Tier · II · Expert Path · Power

Consumer — a hidden tradition —

Consumers break the taboo against eating the flesh of the fallen. Eating the body parts of their slain foes lets them gain a measure of their power and knowledge. Some consumers see absorbing the potency of the defeated as the fastest way to power, some are driven by long-ago trauma that manifests as a compulsion to dine upon their enemies, while others simply lack the empathy to understand why such an act repulses most right-thinking people.

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Consumers break the taboo against eating the flesh of the fallen. Eating the body parts of their slain foes lets them gain a measure of their power and knowledge. Some consumers see absorbing the potency of the defeated as the fastest way to power, some are driven by long-ago trauma that manifests as a compulsion to dine upon their enemies, while others simply lack the empathy to understand why such an act repulses most right-thinking people.

To choose this expert path, you must be a living creature that can eat.

Level 3 Consumer

Level 6 Consumer

Level 9 Master Consumer

Body Part Benefits

  • Blood. At the end of each hour, you automatically heal damage equal to the Power score of the creature you consumed (minimum 1).
  • Bone. You gain a +1 bonus to Defense.
  • Brain. You speak all languages known by the creature you consumed. As well, you gain access to some of the creature’s memories, which grants you 1 boon on Intellect challenge rolls.
  • Eyes. You make all Perception rolls with 1 boon. In addition, if the dead creature had shadowsight, darksight, or truesight traits, you gain the trait.
  • Flesh. You gain a bonus to Health equal to your group level.
  • Heart. If the creature could cast spells, choose one spell the creature knew whose rank is equal to or less than your Power score. You gain one casting of that spell.
  • Liver. You gain one of the creature’s immunities.
  • Tongue. In social situations, you make attack rolls with 1 boon. You can speak all languages the dead creature spoke, and can imitate its voice, call, song, or other vocalizations perfectly.