Bleeding Heart is a story event in the Manhunter Expansion rule book.
Event Text[]
This story event may only happen once per campaign. The player with the biggest sweet tooth nominates a survivor to Inspect the Heart.
Inspect the Heart[]
The survivor clutches a strange metal heart. Its cold face emits a regular vibration, twitching each time its corded veins secrete a sparkling, crimson liquid.
They sense a heaviness about this object beyond mere weight. Something about it is indescribably old and sad.
Fascinated, they cannot help themselves as they begin to obsessively remove its plating. As they slide apart its shell, they gasp.
A human heart, just like theirs, beats weakly within. Its swollen arteries are connected to metal spouts on the device's interior walls.
The horrific contraption ignites the survivor's imagination, smashing the seal on their darkest thoughts. They have a Confectioner's Crisis and gain the Crimson Candy innovation.
Confectioner's Crisis[]
Select 1 result.
Medical Compulsion
Overwhelmed with curiosity, you carefully dismantle and reassemble the device, learning its intricacies. As it snaps together, it squirts, shooting concentrated fluid directly into your eyes. Rubbing them clean, your eyesight is improved! Gain +1 permanent accuracy and +1 understanding. There is a small of fluid left. Heal all permanent injuries for up to 2 survivors.
Transcendent Awe
The Manhunter's inhumane upgrades excite you! You connect the device's cords to your own chest. Brushing the heart's surface, you feel every sensation. The small hairs on your neck quiver in anticipation. With a deep breath, you rip the weak heart free of the device and consume it! The pain and anguish are exquisite! Gain +3 permanent strength and the Transcended Masochist fighting art.
- Raucous Tradition
If you have the Cooking innovation, you distill the Manhunter's blood into hooch! The settlement will now commemorate the end of each lantern year with a round of potent crimson candy beverages, resulting in headaches, vomiting, good cheer, and bad singing. Gain +1 permanent luck and increase the settlement's survival limit by 2.