When you hit a creature with an attack that has a bleed effect, does the target immediately take the damage and then take damage on their turn, similar to how poison works?
Or do you just announce the target takes bleed and they start taking damage on their turn?
So, for example, my character has IUA and belier's bite. I do 1d6+8+1d4 bleed. Do I roll this entire damage and then on the targets turn they take an addition 1d4?
Or, secondly, do I do 1d6+8 and them on the targets turn they take 1d4 bleed?
The first way is how I always thought it worked. My new GM does it the second way (which is ok), but I'm trying to straighten the rule in my mind.
Edit: fixed some typing errors
The text for bleed reads, "...inflicting additional damage each round at the start of the affected creature’s turn."
So when its' turn in the initiative order comes around, it takes the bleed, then proceeds with its' turn as normal.
In agreement with the other posters, the second way is correct (aka your GM is right). In your example, you do 1d6+8 damage when you hit, and then whenever the target's turn comes around, they take 1d4 damage.
Please note that this is one of those situations where I would rule that the effect happens at the same initiative count - the bleeding creature can't delay their initiative to delay the damage - even though the rules would allow it.
Happy to have that cleared up in my mind. I had always applied the bleed damage immediately and then on the NPC's turn... I supposed making it double dangerous on the first round.