Path of Blood (Shinobi World Supplement)

Path of Blood

Those who walk this path possess the Ketsuryūgan, a powerful dōjutsu originally wielded by the Chinoike clan. It is capable of manipulating a person’s blood, among other and rare abilities. The Ketsuryūgan is recognised by its reddish colour, giving a special appearance for the users of this dōjutsu, characterised as holders of "eyes as red as blood".

Design Note: Jutsu from this path can only be cast while your Ketsuryūgan is active.

Basic Ketsuryūgan

At 3rd level, you awaken your Ketsuryūgan, being able to deactivate and activate it as a bonus action. When you hit an unarmed attack against a creature that is not a Construct or Elemental while your Ketsuryūgan is active, you may expend 1 chakra to force them to make a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, they are Stunned until the end of their next turn.

When you take the search action while your Ketsuryūgan is active, you may also attempt a DC 13 Perception check to locate living creatures and magical effects within 60 feet. You see a faint outline around the detected chakra source and what school of magic or chakra nature the magical effect was created from, or one that the creature can use if any, can be discerned by you. This effect can penetrate most barriers, but is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt.

Finally, after a number of rounds equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum of +0) pass that you have your Sharingan active, you must spend 1 chakra at the end of your turn. If the Sharingan was implanted into you, the cost is increased to 2 and you must spend it at the end of each of your turns.

At 10th level, you can activate and deactivate your Sharingan as a free action instead of as a bonus action.

At 15th level, you have mastered your traditional Sharingan. You must spend half as much chakra to keep your Sharingan active (rounded down).

Genjutsu Trap

At 7th level, as your usage of the Ketsuryūgan evolves, you have learned how to wield one of its greatest weapons: Genjutsu. While your Ketsuryūgan is active, you may make a genjutsu a visual genjutsu with no action required. A visual genjutsu has its range increased to 100 ft. unless its already higher, and only targets 1 creature whose eyes you can see that is not blinded. Additionally, you may spend 5 chakra to remove a creature's immunity to a condition caused by a visual genjutsu.

Finally, you may learn any jutsu labeled as genjutsu that is not path-specific.

You also gain the following jutsu:

Genjutsu: Ketsuryūgan

Cost: 7 chakra

Range: 100 feet

Duration: 1 minute

Jutsu Type: Genjutsu

As an action, one creature within range whose eyes you can see that is not blinded must a Charisma saving throw. On a failure, they are trapped in a genjutsu in which they are trapped in a sea of blood with Ketsuryūgan in the sky above them for 1 minute, during which they are considered stunned. They may retry this saving throw at the end of each of their turns, ending this effect early on a success.

You may also use this jutsu as a reaction when the target uses an Illusion spell or genjutsu on you, causing the effect to fail on a failure unless they are immune to being stunned or incapacitated.

Enhanced Blood Manipulation

At 10th level, your control over blood manipulation has increased and so did your abilities with the Ketsuryūgan. As part of making an unarmed strike, you may spend 4 chakra. On a hit, you grant 1 creature within 30 feet an amount of hit points equal to the damage dealt.

Additionally, you may spend 8 chakra to stabilize a creature that is at 0 hit points and is not a Construct or Elemental. Up to 72 hours after a creature has been effected by this, you may spend 3 chakra as an action to cause their eyes to become red and force them to either walk in a specific direction or harm themselves, and they gain the benefits of Genjutsu Trap.

If they take 5 damage, they explode at the beginning of their next turn, causing all creatures in a radius to succeed a Dexterity saving throw against your jutsu DC, taking an amount of damage equal to their size on a failure and half as much on a success.

• If the creature is Tiny, all creatures within 5 feet take 2d4 acid damage.
• If the creature is Small, all creatures within 10 feet take 2d6 acid damage.
• If the creature is Medium, all creatures within 10 feet take 2d8 acid damage.
• If the creature is Large, all creatures within 15 feet take 2d10 acid damage.
• If the creature is Huge, all creatures within 20 feet take 2d12 acid damage.
• If the creature is Gargantuan, all creatures within 20 feet take 4d8 acid damage.

Complete Control

At 15th level, your control over blood became absolute, with you being able to completely control another creature’s blood. You gain the following jutsu:

Exploding Human

Cost: 10 chakra

Range: Touch

Duration: 5 minutes

As an action, you may force another creature that is not a Construct or Elemental to attempt a Constitution saving throw. On a success, you regain half the chakra spent. On a failure, they become charmed by you.

They may retry this saving throw at the end of each of their turns, ending this effect early on a success. If they are reduced to 0 hit points, they explode as per Enhanced Blood Manipulation.

