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Message: <blockquote data-quote="transcendantviewer" data-source="post: 6672721" data-attributes="member: 6762655">Now, I'll move more on to the class features. The big one that sticks out is the level 6 feature: Enhanced Visions. I like the ability, very flavorful, but the flaw is too weak of a tradeoff for the ability. You're pumping yourself full of drugs to improve your ability to perceive the world around you. Having a lasting effect like "Using this ability more than once between long rests gives you disadvantage on Dexterity Saving Throws and Dexterity based Skill Checks." A flaw like that off-sets the bonus and doesn't require the "50% chance of seeing things that aren't there". Which, again, is flavorful, but makes things unnecessarily complicated.The Enhanced Insights feature defeats itself. You gain Advantage on Charisma Saving Throws and add double your Proficiency Bonus to them, but have a 50% chance of mistaking enemies for allies? What's the point of having Advantage on Charisma Saves if the Vampire can just Tell you to kill your friends? This ability is under-powered, despite its useful effects. Remove the 50% false perception effect and give either a proper counter to it, or change the ability. These are integral features to the class. No one's going to want these.Now, I'll talk about the level 19 and 20 abilities. The level 19 ability is very flavorful and I like it. But, it's depending upon DM's Discretion. Bad. Much of this class is leaning on the DM to counteract its gaps and faults. That's just bad design. It should be air-tight as-is, but not be a wall of text. The level 20 ability doesn't make sense. Ignoring a virulent poison that you're inhaling with every breath isn't a "Mind Over Body" kind of thing. You're dying. Make your Constitution Save and like it. Now, if this was something along the lines of "When you create an alchemical substance, you also create an antidote or antitoxin for it, granting you limited immunity to its effects. While under the effects of a poison or similar alchemical effect, you make Constitution Saving Throws against the effect at Advantage. In addition, you can drink an antidote, curing yourself of a poison or effect that you created."I don't know if I'll have the time to really sit down and read the archetypes, but as it stands, it's a start that could become something really interesting. Keep working on it and I'm sorry if my feedback seemed rude or anything like that.</blockquote>

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