Constitution Bleed? - p36

[Epic Meepo]

I don't think anyone else has brought it up yet, so I thought I'd ask:

The description of the Deadly Stroke feat on page 36 mentions something called Constitution bleed. What exactly is Constitution bleed? Is it a new name for Constitution damage and/or drain? Or is it something new?

[Frank Trollman]

It's a reference to the "wounding" effect in 3.5. It's on page 226 of the DMG.

It's Constitution Damage that doesn't work on any creature immune to critical hits.

-Frank

[Jason Bulmahn]

Constitution bleed is actually a point of Con damage you take every round until you receive either a DC 15 Heal check as a standard action, or some sort of healing magic (cure light for example).

These mechanics are pulled from the Critical Hit deck and will be making an appearance in the Pathfinder Alpha. That part of the book has just not been presented yet.

Sorry about the confusion.

Jason Bulmahn
Lead Designer
Paizo Publishing