Blood Transformation

Cost: 5 chakra

Range: Touch

As an action, you expand a creature by swelling their body with blood. An unwilling creature must make a Wisdom saving throw to avoid this effect. Their size increases by 1 category, they have disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws and attack rolls, and advantage on Constitution saving throws not related to the Ketsuryūgan.

Additionally, creatures must attempt a Perception check to know that a creature under the effects of this jutsu is the same as them while not under its effects, unless they saw this jutsu being cast. They may end this effect by taking 3 damage that is not fire, cold, or bludgeoning.

Mastered Genjutsu

Finally at 20th level, you've mastered your Visual Genjutsu, being rivaled only by the likes of the Mangekyō Sharingan. When calculating the DC for Visual Genjutsu, you can add your proficiency bonus one additional time to the calculation in addition to creatures making the save with disadvantage.

Additionally, you gain two jutsu that require the Mastered Genjutsu or Diversified Genjutsu features.

Alternate Feature: Diversified Genjutsu

Finally at 20th level, by tapping into the very roots of the Ketsuryūgan, you found out about its ability to utilize even genetic Genjutsu. You can now learn a number of path-specific genjutsu up to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1).

Additionally, you gain two jutsu that require the Mastered Genjutsu or Diversified Genjutsu features.

Mastered Ketsuryūgan

At 23rd level, you've unlocked all the secrets there were to ever unlock from your Dojutsu, finally mastering it. You gain the feature you didn't pick at level 20, however you don't gain its two additional jutsu.

Path of Blood Unique Jutsu

Chakra Ghost

Requirements: Basic Clone

Cost: 2 chakra per clone

Range: 40 ft. radius

Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour

As an action, you create a number of clones equal to your Intelligence modifier that are identical to you with their own chakra pathway system, blood, and other bodily functions traditional clones, even shadow clones, do not have. These clones can not leave this jutsu's range, are statistically identical to you, may move up to your movement speed on each of your turns but can not otherwise act, have a hit point maximum of 1, and can not be distinguished from you in any way, even magically, without destroying them. As a reaction when one of these clones is destroyed for 1 chakra point, you may form another clone anywhere within 15 ft. of the original. You may concentrate on any instance of this jutsu at a time.

You may grant a shadow clone these effects, save for the radius, time limit, and action restrictions, when you create it, but you do not regain the clone's base cost when it dissipates, and the reaction costs the clone's chakra.

*Artery Necrosis*

Requirements: Complete Control

Cost: 3 chakra

When you hit a creature that is not a Construct or Elemental while your Ketsuryūgan is active, you extract the iron from their blood, shredding their arteries and decomposing the blood in the process. The attack's damage type changes to acid, and they lose an equal number of maximum hit points.

Any maximum hit points lost are regained at the end of a long rest.

*Ketsuryūgan Healing*

Range: Touch

Cost: 3+ chakra

As an action, you can influence red and white blood cells within yourself or a target creature's body, which drastically speeds up the healing process. One creature within range that is not a Construct or Elemental while your Ketsuryūgan is active spends and rolls 1 hit die and regains hit points equal to the roll + your Intelligence modifier.

For every 2 additional chakra spent, they can spend and roll one additional hit die.

*Blood Dispersing Redirection*

Requirements: Ketsuryūgan Healing, Mastered Genjutsu or Diversified Genjutsu

Cost: 5 chakra

As a reaction when one creature within range that is not a Construct or Elemental regains hit points while your Ketsuryūgan is active, you rapidly redirect their blood, brining the healing to crucial areas while ignoring healthy areas. They regain twice as many hit points and must succeed a Constitution saving throw or gain 1 level of exhaustion.

If you gained this jutsu as part of Mastered Genjutsu or Diversified Genjutsu, they have advantage on this saving throw.

*Nosebleed*

Cost: 3 chakra

Range: 15 feet

Duration: 1 hour

As a bonus action, you utilize one of the earliest manifestations of the Ketsuryūgan's power, causing the nose of one creature within range to bleed, dripping into their stomach. One creature within range that is not a Construct or Elemental while your Ketsuryūgan is active must attempt a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, they are sick. They may retry this saving throw at the end of each of their turns, ending this effect early on a success.

*Subdermal Armor*

Cost: 3 chakra

Range: Touch

As a bonus action, you collect the iron in blood, hardening skin to steel. One creature within range gains a +3 bonus to their AC.

You must spend 2 chakra at the end of each of your turns to maintain this effect.

