Hello everyone, it looks like my Pathfinder group is now getting back together again, and we're playing an evil campaign. Currently I will be playing a half-orc cleric of Zon-Kuthon, one who has the Loss and Murder subdomains.
He will be basing a lot of abilities around bleed effects and will be mostly front line, if he can. His first level feat will be Cruelty, which gives him +2 to hit & damage if he inflicts a bleed effect, among other things.
My question today is, is the 1st-level ability from the Death Domain a bleed effect? The name of it is Bleeding Touch, and the description of it is that "you can cause the living to bleed at a touch", and it even acts like a bleed effect. However, it still doesn't clarify if it's a bleed effect or not. Is there an official ruling on this? I've looked everywhere, but I haven't found any errata on it. I would really appreciate it if someone can point me toward an official ruling on this, and if that doesn't exist, please mark this as an FAQ candidate. I'm alright with the answer, no matter what it'll be, but I just need some clarification on this. Thank you, everyone.