Vampire, Hellsing, Variant (5e Class)

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Vampire

You are a monster, cursed with far greater strength, and the ability to absorb other's souls. With a hunger that shall never be quenched. Vampires of this kind are likely especially dreaded, as they have the ability to trap souls of those they consume, and even if temporarily, block resurrection of that soul, which is likely especially dreaded by race's which can normally reincarnate such as Elves. Even though this class/race only requires a small amount of blood to sustain itself, it is quite rare for those of it to overly indulge, and if one were to find it's way to be in the area while a large battle takes place, the results could be disastrous.

Creating a Vampire

When making a Vampire, you must also add the Vampire, Hellsing race in addition to another race that you were before becoming a vampire. [1]. In addition, the race has a link to the character which will have been the one to turn your character into a vampire which will be a level 20 in this class, so ensure that the DM is aware and has a character in mind.

Class Features

As a Vampire you gain the following class features.

Hit Points

Hit Dice: 1d10 per Vampire level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + Constitution modifier per Vampire level after 1st

Proficiencies

Armor: All
Weapons: All weapons
Tools: None
Saving Throws: Strength, Сonstitution
Skills: Choose Any 3

Equipment

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

• (a) A chain shirt or (b) Chain Mail
• (a) Common clothes or (b) Fine clothes with hood
• (a) A dungeoneer's pack or (b) An explorer's pack (The rations in these packs are replaced with vials of fresh blood (they do not fall under the conditions described in paragraph The hunger in Vampire, Hellsing race))
• (a) A martial ranged weapon or (b) A simple weapon or (c) A firearm or martial weapon (if there is no firearm in the setting)
• A coffin with 1lb of the soil from your birthplace in it

Table: The Vampire

Level	Proficiency Bonus	Soul Points	Features	Vampire Strength	Vampire Speed
1st	+2	0	Vampiric Progression, Unarmored Defense, Vampire Strength	1d6	-
2nd	+2	0	Vampire Speed	1d6	5 ft.
3rd	+2	2	Soul Absorption	1d6	5 ft.
4th	+2	4	Ability Score Improvement	1d8	10 ft.
5th	+3	6	Shadow Protection, Extra Attack, Vampiric Progression	1d8	10 ft.
6th	+3	8	Ability Score Improvement	1d8	15 ft.
7th	+3	10	Third Eye, Blood Tentacles	1d8	15 ft.
8th	+3	12	Ability Score Improvement	1d8	20 ft.
9th	+4	14	Disembodied movement	1d10	20 ft.
10th	+4	14	Third Eye, Shapeshifter	1d10	25 ft.
11th	+4	16	Extra Attack	1d10	25 ft.
12th	+4	18	Ability Score Improvement	1d10	30 ft.
13th	+5	20	—	1d12	30 ft.
14th	+5	20	Shapeshifter, Ability Score Improvement	1d12	35 ft.
15th	+5	22	Third Eye, Vampiric Progression	1d12	35 ft.
16th	+5	24	Ability Score Improvement	1d12	40 ft.
17th	+6	26	—	1d12	40 ft.
18th	+6	26	Hypnotism	2d12	45 ft.
19th	+6	28	Ability Score Improvement	2d12	45 ft.
20th	+6	30	Extra Attack, Shapeshifter, Conversion, Vampiric Progression	2d12	50 ft.

Vampiric Progression

Unlike normal classes, you shall start with the Subclass of Vampire spawn.

Once you use the Soul Absorption feature for the first time, you shall lose the features of Vampire Spawn and swap to the Subclass True Vampire.

Unarmored defense

While you are wearing no armor and not wielding a shield your AC is 10 + Strength or Dexterity modifier (whichever is higher) + Constitution modifier.

Vampire Strength

Your vampire body gives you mastery of combat styles that use unarmed strikes. You gain the following benefits:

• You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the attack and damage rolls of your unarmed strikes.
• You can roll a d6 in place of the normal damage of your unarmed strike. This die changes as you gain Vampire levels, as shown in the Vampire Strength column of the Vampire table.
• When you use the Attack action on your turn, you can make one unarmed strike or attack with one-handed weapon as a bonus action.

At 6th level, your Unarmed Strikes are considered magical for the sake of overcoming resistance.

Vampire speed

Starting at 2nd level, while not wearing an armor or wielding a shield, you will gain +5 to your movement speed. Your movement speed bonus increases as you gain levels as a Vampire.

Soul Absorption

Starting at 3rd level, you can fully absorb the bodily fluids of a dead creature with a soul, if they have been dead for less than 4 days, absorbing it's soul into yourself, trapping the soul inside your own. You can do so to 1 creature within 5 ft of you as an action. Keep track of all absorbed souls, specifically their CR, and if they are not-sentient, half-sentient, or fully sentient (DMs discretion). All absorbed souls are not considered free for resurrection and can only be freed by others with a wish spell. You can talk to them and they can give you advice also they are considered permanently under the effects of charm person and dominate person as if it was cast by yourself, even if they would normally be immune to being charmed or be able to make a save against it, until they are no longer absorbed. (they maintain a sense that they have free will, but deem you to be an absolute authority and will happily follow all orders given)

Starting at 6th level, you gain all the memories from those absorbed by Soul Absorption.

