. XD

@ConstructedChaos 8 дней назад

That sounds like a really fun and flavorful build! I do honestly like the profane soul but it does feel like multiclassing into warlock could get you a better result if you don't care about having a low spell save DC / spell attack mod.

@Finnegaust 15 дней назад

I've been playing a Fairy Profane Soul (Hexblade) for the past 2 years in my home game. Definitely one of my favorite classes and characters

@ConstructedChaos 15 дней назад

Nice!! I definitely don't see that many fairies in games and a fairy blood hunter is even more of an interesting combo!

@Finnegaust 15 дней назад

@ConstructedChaos fairy is kinda an underappreciated race. Their not crazy op or whatever, but they do afford you some great built in buffs and some decent spells

@ConstructedChaos 15 дней назад

@@Finnegaust yeah! I played a fairy rogue not too long ago and really enjoyed it.

@Finnegaust 15 дней назад

@@ConstructedChaos what was your characters name, mine was Marlon Na'Vi

@ConstructedChaos 15 дней назад

@@Finnegaust I like that-it’s pretty original! Mine was Wynvaris. Just a first name since it was for a one-shot haha

@PiroMunkie 14 дней назад

Blood Hunter is one of the few CR creations that I think is mostly fine. It does fall into the common homebrew trap of being extremely feature-dense, but none of the features are honestly too crazy. I think one of the biggest oversights is the fact that blood rite doesn't have a real duration or end when the weapon is stowed similar to a Flame Tongue weapon, so you can activate them first thing after a rest while you're safe which feels antithetical to the risk-reward structure of the class. Especially if you're just dipping 1-3 levels into Blood Hunter the self-damage from Crimson Rite is basically negligible. Lycan and Ghostslayer are easily the two best subclasses. Even if you're not in an undead-heavy campaign, the ability for Ghostslayer to do Radiant damage to overcome the common Fire/Cold/Lightning resistances, Necrotic damage resistance, and the ability to use blood curses on creatures that don't have blood is already very good. Mutant is a subclass I wish so much was better. So many of the Mutagens don't actually add as much as Mercer probably thinks they did. In my opinion the 18th-level feature that allows you to hot-swap mutagens should have been baked in to the core mechanics of the subclass at level 3. I could have sworn I typed up a rework of the subclass once but I must have deleted it or forgot to save. Profane Soul is probably the most balanced as it's effectively a Warlock version of an Eldritch Knight Fighter.

@erikwilliams1562 11 дней назад

Right, DMs cry in Chronorgist

@ConstructedChaos 8 дней назад

I absolutely agree with everything you've said here. I went in expecting chronurgy wizard pt 2 and found a really well balanced class with lots and bells and whistles that can be a bit overwhelming to pilot if you aren't ready.

@floofzykitty5072 5 дней назад

Order of Mutant is good, it just has bad features. A class having bad features doesn't necessarily mean it's weak or that the strong features are diminished. Plenty of strong classes are carried by having one really good feature, and for Mutant that's Celerity. On a CBE + Sharp Shooter Mutant, that extra 5% to hit goes a long way. There are also many ways to circumvent the downsides of Celerity, especially with party composition. You can give up CBE for Lucky to turn the disadvantage into Elven Accuracy advantage on Wis saves. Hexblade is similar where it basically only has one amazing feature and the rest are mid at best.

@knightghaleon 11 дней назад

I've had to change up the Profane Soul's abilities a bit. It needed some eldritch envocations so I made a couple homebrew ones. I also made it so that you could choose each patron ability as opposed to being locked into one. I treat the subclass like someone who makes many deals with different patrons for different favors like a Constantine or Dresden type character. The envocations were things like adding your hemocraft modifier to cantrip damage, allowing you to increase a cantrip like Booming blade instead of Eldritch blast.

@ConstructedChaos 8 дней назад

I like those changes and I completely agree that the eldritch invocations are a big part of what makes warlock so appealing as a class in general.

@knightghaleon 8 дней назад

@@ConstructedChaos given that the subclass was supposed to be something like a warlock, and still deals with patrons, I figured some of the warlock abilities should be included. I get why Mercer didn’t want to directly use them for his own class but if the subclass is going to be flavored like a warlock, it needs some of the things that give warlock its flavor and customization.

