Matt Mercer's Blood Domain Cleric - Dungeons and Dragons 

You just made my next character.

SKULLS FOR THE SKULL GOD!

Skulls for the Skull throne

Thrones for the ... throne god?

@@TitanGamingTV MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES!

We may never know :) It is a good question though.

Mercer be like: "Wtf, my fiance just tried to blood bend."

I wsnt to know if that's true. You should tweet him. IIRC both Matt & Marisha are bith Avatar TLAB fans. So Blood Bender seems pot on as an inspiration too.

probably.

Oh yes... there will be blood!

MILK FOR THE KHORNEFLAKES!

Thanks Lee! How's that blood hunter treating you?

Titan Bear Gaming so far, so good. Level 7 possibly bordering 8 after a huge battle the party had with a Black Knight and Vecna clan. It's certainly a great blend between melee and spells, which bring up the challenging balance aspects. You need to keep track of what type of damage is best for each scenario, as well as if you can afford sacrifice your life to rite your weapons. But when it works, it can deal quite a bit of damage.

grey... like a certain... warden.

There's a lot of good stuff out there outside of WOTC material. Gotta showcase it when I can find it :)

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Thanks Christian -- War Domain also makes the list with extra CD options :)

Nyuk nyuk. Too right though, this one has some strength.

Happy to be back, Tosh! Thanks for the kind words :)

Maximum creepiness here. Maybe you could borrow some mechanics for your Sorc Origin :)

Nice suggestions PPH :)

I really like your suggestion to ! And it would be fun to see your character develop from neutral to good too, it would make for a good story

Can't stop won't stop baby.

I'm right there with you. Lots of great villainous ideas from folks in the comments and on Discord. Booomb thematic element here.

This is also perfect for my group since they're the ones who got me this book for Christmas. I think it'd be a nice treat/surprise in the middle of the game to pull out the book to reference what this villain is going to do to them.

Totally :)

Thats true about the lack of saving throw, Jacob, good point. Plus keeping the base damage down at 2d6 allows for other spells/abilities to augment the damage without becoming impractical.

I think the main kick is the "non concentration" aspect of this... this means you can pair it with spirit guardians to deal tons of over time damage. Also, the "half healing" is epic against enemies with high regeneration, which can often be found at higher levels (especially with homebrew monsters i noticed, maybe bc in 3.5 high CR monsters used to more or less all have rapid healing/regeneration). Against vampires for example, this is very good (although probably at that level you will have free access to Sunbeam-type magic

Thanks pal -- there's more to come.

I'll be covering those two after the Campaign Setting! Stay tuned :)

What if CR did a one shot where each chose one of Mercer's archetypes They could call themselves the Mercernaries

On Discord someone made the point, too, that since there's no 'save for half' aspect, its the free-est straight-est up damage around.

Yeah I think it's a great ability and I might roll up a character of this class to try it out for myself

Something for everyone here!

Hahahahahahaha my current Cleric, is Chaotic Neutral, but he's eventually turn Chaotic Evil, and multiclass into a Warlock.....lol

Maybe he doesnt get enough kills on Critical Role, and his thirst needs to be slaked.

Blood hunter is Witcher, but bloodborne i guess has a similar setting

gzerox2 he has stated that the class is based off of both the blood hunters from bloodbourne and off of Witcher’s. The mutation school is obviously Witcher’s, however the Lycan school is clearly bloodbourne. I love the class overall, especially the mutation school!

Alex Lanning Matt is very open with his appreciation for the Witcher series and as a big fan of the Witcher series myself I totally dig the blood hunter class and like the thematic elements of the blood domain amd slow, haste, and hold person are fantastic additions to a clerics arsenal.

For anyone who doesn't know, he's got a fun hot pepper gaming review of Bloodborne!

You're welcome! It's a good one.

Titan Bear Gaming I just came down here because I heard you say discord and I was going to ask if you had a channel - you've read my mind!

Just one correction: the knowledge, trickery and war domains all get 2 channel divinity options (one at 2nd level and one at 6th level).So the Blood Cleric isn't the only one with 2 options.

