The ability states:
Lingering Pain (Su)
A sadist of 3rd level learns to make wounds more painful than usual. Any time the sadist inflicts hit point damage on a creature and the sadist is maintaining psionic focus, it also causes bleed damage equal to half the sadist’s level unless the target makes a successful Fortitude save (DC 10 + 1/2 the sadist’s class level + the sadist’s Wisdom modifier).
This ability replaces the power known normally gained at 3rd level; the sadist does not learn a new vitalist power until 5th level.
The hit point damage can be from any action that inflicts hit point damage? Melee weapon or power or spell?
Also since it is not stated, the bleed affect does not stack with its self?
Here is where my mind takes this and it seems over powered.
With Explosive Power [Metapsionic]
Your powers that normally only affect a single creature explode on impact.
Prerequisite: Manifester level 3rd
Benefit: To use this feat, you must expend your psionic focus. You can cause a power you manifest that deals hit point damage and has a direct target or targets (not an area effect) to explode upon impact, dealing its damage to all creatures adjacent to the target of the initial power. A successful Reflex save halves the damage from this explosion, even if the original power did not allow a save, such as energy ray, in which case calculate the save based upon the level of the power manifested. Using this feat does not increase the power point cost of the power if only a single creature was targeted by the initial effect. For powers that allow the direct targeting of multiple creatures, such as energy missile, each additional target of the initial power increases the cost of the power by 2 power points. Creatures cannot be affected by both the initial power and the explosion, nor by overlapping explosions.
With these feats allowing for a Psionic focus to be active.
Psicrystal Affinity and/or Deep Focus
Does this allow for a ranged small AOE-damage + Bleed attack?