@RoninXDarknight 13 дней назад

Nice break down. People need to remember that the reason a lot of MM's classes/subclasses are so broken or unbalanced is because he designs them with his players in mind: either to go up against them or else help further the character they're putting together. Keeping that in mind explains a lot of the design choices. The order of the mutant, for example, is literally designed to allow players to play as a Witcher...with all the pluses and minuses that entails. Definitely agree though...not a class for a new player at all because there is a lot to keep track of. I do wish that it would get updated to simplify things a bit though because it's a really cool concept.

@ConstructedChaos 8 дней назад

I think this is actually even the "updated" version from Mercer. I love the risk and reward of the mutant. I just feel like some of the mutagens shouldn't have a downside. Just some of them haha.

@deantitus9734 13 дней назад

I kinda feel bad for Tallesin Jaffe who played Mollymauk Tealeaf(Ghostslayer) in campaign two of Critical Role!! He got to level 6 before a Blood Maledict knocked him unconscious and a boss character promptly killed him outright!! I think that it would have been interesting to see how far it would have gone!!

@ConstructedChaos 8 дней назад

Yeaaaaahhh I watched that too and it was pretty painful to witness. I am enjoying Travis' blood hunter in the 3rd campaign, though.

@christaylor9929 13 дней назад

Slight correction, regarding the Bloodlust of the Lycan subclass. In the video, you said "if you start your turn without maximum hit points", but the text on your screen (and on D&DBeyond) says "If you start your turn with fewer hit points than half your hit point maximum" which is considerably different. 🙂 Otherwise, a wonderful video! Keep up the great work!

@ConstructedChaos 13 дней назад

Thank you for that!! What's funny is that I think that's what my script said too but I think I just misspoke. Having to do that any time you get hurt would be wild (and probably pretty fun haha)

@cybercydra704 9 часов назад

As a little nitpick as someone who is playing a Blood Hunter rn, you can target creatures with a Blood Curses without Blood as long as you amplify it's effect, meaning you can go any of the Subclasses and be effective against anyone with different Blood Curses. Plus, Blood Curse of Binding is the GOAT, cause if you have someone who can just shove someone affected with it, they become prone with 0 movement and no reactions. Easiest combo to do with a group to just start making enemies into chunks of meat.

@woutvanostaden1299 14 дней назад

Bloodcurse of the fallen puppet also works when allies drop. 😮😊

@ConstructedChaos 14 дней назад

Yep!! It sure does!!

@vladimirserpov6773 8 дней назад

Yep. Used it on our barbarian once, when he was knocked out by a boss-enemy. And got a crit on an utterly bewildered enemy - the table roared :D Good times!

@costanzafaust 14 дней назад

I have a character concept for a Warforged Profane Soul using Fiend Patron, it was originally created by a cult as an offering to some fiendish lord to be used in the Blood War. However something went wrong with the ritual to activate the construct, though it does not remember the details of exactly how it became self-aware or escaped its creators. I picture a fiendish looking design with red metal plates and black horns, with a scent of burnt citronella. I would play the hemocraft stuff as if the blood was more like fuel for the rite of flame and such. I even took Armor of Agathys as a 'coolant' to provide temp hp to absorb the ritual 😀

@ConstructedChaos 14 дней назад

I absolutely love this concept! The Armor of Agathys "coolant" is a really nice touch too!

@basementmadetapes 15 дней назад

I love that 9th level ability as a ribbon. I don’t love it as the only thing a blood hunter gets. It’s terribly weak. Tenth level is awesome tho and it sets my character up as a saving throw nightmare for the DM when I multiclass war mage. With shield master my dex saves will have a +18 bonus. Not bad for a 12 score in dex

@ConstructedChaos 15 дней назад

That boost to saving throws at 10th level is definitely a great one! And I don’t dislike the 9th level. I just felt like it could have been one sentence instead of two paragraphs haha.

@basementmadetapes 15 дней назад

@@ConstructedChaos yeah. It’s gotta ton of story potential but nothing sticky mechanics-wise. I’ve made the most of it but I do wish it was a little heavier

@floofzykitty5072 5 дней назад

Order of Mutant is extremely underrated because the downsides are not difficult to mitigate. For example, going a Dex Mutant, you can get Lucky and you save one charge for if you are forced to make a Wis save and it will turn that Disadvantage into Elven Accuracy super advantage. You can also go Resilient: Wis later as a later tier feat choice.

@TsVentress 15 дней назад

Another great video!!! Love this series

@ConstructedChaos 15 дней назад

Thanks so much, friend! I’m glad you enjoyed it 😊

@BlastMagicianYGO 8 дней назад

Base crimson rite is only magical itself, it doesn't affect the weapon damage, also I guess we'll just ignore that the " not much" the blood hunter gets as a capstone is better than 75% of the tripe the actual DND classes get.

