All in Subclasses
This cleric domain is the other side of the same cynical and pessimistic coin as the Oath of Grief paladin subclass that’s also appearing alongside the Madness Domain in The Impermissicon. The class has two 1st-level features in addition to the bonus cantrip because one of them, Divine Hallucinations, isn’t always even a benefit, depending on the DM’s level of deviousness.
All four blood magic subclasses for the casters have some variant of their main blood magic ability, however, regardless of their focus. For wizards and sorcerers, that ability is called Hematurgy. Like the blood mages of Dragon Age, these blood mages can spill their own blood to fuel their magic even when their normal spell reserves have run dry, recklessly harming themselves in the process. This subclass for the sorcerer actually gets bonus hit dice to spend on that feature, and extra healing to make up for the damage, as a way of tying the sorcerer’s default “magic is in your bloodline” theme to the specific “blood magic” theme.
Sometimes you don’t want to hurt someone — you just want to catch them. Of course if you’re not careful on your hunt, you may just fall into their trap. Today we have two closely related subclasses from Legends of Prestige and Prowess. Both of these subclasses feature new special weapons, and both are distinctly nonmagical.
The Oath of Grief paladin subclass was originally designed for a specific god within my homebrew setting, a god of solace, madness, and pessimism (with a gravity theme), but it works just as well for other dark gods or paladin orders. These guys may seem like edgelords, but they really do believe that to ignore their tenets is to cling to false hope and only hurt more for it.
Today we’re sharing one of my favorite content previews from the upcoming compendium The Impermissicon: new subclasses to enable players to build lycanthrope characters for the barbarian, druid, and warlock classes. The warlock subclass can also be used for PCs that are vampires rather than lycanthropes, as well as some other warlock concepts like shapeshifting witches.
