Editing Liberi Gothica: Plaguebearer (section)

==Cannibalize==

Cannibalize: The Plaguebearer gains strength from her devoured opponents.

The Plaguebearer has a bite attack, but this attack is ineffective as a weapon. To bite an opponent, you need to succeed to Grapple them. If you are in control of a grapple, you may spend an action to bite them for 1d4 damage [you automatically hit]. If they are the same race as you, you gain Vitality equal to the damage dealt. This attack does not deal extra damage based on your Toughness, as most melee attacks do.

Plaguebearers also have a natural claw attack, that deals 1d4 damage on a hit. These claws count as weapons for the purposes of perks and abilities, such as Parry. You can dual-wield your two claw attacks for a -2 penalty, instead of a -4 penalty. This does not stack with the bonus from the Two Weapon Warrior perk.

The Plaguebearer can gain extra Life for only 10 Essence, rather than 15. As an action, you can spend up to 10 Vitality to gain Life equal to the amount of Vitality spent. You can also spend 3 actions and 6 Vitality to restore a lost limb. You effectively spend 2 Vitality per action.

If you devour a dead creature of the same race as you, you grow stronger for a period of time. Fully devouring such a creature takes 10 actions. The corpse must be fresh - if they died more than 24 hours ago, you do not gain the bonuses. It takes 15 actions if they are one size larger than you. For one hour after completely devouring the creature, you gain a +4 bonus to Athleticism and a +1 bonus on all damage rolls. This does not stack if you devour another creature in that time, but the duration does reset.

Cannibalize Progression:

--3 XP: Faster Recovery: The maximum Vitality you can spend per action to boost your Life improves by 5.

--2 XP: Faster: After Cannibalizing a corpse, your speed improves by 10 feet for each level of Faster you have. This lasts for 1 hour. Each time you take Faster, it costs 1 more XP.

--3 XP: Stronger: After Cannibalizing a corpse, you gain an additional +1 bonus to all damage rolls for each level of Stronger you have. Each time you take Stronger, it costs 1 more XP.

--6 XP: Assume Form: After consuming a corpse, you can choose to take on its physical appearance. Your Size, appearance, and voice change to match those of the victim. Otherwise, none of your abilities change. You have a +4 bonus to Disguise checks to pretend to be that person. It costs 6 Vitality to use Assume Form. This effect lasts for [Spirit] hours, at which time you resume your normal appearance.

--3 XP: Extended 1 (Assume Form): You can maintain an assumed form for 1 day. Requires Assume Form.

--5 XP: Extended 2 (Assume Form): You can maintain an assumed form for [Spirit] days. Requires Extended 1 (Assume Form).

--7 XP: Extended 4 (Assume Form): You can maintain an assumed form for [Spirit] weeks. Requires Extended 3 (Assume Form).

--10 XP: Extended 5 (Assume Form): You can maintain an assumed form for [Spirit] months. Requires Extended 4 (Assume Form).

--6 XP: Rapid strike: When you first start a grapple, you get a free bite attack.

--2 XP: Puncture Jab: You can give your Claw attacks the Piercing weapon trait. You can not use both Reaver and Puncture Jab for the same attack.

--2 XP: Reaver: You can give your Claw attacks the Slashing weapon trait. You can not use both Reaver and Puncture Jab for the same attack.

--4 XP: Shattering Blow: You can give your Claw attacks the Crushing weapon trait.

--5 XP: Vorpal Claws: You can give your Claw attacks the Cleaving weapon trait.