I was coming back to this video (I watched it yesterday) to make note of this. *high five*

Yeah that one has a pretty strongly asserted 'oppression' theme. Hard to spin that one positively :P

Whenever I think of a Conquest paladin, I think that they can be neutral or evil, but not good. A character that seeks to protect their homeland by eviscerating his foes can be lawful neutral, but certainly not good.

You could possibly spin it as an oppression of evil. The only way to defeat evil is to bend to to your whim or something similar

Oppression of Evil just makes you a different kind of Evil. That being said dousing the flames of hope... hope isn't so much the fuel of Evil really to begin with.

Benjamin Frost yeah I forgot about the tenants when I made that comment

Don't we all :}

Sesimie StreetFighter why?

@@elgatochurro why not? Matt is amazing, as a person, and a dm

You got that right Hodge. Clerics occupy a practical niche in the dnd multiverse, ubiquitous and illustrative about how the world's religious practices operate. Blood benders cannot be taken lightly :P

Ah good point out Erratication. Plus the CD options in those domains are actually pretty good no less :)

Excellent -- I'm actually unfamiliar with the Codex Alera series (I've heard of Jim Butcher though). What are the Canim people like?

Coming here in 2021, Right now in their Critical Role Campaign, they have exactly that as one of the NPC's. A Tabaxi Blood Cleric.

Nyuk nyuk. There are more videos to come -- there's a lot to like in here.

Very fitting, Nick!

Excellent -- a lot of RQ followers for this one :)

Well 4d10 damage for 1 minute ends up being like 40d10 damage in total which even at 17th level is a bit too much

Welcome to the adventuring party Mariana! We're happy to have you!

Great to hear it Ben! Welcome to the party.

Titan Bear Gaming I am just so freaking loving your mood. Like yes yes please 😂

Knew someone would find one. Good catch Conrad.

Titan Bear Gaming I mean to be fair they get one at 6th level as their second one. So it’s kind of bad.

That definitely delivers. Love it.

You got a link to this list? I wanna make a travelling doctor who wants to improve blood magic's reputation

@@OgunTheShogun ow I’m sorry but that dm was fully homebrew. I never got to learn who was in the gem fully. But from what I gathered it was a bloodthirsty angel who was trapped in the gem by an arch devil. He said the idea was a good aligned levistus

My personal ruling would be yes, proc on every hit. 1d6+3 damage on every hit is quite good for a level 1 spell, but it still requires concentration AND landing weapon attacks to be productive. There's an argument to be made in both directions, though. From the other perspective, a DM could say that the spell needs to deal damage directly at the time of casting to qualify. "When you use a spell ... to inflict damage" could be interpreted to mean that. My advice? If its in debate, try the direction that errs in favor of the player, and then back-off if it feels too strong in practice. Never be afraid to experiment, especially when it creates fun.

Titan Bear Gaming Roger that time to use a 5th level warlock slot with hexblade curse for some stupid strong eldritch blasts 4d10+4d6+72? Seems good

Definitely good.

Thezerowulf can you explain this build for a newer player? Earlier in the comments I said I'm going to be playing a Blood of Vol cleric and I really love warlocks.

Deiby Barrientos absolutely go 3blood cleric/hex blade warlockX then you grab agonizing blast invocation and get charisma to 20. With hexblade curse level5 hex spell at level 17 you will reach that 4d10+4d6+72 damage. You can also cast spiritual weapon for An additional 2d8+14-18 damage.

It's on deck! It'll be out in a few days :)

awesome! my next character a cobalt soul monk who got her training in the library of alexandria and i was hoping to get some more information before rolling for her stats

Rock that Triton!

Compatibility is always a good thing. You looking forward to the PF-2 playtest later this year, Gameipedia? You know we're going to be getting copies in the store :)

I would say yes, each time the damage procs add the extra damage. I realize this adds a good deal to the final output of the spell -- but the spell doesn't exactly do a whole lot in the first place :-P At worst, you tune the damage back to once a round per target, and at best it encourages people to use some of the less popular spells.

i mean, spike growth is one of my favorite spells to begin with.. thanks for your input!