@ConstructedChaos 8 дней назад

The ability literally states that "While the rite is in effect, attacks you make with this weapon are magical..." If that is meant to mean that only the extra damage is magical, that's a terrible way to word it.

@vladimirserpov6773 8 дней назад

Playing Profane Soul BH for more than 2 years. Fey Patron is a supreme pick for range-build blood hunter, especially when your DM loves invisibility and actively uses cover. On lvl 3 one gets the ability to highlight target and outright deny it advantage of cover for your whole team to gun them down. Lvl 7 - Blur spell, and that one saved my halfling's neck more than once. Crossbow expert + hand crossbow + crimson rite + hex damage = major burst damage, just make sure to start the crimson rite up before battle when possible. Access to warlock spells really helps to mitigate some drawbacks this class faces, so it's not all about Hex - for example, I really love using Borrowed Knowledge, making character a bit more successful in their daily life outside combat :) The previous patron was Celestial. Healing with a hemocraft die is very helpful during early levels, when dropping into 0 HP is very common. And during lower levels your Save DC for blood maledict abilities is probably pretty low, so in most cases it's a better trade-off to rise someone from unconsciousness, than gamble at cursing your opponent. As both a player and a DM I sincerely don't feel this class being broken. It's niche and requires proper tuning to squeeze the right output.

@ConstructedChaos 8 дней назад

That sounds like a really fun and flavorful build! I can definitely see your experience as a DM shining through on this one. That said, this is the last video in a series of guides that attempt to showcase that ANY class can be broken in an effort to remove the stigma against certain character options. I am looking to move away from this naming convention with my next batch of guides to avoid confusion in the future!

@deannekellogg8514 8 дней назад

I've never played one due to the complexity. It's definitely for an experienced player and seems like a lot of fun. Maybe one day... the Goliath sounded pretty amazing

@ConstructedChaos 8 дней назад

I definitely recommend trying it out once you feel up to it!

@mickmcgrath8099 8 дней назад

Speaking of all the awesome multiclass potential at the end. If you go with intelligence as the hemocraft modifier, and multiclass with artificer, there are some pretty cool things you can pull off. Currently toying with either a 17 or 18 lv BH Ghostslayer with a 2 or 3 level artificer (depends whether the 18th level Ghost Slayer feature or the artificer subclass is more important to you). Ultimately creates a Van Helsing type character in my mind. Especially with the artificer dip allowing for a repeating crossbow, or potentially some kind of firearm dealing radiant damage from the blood maledict.

@ConstructedChaos 8 дней назад

Artificer definitely wasn't my first thought but I am starting to see a lot of potential there. Great suggestion!

@mickmcgrath8099 8 дней назад

@@ConstructedChaos Or maybe an armorer, dealing out blood maledict damage through a particularly gnarly set of gauntlets 🤔

@Grymreefer 15 дней назад

Great video 🎉

@ConstructedChaos 15 дней назад

Thanks man!! I was surprised to see how many people wanted it but I was happy to wrap up this series one more time haha

@TheScreamingMime 14 дней назад

I played a mutant/ battle smith, boosting my intelligence and using it for weapon attacks.

@cookiekrabby3112 14 дней назад

Love this combo and build from Colby of D4!

@ConstructedChaos 8 дней назад

Hell yeah! I love the battle smith in general and mutant does feel like a better version of the alchemist at the very least haha

@user-om8rh1if7y 9 дней назад

I played an order of the lycan bloodhunter/bear totem barbarian that was a tortle and themed the hybrid transformation as a psuedo-dragonturtle. I didn't even use weapons, just unarmed strikes, crimson rite, and brute strength. The character was nigh unkillable and, at one point, even got into a boxing match with one of the demon princes. I ended up retiring the character because it was giving my DM too much trouble.

@ConstructedChaos 8 дней назад

I LOVE the flavor here! Tortles are one of my favorite race options in general and combining that with the lycan is really neat conceptually!

@user-om8rh1if7y 8 дней назад

@ConstructedChaos My party happened to have a potion of giant size that I drank to fight a homebrew version Graz'zt that was CR30. In my mind, I was imagining my character as a kaiju. It was awesome.

@chrisg8989 11 дней назад

This should be called "What is the Blood Hunter" not the Blood Hunter is broken. But still very informative.

