Allow Corrupting Blood of Life

[SageAcrin]

Same as with the Sandworm Queen's Heart.

Corrupting it produces Blood of Death, which either grants you a random undead racial tree, locked, 1.0(Or possibly just Ghoul's. Or possibly just skeleton's. Depends on what people think is more balance for the loss of a life), or, if you are a skeleton or ghoul, strengthens your racial tree by 0.2 and grants +1 Life Modifier from then on.

[stinkstink]

Maybe drinking the Blood of Death as a living creature turns you into a vampire, if a racial tree for them is ever made.

[Fortescue]

Maybe drinking the Blood of Death as a living creature turns you into a vampire, if a racial tree for them is ever made.

Funny you should mention that.

[Gatewalker]

Not sure if...giving an undead racial tree to a living char is the best idea, but having blood of life be able to do SOMETHING for undead chars is a good idea. +0.2 to racial tree and +1 life mod seems like a reasonable boost to an undead, they do both like their racial trees

[Suslik]

I never use blood of life because playing on roguelike death feels like deaths, not like "aww, only 1 life left now". BoL kills immersion for me. So I'd gladly give it in exchange for any bonus. But apparently giving a whole racial tree is OP, especially on adventure when you have a shitton of lives anyway.

[edge2054]

Not sure if...giving an undead racial tree to a living char is the best idea, but having blood of life be able to do SOMETHING for undead chars is a good idea. +0.2 to racial tree and +1 life mod seems like a reasonable boost to an undead, they do both like their racial trees

I like this.

[Torokasi]

Not sure if...giving an undead racial tree to a living char is the best idea, but having blood of life be able to do SOMETHING for undead chars is a good idea. +0.2 to racial tree and +1 life mod seems like a reasonable boost to an undead, they do both like their racial trees

I like this.

Seconded. I'm not opposed to giving it a new tree or something but this is a really neat option until/if we decide it shouldn't give a new tree, IMO.

[SageAcrin]

Yeah, that sounds like a nice, simple option that everyone can agree on being fine, so...

And the Blood of Death having no effect on non-undead seems reasonably fitting.

[Doctornull]

One minor suggestion: call it the Blood of Unlife rather than the Blood of Death.

Nobody likes Death, but some people might enjoy Unlife.

[RandomKesaranPasaran]

Or Blood of False Life. Really I think either that or Unlife works.

+0.2 to the racial cat is fine, +1 lifemod is something I am more ehn on but that is more personal distaste.

[SageAcrin]

Unlife was my other thought personally, so that's good too.

[Planetus]

I love the vampire unlock suggestion, and tons of people are suggesting and contributing to various suggestions for a vampire race, but it would need to be tied to another mod/update (that doesn't seem to be coming too soon).

[HousePet]

Might be easier to just grant the undead mastery bonus when an undeads drinks it, rather than making them have to corrupt it. Its a fairly minor bonus.

[stinkstink]

It also needs to check if the player is actually undead race instead of having the flag from equipment.

[Doctornull]

It also needs to check if the player is actually undead race instead of having the flag from equipment.

I kind of hate that belt.

Drinking the Blood of Life while wearing it is the kind of "ha ha screw you" that I don't expect from ToME.