The Tainted Blade

The Tainted Blade
Type	Rogue (Power of Blood tree)
Effect type	Sustained
Upkeep	40
Fatigue	5%
Cooldown	5s
Description	The rogue's blood gushes forth, coating the edges of weapons with a deadly taint. The character gains a bonus to damage determined by the cunning attribute, but suffers continuously depleting health in return.

The Tainted Blade is a rogue talent from the Power of Blood tree in Warden's Keep for Dragon Age: Origins.

Information

• Talent cooldown is 5s. The Tainted Blade grants a bonus of 5 + [(Cun-10) * 0.2] damage. While activated, it drains -10 health every 2 seconds. Talent upkeep cost is 40 stamina. In Awakening, this talent drains -5 health every 2 seconds.
• Conjuration time: 1s.

Notes

• Upkeep is in stamina and values vary with fatigue%.
• The damage bonuses are determined when the rogue begins the mode; changing equipment while the mode is active does not change the damage bonuses.
• While Tainted Blade is running, any additional bleeding damage from Dual-Weapon Expert is also applied to the rogue. An unofficial fix for PC is available here.
• BUG: Sometimes when this talent is active while a cutscene is playing, your character may become stuck in a crooked pose. Loading a previous save may fix this. PS3 Confirmed.

See also

• Ability mechanics