@ConstructedChaos 11 дней назад

Haha that’s fair enough. It’s part of a series of guides focusing on the brightest spots of each class to illustrate that any class can be “broken” but I’m definitely switching off of this naming convention with my next batch of guides. It definitely hasn’t conveyed the message that I intended at the outset.

@oniminikui 11 дней назад

Order of the Lycan with Remarkable Recovery is amazing!

@ConstructedChaos 8 дней назад

The Lycan really just feels like a barbarian with better flavor and mechanics!

@oniminikui 2 дня назад

@@ConstructedChaos Whole-heartedly agree!

@thesistersofbattle 15 дней назад

I have tried and failed to make a Blood Hunter I actually want to use for anything other than a One-Shot. I don't know what it is, but the mechanics just get boring to me when I think about using them as a daily driver.

@ConstructedChaos 15 дней назад

I think that’s pretty fair depending on the subclass you pick. It suffers from the classic martial problem of not having a ton of versatility in combat. BUT, a lot can be done with flavor to compensate, I’d say.

@thesistersofbattle 15 дней назад

@@ConstructedChaos Probably exactly the case. My issue is it is like a food I really enjoyed, but don't want seconds from. It might be because I would play the same base character every time with this class whereas I can see many different approaches on an RP level for other classes.

@ConstructedChaos 15 дней назад

@@thesistersofbattle I definitely get that! I think this has been a problem with 5e for a while but I’m excited about many of the changes that they seem to be implementing in the next edition with more options for martials.

@TheScreamingMime 14 дней назад

@@ConstructedChaosI mean, either armorer or battle smith let's you use intelligence to attack, and mutant blood hunter let's you boost your intelligence above 20, so you can definitely make something cool. I made a guy that likes to get high and build stuff, it's simple yet effective.

@cookiekrabby3112 14 дней назад

How would your Hemocraft DC be +4 or +5 at level 10? It makes much more sense to max your main attack stat first 🤔

@ConstructedChaos 8 дней назад

You would have had two feats / ASI's at that point. I don't think it's unreasonable to assume you'd have an 18 INT or WIS.

@Levyathyn 14 дней назад

One of my repeat side story characters in a friend's custom world is a Mutagen Hunter. I hand-rolled stats (of course) and got a LOT of min-max potential, with some good rolls and some very low rolls. So I considered my options, thought about what would be the most fun, and decided to go with even more min-maxed, extreme polar opposite stats. In the end, I made him a bestial Cajun mutant, a deceptively sharp and cunning alchemist from a big swamp family of mad scientists who, himself, also happened to be a big semi-aquatic muscle monster who could breathe underwater, climb like a monkey, and wielded a massive curved chef's cleaver. He also had armor just bolted onto him, because why not. Pretty fun class; the build was fairly OP, but I really leaned into both my strengths and weaknesses, so definitely not unbalanced.

@ConstructedChaos 8 дней назад

As a Cajun myself, I absolutely approve haha.

@Levyathyn 8 дней назад

@@ConstructedChaos I didn't build this character off the back of Resident Evil 7, I had plenty of inspiration growing up. But the idea of a big family of swamp abominations was definitely in the back of my mind.

@njfernandes87 14 дней назад

Didn't get what's broken about it though...

@ConstructedChaos 8 дней назад

Hey, friend! No worries! I did make note of a few elements in the blood hunter's feature list that felt overpowered to me. But, largely, this is the last video in a series of guides that attempt to showcase that ANY class can be broken in an effort to remove the stigma against certain character options. That said, I am looking to move away from this naming convention with my next batch of guides to avoid confusion in the future!

@indigo_tribe 15 дней назад

I love this class. So much flavor here!

@ConstructedChaos 15 дней назад

Absolutely! And I have to give it to them: it’s quite balanced and well-designed. Maybe just a little too wordy at times and perhaps too reliant on short resting for most of your resources.

@indigo_tribe 15 дней назад

@@ConstructedChaoscompletely agree. Matt has a "way" with words. But that "way" is definitely the scenic route. I also love that since you are adding damage to weapons and can have the rite active essentially all the time, you are way less reliant on those types of magic weapons. You ARE the magic weapon!

@ConstructedChaos 15 дней назад

@@indigo_tribe absolutely!! And I think a lot can be said about beefing up your damage output with two weapon fighting and feats like poke arm master. Lots to play with here!