*Binding Ropes*

Cost: 4+ chakra

Range: 20 feet

Duration: 1 minute

As an action, use your own blood as a rope to ensnare a target creature. One creature within range that is not a Construct or Elemental while your Ketsuryūgan is active must attempt a Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, they become restrained. They may attempt a Strength saving throw at the end of each of their turns, ending this effect early on a success.

In addition, when you cast this jutsu, you may target an additional creature for every 2 additional chakra spent.

*Blood Reading*

Cost: 5 chakra

Range: Touch

As an action, you read the information naturally carried in a creature's blood. One creature within range that is not a Construct or Elemental while your Ketsuryūgan is active must attempt a Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, you learn how many hit points it has, any poisons, and any diseases, curses, conditions or other effects that are effecting them.

*Dōjutsu Cancel*

Cost: 5 chakra

Range: Touch.

As an action, one creature with an active dojutsu within range must attempt a Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, you divert the chakra away from their eyes by manipulating the tenketsu in their eyes away from their contact points, causing their dojutsu to deactivate.

*Heart Attack*

Requirements: Mastered Genjutsu or Diversified Genjutsu

Cost: 5 chakra

On a critical hit with an unarmed strike against a creature that is not a Construct or Elemental while your Ketsuryūgan is active, you attempt to stop their heart itself. They must attempt a saving throw of any ability of their choice except Wisdom or Charisma. On a failure, they take an additional 100 necrotic damage and are stunned until the beginning of their next turn. On a success, they take half as much damage.

If you gained this jutsu as part of Mastered Genjutsu or Diversified Genjutsu, you deal twice as much damage.

*Iron Count*

Cost: 6 chakra and 2d6 hit points

Duration: 1 minute

As a bonus action or reaction, the user makes a single cut across their palm and proceeds to manipulate the iron content within the blood they bring forth. The level of iron is then multiplied extensively through chakra, allowing the user to mold the blood into a weapon, shield, Medium or smaller object, or create a blood wall that grants you three-quarters cover. If the object can not be held, such as the blood wall, it occupies the space it was created in.

Any weapons created by this jutsu gain all the base properties of a normal weapon but deals acid damage, and any creatures with an active Ketsuryūgan gains proficiency in them.

Walls created by this item have hit points equal to your Shinobi level + your Intelligence modifier and it lasts for 1 minute or until it is destroyed.

*Blood Chakra Siphon*

Requirements: Iron Count

Cost: 4 chakra and 1d8 hit points

As part of making an attack roll with a weapon made using Iron Count, you absorb the chakra within your targets body. On hit, you deal the weapon's damage and loses 1d4 chakra.

*Marionette Self*

Requirements: Mastered Genjutsu or Diversified Genjutsu

Cost: 4-14 chakra

At will while your Ketsuryūgan is active, you manipulate your own blood like a puppet, ignoring the effects of any conditions you are suffering from, including being uncoincous from dropping to 0 hit points, or grant yourself a flying speed equal to your movement speed, or both for 10 additional chakra. These effects last until the end of your next turn.

If you gained this jutsu as part of Mastered Genjutsu or Diversified Genjutsu, you do not have to spend additional chakra to incur both effects.

*Blood Dragon Sea*

Cost: 8 chakra

Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

Jutsu Type: Genjutsu

As an action while a creature is under the effects of Genjutsu: Ketsuryūgan, you transform the bloody sea their mind is trapped in into seething dragons. At the end of each of your turns, you may spend 1 chakra to cause the dragons to thrash, causing the target to take 1d4 psychic damage a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus.

Blood Dragon Ascension

Rrequirements: Mastered Genjutsu or Diversified Genjutsu

Cost: 10 chakra

Duration: Concentration, 1 minute

Range: 60 feet

As an action, you can form a dragon from the blood of a dead creature that is medium or larger. You can form and control up to 3 dragons at a time. Beyond being large, vulnerable to fire damage, immune to non-magical damage, not being able to move, and having 90 hit points and 18 AC, it has the same statistics as you. If you gained this action as part of Mastered Genjutsu or Diversified Genjutsu, you have advantage on checks to maintain concentration.

It acts on your initiative and has the following actions:

Multiattack. It can make one bite attack and two claw attacks.

Bite Deals 1d8 + its Strength modifier piercing damage on a hit.

Claw Deals 1d6 + its Strength modifier slashing damage on a hit.

Grapple. The dragon uses the grapple attack. While grappled in this manner, a creature can not breathe.

Steam Breath (5-6 recharge). Every creature is a 30 foot cone must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, it takes 8d6 acid damage.

Self Destruct. The dragon can be sacrificed, ramming itself into a target at high speeds as a ranged spell attack. The target is pushed 40 ft away and takes 10d8 bludgeoning damage on a successful hit.

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