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Greetings, I am a little lost on how these two would work together and I would be happy with a clarification :)
Infernal Mortification (Su)
At 1st level, a fiend flayer can sacrifice some of his own infernal blood to add to his arcane pool. Sacrificing blood in this way is a standard action. For every 2 points of Constitution damage the fiend flayer takes in this way, his arcane pool increases by 1 point. Any arcane pool points gained in this way and not spent disappear the next time the magus prepares his spells. Unlike normal ability score damage, this damage cannot be healed by way of lesser restoration. Only time can heal the Constitution damage taken by way of infernal mortification. This ability cannot be used if the fiend flayer's Constitution damage is equal to or greater than 1/2 his Constitution score.
Bandages of Rapid Recovery
These linen bandages have the same color and softness as the feathers of a dove, but their antiseptic smell suggests a less natural origin. Any creature wrapped in these bandages recovers from wounds and ability damage each day as if receiving complete bed rest regardless of activity. A creature actually receiving long-term care (from the Heal skill) or complete bed rest while wearing the bandages gains a +4 bonus to its effective level or Hit Dice when determining how many hit points it recovers each day. The bandages are destroyed once removed or when the wearer recovers all hit points and ability damage, whichever comes first.
I suppose that BoRR can heal the Con damage even though you are actively fighting/casting/etc, but can you, for an example, use IM again just before the Con damage is about to be healed, thus ignoring the last part of the BoRR, and have them active indefinitely?
Thanks in advance
By RAW i would say 'yes'. In the same way you can hurt yourself so that you never recover your full health.
Both cases smell like cheese. Due to the fact that you cannot remove the bandages without destroying them your character will smell like cheese after a few days because he cannot take a bath/shower. A bath or shower would destroy / remove the bandages (on my table)....
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I am also really curious about the answer.
What crossed my mind is that pretty much any character might "leak some blood" to extend the effects of Bandages, however in a way it might be hazardous for a character to do so if he expects any fights during day.
This seems to have both positive and negative sides overall.
Malag
Every character can do that but why should he do that?
Scrachting so that wounds never heal or hurting yourself is a weired action that most characters would not do. It is painful and you can get gangrene or other diseases. Hurting yourself without a reason (or a reason that nobody understands) is some kind of mental disorder..
Maybe there are some psychopathic or masochistic characters that do such kind of things but most dont do it .. on my table and in my world :)