Then you should be real happy with the damage boosty :)

Someone else said that too! Maybe you can use this as a guideline!

Oo I'm not familiar -- what are they about?

Well, irl a flagellant is someone that scourges or whips themselves to enforce religious discipline and expunge sin. In game the flagellant can heal stress from your party via self inflicted damage. It's slightly different but this cleric domain could be flavored as one

I believe the Gentleman has a Blood Cleric in his employ -- I forget the fellow's name, but it was the one who recognized Molly as "Lucian" if that sounds familiar?

I think it was the creepy gnome not the tabaxi

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Yes and Yes. They're too good to miss!

I believe so, yeah. At least until this one :P

Conrad pointed out Knowledge Domain has two divinity options as well.

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Nifty on how I pull off an interesting RP concept to combine with a pretty potentially potent mechanical combo?

Almost undoubtedly :)

Talk about timing :)

It counts as 3rd party material, so not legal for 5e AL alas.

Run with it!

Thanks Seba! Welcome to the party!

Nicholas Dryden yeah, but how can you worship a fiend and get powers from a fiend and serve a fiend and still be good? I heard ghost rider, but ghost rider is either evil, or he is written as having to constantly run away from the devil. I think e was written just good once, but he wasn’t fully good then either. Unless the punisher is good It’s like cleric who worships a good God being evil. Why would that God let him serve? I didn’t agree with the older editions that spells should be restricted. Nor do I think every class should be restricted. I think barbarians can have two alignments. I think druids can be good or evil. I think there are different types of Paladins. I think there rogues can be good. But if you worship and an evil or good god or have made a deal with them. Your alignment is severely restricted. Plus then you have players argue with you saying, “it’s not in the rules that I have to be blank alignment. You are rail roading me”

Nicholas Dryden I mean I get the argument that if one has a restriction why don’t they all? And I can understand why they have it in the book, but it should be stated as optional rules. And suggested for those optional rules. That way there is a middle ground. Though I can see why people don’t want restrictions. Not all tables or played want lore immersion

Pacts are not worship. People make pacts to gain power or to save others in danger. Sometimes pacts are formed through manipulation and force. Just because the warlock formed a pact doesn't mean he likes his patron. It is a relationship based on power and greed, and manipulation. Clerical relationships are based on trust and prayer. Two very different things. Also I wouldn't hold him to evil until he makes evil actions. And Ghost Rider isn't evil. He is somewhere between neutral and neutral good. Alignment can be a sticky subject so it's best to use it as a loose guideline. There are many characters in fiction whom have grayed/mixed alignment.

A pact could be forced or coerced... just because it's the source of one's power doesn't mean they're pleased with their patron. It's possible that a character doesn't realize the nature of the being they made the pact with, or made the pact at a moment of extreme crisis when they needed the power to save someone close to them. So there's certainly ways that the alignment shouldn't be forced. Of course, if your player was playing someone with a positive relation with a fiendish patron then yeah, I see where you might be coming from

Sajan Patel ghost rider burns souls and send them to hell. Not good. At best neutra. Unless you consider punisher good. If punisher is good then so is ghost rider. But sending someone to be internally tortured and burning their souls is not good. A devil and fiend are not going to be tricked by a level 1 character Which means no level 20 character will have 20 levels in warlock pact of the fiend unless they are giving the fiend something they want. So what do they want? Anything good? Nope. There is no way a fiend wants something good in return. He may want you to kill all goo characters. Sacrifice children. Burn villages down. Cause destruction. Corrupt souls. There are plenty of thing but you are asking for power and I return ylu have to do something they want. Great old ones and get will be wildly unpredictable but all the players hand book warlocks will outright kill you if you disobey. Or if you tricked them then they will also kill you. There is no way you can be a good warlock Also selfish, power hungry and manipulative is objectively evil according to the book