Another spell, destructive salutation, while not innately based in blood, is also a potent attack, causing a psychic blast to emanate from the blood mage, stunning nearby foes.

Blood pulse, the simplest blood mage spell, allows a blood mage to create a blast of arcane energy from a sliver of their own blood. If a blood mage attempts to draw too much power (casts a spell that lowers them to 0 or less hit points), the greedy magic forces will no longer be held in check. Each hit point is equivalent to one spell point. The next time the blood mage uses any invocation, blood infusion, or her eldritch blast, the visual effects and benefits return instantly. The spells of a blood mage are focused around increasing the power of the wizard using them. The blood mage normally will slice their arms with an atheme (consecrated knife) and then draw the ensuing blood into their spell. The blood mage can suppress the visual effect of hemorrhage by concentrating for 1 full round, but doing so suppresses all of this ability’s other benefits, as well. Blood mages can also prolong the damage dealt with one of their spells or, with more training, use their wounds, while badly injured, to create a deadly blast of arcane energy emanating from their own body. Among the most basic of these abilities is a blood mage’s capacity to wound themselves and then, using the blood shed in this self-injury, deal additional damage to an enemy of their choice by blending their blood into one of their spells.

Abilitiesīlood mage training, as one would expect, focuses entirely on using the life-giving properties of blood as a force for lethal power.

With the proper training, a blood mage makes their own body the fuel to empower their spells. The way of a blood mage is undoubtedly painful but its rewards are enormous to those strong enough to survive it. Apart from this, it holds a blood flask which it uses to launch an ominous blood curse projectile which a few seconds after hitting a wall (with ominous particles and warning signs) creates an expanding touch of blood curse, which lasts for about 1 second. 169 'My blood courses with arcane power, as you are about to see.' īlood mages are powerful wizards who have learned to turn their very blood into a weapon of arcane power. The Greater Blood Mage is a headless creature which can sprout blood sword javelins out of its bloody neck, which it launches at you.

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