@indigo_tribe 15 дней назад

@@ConstructedChaos sadly it has been stated that the pommel strike from pole arm master doesn't get the benefit of rites for some reason. (My dms have always just said that it does)

@woutvanostaden1299 14 дней назад

Shifter is a nice race for bloodhunters with their temp hp (heroism is also a spell they would enjoy) and tavern brawler is hilarious, doing lightning damage with porkchops. 😊😂😂😂

@oliverm376 14 дней назад

“Order of the mutant” ah yes, finally a Witcher subclass

@ConstructedChaos 8 дней назад

It's frustrating because I LOVE the flavor and the idea of the subclass. It just feels like there are better options mechanically that can be reflavored to fit almost as well.

@oliverm376 8 дней назад

@@ConstructedChaos true. A lot of the options seem underpowered, and most subclasses get at least some abilities for free that don’t have such a high cost

@gaelofariandel6747 14 дней назад

My only gripe (especially as a DM) is that you HAVE to have someone who fully understands the class & subclass, otherwise it's a drag.

@ConstructedChaos 14 дней назад

That's totally fair, yeah. Luckily, it's integration on DNDBeyond can make it a little easier for players to manage but there are a lot of resources to juggle either way.

@vladimirserpov6773 8 дней назад

It's not just BH class. Same applies to spellcasters. The number of times players struggle with their own character's spells is waaay to high

@alexanderjamesaustin 8 дней назад

Yo I'd love to know where that thumbnail art comes from

@paraschauhan1603 15 дней назад

Does emotional damage to yourself count? If so, then I might be a Blood Hunter IRL.

@ConstructedChaos 15 дней назад

Haha someone else pointed out that necrotic damage could be internal damage. So… uh…. You’re a blood hunter, harry

@Red_Mag3 15 дней назад

Sure, but have you heard about Echo Knights...

@ConstructedChaos 15 дней назад

Oh have I ever haha. Most of their homebrew subclasses are so cracked

@woutvanostaden1299 14 дней назад

I love combining echo knight while inside an Otilukes resilient sphere. I can manifest an echo outside the sphere and fight with it, but they can't hurt me. 😊😊😊😅😂

@BlazeLycan 3 дня назад

"Thematically; Blood Hunters tend to be what happens when a Warlock and a Fighter have a baby... but maybe a Ranger was the **milk-man**." Jesus, you just killed people. x)

@wildrabbit2237 13 дней назад

With all few respect, there were quite a few mistakes in this video. Personally, like all of Matthew’s player content, I think Blood Hunter was a great idea that’s been over balanced to the point of being ok at best.

@ConstructedChaos 13 дней назад

Hey friend, welcome to the channel! What mistakes did you find? I’d be happy to pin a comment with corrections if I missed anything. There’s a lot here so I’m bound to mess up somewhere!

@wildrabbit2237 12 дней назад

@@ConstructedChaos After reading the comments it looks like the ones I caught have already been brought up. More just commenting on the general state of Mercer's homebrew player content being overbalanced

@iduno3592 10 дней назад

I... Don't see where the "BROKEN" part of this comes in, it is decent yes, but I don't know if I'd say broken. Soo just clickbait then?

@ConstructedChaos 10 дней назад

Hey friend! Welcome to the channel! I started this series of guides in order to showcase that any class can be “broken” in an effort to remove the stigma surrounding certain options. I did cover a few broken features in the guide to that effect. You may have just missed it. Either way, this is the last video of the series and I will be getting away from this naming convention on the next batch to avoid the misunderstanding about clickbait. Thanks for your input and happy adventuring!

@g0lddustt29 3 дня назад

Eh. It's really not as great of a class as you make it out to be, especially at lower levels where losing HP for any reason is a big deal - even one of the Critical Role's players have shown this. It's also very mechanically clunky by 5e design standards, it feels like a Pathfinder class or something.

@Rabidconscience 14 дней назад

Well yeah, most homebrew classes are broken

@ConstructedChaos 8 дней назад

Haha thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying the antics and happy adventuring!

@user-hd1ul6od2x 3 дня назад

Blood Hunter is the only class that requires you to spend health to do things - and those things are worse than spells. It is a class that is worse than martials AND casters, and being worse than martials is hilarious, because martials suck.

@foggy227 13 дней назад

I had a really fun interaction with another player when using blood curse of the fallen puppet, the other player used crown of madness and forced a goblin to kill another goblin and killed it, I then used the curse to make the dead on attack the other killing them both

@ConstructedChaos 8 дней назад

Hahaha talk about "stop hitting yourself"