Dhampir

Dhampir Hungers

Every dhampir knows a thirst slaked only by the living. This desire is a whisper in the mind, a tinge to the sight, a reflex constantly needing to be suppressed. Those who overindulge their thirst risk losing control and forever viewing others as prey. Those who resist might find exceptional ways of controlling their urges or suppress it through constant, molar-grinding restraint. In any case, temptation haunts dhampirs, and circumstances conspire to give them endless reasons to indulge. While many dhampirs thirst for blood, your character might otherwise gain sustenance from the living. Roll on or choose an option from the Dhampir Hungers table to determine what tempts your character to feed.

d8	Hunger
1	Blood
2	Flesh or raw meat
3	Cerebral spinal fluid
4	Esoteric humors
5	Psychic energy
6	A color from one’s appearance
7	Dreams
8	Life energy

Dhampir Features

• Ability Score Increase. Increase one ability score by 2, and increase a different one by 1.
• Physical Enhancement. A mortal's transformation into a vampire offers a host of physical enhancements, like strength, speed, and agility, and you have inherited some of this enhancement from your undead parent. Your choice of score from either Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution increase by 1.
• Age. Dhampirs mature at roughly the same rate as humans but do not age further after reaching maturity, and they do not die of old age.
• Alignment. As with humans, a dhampir's alignment is solely determined by the individual, though due to their unique heritage and the subsequent treatment by most of the world they easily fall to evil, and they also tend slightly toward chaotic alignments.
• Size. Dhampirs are of similar height and build to humans. Your size is Medium.
• Speed. Your base walking speed is 35 feet.
• Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
• Vampiric Bite. Your fanged bite is a natural weapon, which counts as a simple melee weapon with which you are proficient. You add your Constitution modifier to the attack and damage rolls when you attack with your bite. Your bite deals 1d4 piercing damage on a hit. While you are missing half or more of your hit points, you have advantage on attack rolls you make with this bite. When you use your bite and hit a creature that isn’t a Construct or an Undead, you can empower yourself in one of the following ways of your choice:
• Regain hit points equal to the damage dealt by the bite
• Gain a bonus to the next ability check or attack roll you make; the bonus equals the damage dealt by the bite
• You can empower yourself with your bite a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
• Vampiric Gaze. You can cast the charm person spell once using this trait. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell. You require no components to cast this spell using this trait, but your target must be able to see you. You regain the ability to cast this spell when you finish a short or long rest.
• Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.