Nothing can match the spray of hot blood when you strike true. The cries of your enemies, the weeping and begging, and the stink of their fear all have some appeal, but they don’t come close to the satisfying sensation of connecting a weapon with flesh. Your unwholesome desire for killing makes you a monster to some, but as the old saying goes, if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.
Bloodletters favor close combat so they can revel in the carnage. Such fighting requires plenty of stamina to withstand the punishment of enemy attacks, thus making this path suitable largely for warriors and some priests. Of course, the path does provide opportunities for other characters to become a bit tougher and nastier in a fight, though at considerable risk to themselves.
Level 3 Bloodletter
Attributes Increase two by 1
Characteristics Health +5
Bloodlust In combat, you can choose to roll a bloodlust die, which is a d6, at the end of each round. Note the result. You retain this result until you expend it or you roll another bloodlust die. You can expend the result of the bloodlust die roll in one of two ways: you can add it as a bonus to an attack roll you make or you can replace the result of a d6 roll you make for damage.
Rising Bloodlust When you expend a bloodlust die result, you can immediately roll a bloodlust die. Once you use this talent, you must wait 1 round before you can use it again.
Sacrifice the Weak You make attack rolls with 2 boons against injured targets.
Level 6 Bloodletter
Characteristics Health +5
Taste Victory When an attack you make with a melee weapon causes a creature to become injured, you can immediately roll a bloodlust die. If you already have an unexpended bloodlust die result, discard the lowest number.
Surge of Hate When you become injured or take damage while you are injured, you can expend a bloodlust die result to add twice the number as a bonus to your Health. The bonus lasts for 1 minute. You must wait until you no longer have this bonus before you can use Surge of Hate again.
Level 9 Bloodletter
Characteristics Health +5
Spill the Blood When you expend a bloodlust die result to add a bonus to an attack roll or to replace the result of a damage die, you deal 2d6 extra damage on the attack.
Rising Bloodlust When you expend a bloodlust die result, you can immediately roll a bloodlust die.