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 6th, 8th, 12th, 16th, 18th and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Extra Attack

Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

The number of attacks increases to three when you reach 11th level in this class and to four when you reach 20th level in this class.

Shadow Protection

Starting at 5th level, as a reaction you can protect an ally within 15 ft. of you about to be hit by an attack. You do this by throwing your shadows in the way of attack, taking the damage in their place. It is believed that you have resistance against the damage of this attack.

Third Eye

Starting at 7th level, you gain 120 ft. of darkvision that can see through magical darkness. At 10th level, you can get 120 ft. of true sight for 10 minute, you can use this feature once per long rest. At 15th level, You're forever getting 120 ft. of true sight.

Disembodied movement

Starting at level 9th, you can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. You take 5 (1d10) force damage if you end your turn inside an object.

Shapeshifter

Beginning at 10th level, you can non-magically change your appearance and clothing as a bonus action. You can seem 1 foot shorter or taller and can appear thin, fat, or in between. You can't change your body type, so you must adopt a form that has the same basic arrangement of limbs. Otherwise, the extent of the change is up to you. (the clothing can be formed via this feature, or put on from items on hand)

At 14th level, you can transforms into a swarm of bats, while retaining its game statistics (other than its size and getting a flight speed equal to your normal speed). This transformation ends if you is reduced to O hit points or uses a bonus action to end it.

Hypnotism

Beginning at 18th level, you can bend ones mind and will to your own. As an action, you can non-magically influence a humanoid within 30 ft. of you, the creature must make a wisdom saving throw, if they fail, they are considered charmed. This effect lasts 24 hours.

The creature will follow all requests to the best of it's ability as long as it does not result in harm in the creature, and will fully believe all statements even nonsensical ones as long as it does not do direct harm to the creature. (such as, it will not believe that it enjoys dousing itself in acid or that it can fly by jumping off a cliff if it cannot, but it will believe if told that its mother is its father and its father is a hamster)

Your Hypnotism DC = 8 + proficiency modifier + Constitution modifier.

Conversion

Starting at 20th level, you can convert others to your bloodline. You first need to drain the body of a creature completely via soul absorption. Then, for an action you can lose 10 hp and the soul absorbed as you return the soul to their body alongside your own blood. Then, if they are a virgin, they gain the first level in this class and the Vampire, Hellsing race and return to life with 1 hp. If they are not a virgin, they turn into a ghoul under your permanent control with full hp.

Vampire Spawn

When first turned into a vampire, you become a vampire spawn. This mainly amplifies your physical abilities, until you eventually take the plunge and become a True Vampire.

Blood Rage

In battle, you can be triggered to fight with primal ferocity. If a creature within your sight dies, you enter a Blood Rage.

While Raging, you can the following benefits:

• You have advantage on Strength Checks and Strength Saving Throws.
• When you make a melee weapon attack using strength, or an unarmed attack using strength, you gain a bonus to the damage roll equal to your proficency modifier.
• You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.

If you are able to cast spells, you can't cast them or concentrate on them while raging.

Your rage lasts for 1 minute. It ends early if you are knocked unconscious or if your turn ends and you haven't attacked a hostile creature since your last turn or taken damage since then. You can also end your rage on your turn as a bonus action, and you do not remember what happened while raging.

Once you have raged the number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, you must finish a long rest before you can rage again.

This feature can be used once per long rest when below 0 hp as a free action between turns, in this case, you restore your hp to 1 and immediately take a turn, being temporarily cleared of all status effects not caused by injuries. When reduced to below 0 hp again, or if 1 minute has passed, take all damage that was restored by this ability when used, and regain all lost status effects.

Enhanced Senses

Starting at level 3, your senses have grown to be much more sensitive than they were before. You can advantage in all perception checks, and cannot be surprised.

Ranged Mastery

Starting at level 6, your enhanced senses have reached their peek. All ranged attacks are made with advantage, even if using the weapons long range, and all weapons with range you wield have their range doubled.

True Vampire

"You are so much so much stronger than you let yourself be... Behind those eyes I saw something I lost long ago. The will to live. Now, stop running from who you are. Confront it, Embrace it, and go for it's fucking throat, like a real fucking vampire!"

It is recommended when you become a True Vampire to shift your alignment to become more chaotic and neutral or evil.

Soul Manipulation

You gain a soul point pool to use for features, with the maximum number of points you can hold listed above in the class chart. You start with this pool empty, and it can only be refilled by releasing or on long rest if you have at least one fully sentient soul. The number of soul points restored during a long rest is equal to half the number of fully sentient souls (rounded up). *Optional section, as makes class much stronger, creators preference is soul points can only be regained by a soul being released*

In addition to spending souls on certain features, you may also spend up to 3 soul points on a feature to increase the DC (1 higher per point), on an attack to increase the number of damage dice (1 die per soul point), or an attack roll (+1 to hit per point spent).

