Apostle of the Flesh ( Vampiric Archetype )

Ever since Blood Mage was on my radar I've been itching for a Vampiric archetype, sadly its not there
Then you added the Abyssal Lich to POE 2 and Bloodlines to POE 1 which further go me thinking.

The Blood Mage has a great mechanical foundation, but it lacks the true "Vampiric" aesthetic and toolkit.
To bridge this gap, I’m proposing a more visceral, gothic approach to the class
similar to blood cretins, blood collectors and courtesans from Ogham manor in act 1 or the Eater of Flesh encounter

*Ways to Introduce*

New Sub-Ascendancy: Apostle of the Flesh
A specialized evolution of the Witch/Lich that moves away from purple chaos and focuses entirely on the "Apostle of the Flesh" aesthetic.

New Keystone:

Vitreous Veins: Converts 100% of Elemental and Chaos damage into Physical Damage. Visual Effect: All spells lose their elemental colors and become dark, visceral red.

Mechanic: Allows the player to focus strictly on Physical/Bleed scaling for all spell types.

The Toolkit: New & Transfigured Skills OR Items that grant a new skill to support the "Vampire" fantasy, we need skills that look and feel like they belong in Ogham Manor

Sanguine Globule: A rolling mass of blood that sticks to enemies or explodes on impact, spreading a "Blood Loss" debuff.

Blood Dart: A high-velocity spike of crystallized blood for precise single-target damage.

Eater of Flesh: A utility skill that consumes nearby corpses to instantly replenish your "Blood Shield" (Over-capped Life).

Final thoughts:

Not to get ahead of myself
i know were still missing 4 classes but another way is to introduce Transfigured gems to POE 2
which could also just add to the toolkit / gameplay fantasy instead of adding a new sub ascendancy

MAYBE with TOTA you can introduce UNIQUE tattoos -
say one for Black flame covenant that acts as "mini sub ascendency"

New Keystone — Vitreous Veins: Converts 100% of Elemental and Chaos damage into Physical Damage
Visual Effect: All spells lose their elemental colors and become dark, visceral red.

These are just examples but the main focus is adding gameplay to poe that mimics a vampiric archetype as there really isn't one.
Even though there is some lore behind the idea of it via Hemomancy (Blood Magic) and Soul Siphoning etc
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