You can release a soul at any point as a free action, gaining 1 point if they are not sentient, half the creatures CR (min 1 point) if they are half-sentient, and the creature's CR (min 2 points) if they are fully sentient. When the soul is released they are considered free for resurrection, all effects from soul absorption on them end, they can leave your soul, and they cannot be released again for soul points. (unless they are re-absorbed if end up meeting the conditions to be absorbed via Soul Absorption)

Regenerate

As bonus action, you can spend soul points to instantly heal. You gain 10 hit points, and recover 5 Max Hp (up to actual Max HP if lost), per soul point spent. Any lost limbs are regenerated as well, however, any lost limbs before becoming a True Vampire shall only regenerate as bloody tinted shadows of what it previously was, and any damage to this limb shall cause it to be destroyed again. Also your action can be used for this feature when incapacitated, even though actions normally cannot be taken in that state.

Upgraded Soul Absorption

Starting at level 5, your Soul Absorption can (you can choose a lower range or specific target if you can see it) effect all dead creatures within 10 ft as an action. At level 7 this increases to 20 ft, level 9 to 40 ft, level 12 to 100 ft, level 15 to 1000 ft, level 18 to 1 mile, and at level 20 to a maximum range of 5 miles.

Vampire teleportation

Starting at level 5, you can use Misty step for 1 soul point. By spending soul points you can increase range by 30ft x soul points spent . You can spend soul points up to your proficiency modifier. Also you can use this ability as part of reaction to Vampiric protection if ally not in the 5ft range

Blood Tentacles

Starting at Level 7, you gain shadowy bloody sharp tentacles that can have their form changed at will. You can use them for several uses, each costing an reaction, action or an attack action for attacks. You are considered proficient in all attacks made with this feature.

• Used as a finesse melee attack, dealing 2d12 slashing damage, increasing to 3d12 at 11th level, and 4d12 at 17th level.
• Used as a ranged attack with a range of 60 ft, dealing 1d10 piercing damage to up to 2 targets (you can target the same creature multiple times), making a separate attack roll for each. This increases to 3 targets at 11th level, and 4 targets at 17th level.
• Used to interact with objects or complex machinery, or wield weapons normally too big to hold or would require several individuals or systems to operate. This starts with only being able to use things that can fit within a 20 ft cube. At level 10 this increases to a 60ft cube, at level 13 a 120 ft wide cube, at level 15 a 250 ft wide cube, at level 18 a 500 ft wide cube, and at level 20 a 2000 ft wide cube.
• Used to gain a fly speed of 60 ft for 1 minute. You can only use this fly speed when you are within 120 ft of a fixed object or the ground, as you are using the blood tentacles to grapple.
• When you are hit by an attack, you can use your reaction to gain +3 AC until your next turn. Increases to +5 at level 11.

Mind protection

starting at level 8, as long as you have at least one retained fully sentient soul your memories cannot be altered. Also as long as you have at least one fully sentient soul saved when you roll an intelligence, wisdom or charisma saving throw you can use 5 soul points and succeed in it regardless of his DС.

Cheat Death

Starting at level 10, when you take damage that reduces you to below 0 hp, or any damage or effect that would cause you to die, you can instead once per long rest, use a stored fully sentient soul to take your place. Your hp restores itself back to at least 20 and you restore half the soul points you would have normally gained from the creature. You choose if you reform on the spot, or to reform within 10 feet of where you were located when you took the damage, in this case leaving behind a brief afterimage in your previous place of the soul chosen for this feature. This feature does not use any action or reaction to use and is instead automatic if chosen to activate. At level 15 this increases to 3 times. You regain all uses after you finish a long rest. At level 20 this has unlimited uses.

LifeHack

Starting at level 15, you can use the souls inside you to do your biding. As an action, you can reform the body from one of the souls inside you, appearing in the spot next to you. The body shall be identical as that of the original creature, but with only 25% of the hp (rounded down) and vulnerability to radiant damage, and controlled by the soul of the creature, still under the effects of Soul Absorption. If a creature is killed, its soul returns inside you. This effect lasts for 1 hour, after which if they were not killed the body disintegrates and the soul returns inside you. This feature can be used once. At level 18, you can use this feature 3 times, you can reform 2 body of the souls inside you for one use, creature's health will be equal to 50% (rounded down) of its original health. You regain all uses after you finish a long rest.

At level 20, you can use an alternative use of this feature. Once per day, you can release all the souls inside you as if released by this feature. If the soul released by this ability is killed, it will reappear at the place of death at the start of your turn. All creatures killed with this feature become part of the souls you absorbed and immediately become part of the alternative. While this alternative is in use, you cannot use Soul Absorption. You can reabsorb all souls released (including new souls) using this alternate feature as an action to complete it before the hour runs out. Any soul actively under use for this feature cannot be used for Soul Manipulation or Cheat Death.

optional weapons, .454 Casull (5e Equipment), Combat Pistol 'Jackal' (5e Equipment), Hellsing Special Ammunition (10) (5e Equipment)

Multiclassing

Prerequisites. To qualify for multiclassing into the Vampire, Hellsing class, you must meet these prerequisites: Strength 13, Constitution 13

Proficiencies. When you multiclass into the Vampire, Hellsing class, you gain the following proficiencies: 1 skill proficiency of your choosing

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