Broken Window

A jagged shard of broken glass worn around the neck — beautiful in a dangerous sort of way. Broken Window inflicts Bleed on the wearer as a constant cost, but any enemy that strikes in melee gets a face full of BleedThorns: taking reflected damage and picking up Bleed themselves. Pair it with regeneration or high Constitution to offset the self-bleed, and watch melee-heavy encounters become increasingly punishing for the opposition as Bleed stacks accumulate on both sides.

Bleed deals damage over time each turn, so the wearer takes constant HP drain from the self-application. BleedThorns is a specialized version of Thorns that both reflects damage and applies Bleed to melee attackers — any enemy that hits the wearer starts bleeding too. If the attacker also bleeds multiple times from repeated strikes, the Bleed stacks compound. This creates a symmetric bleed economy where both combatants are draining each other, favoring whoever has more HP or regen.

Best on high-CON tanks or characters with Bleed resistance who can sustain the self-damage while spreading it to enemies. Mother's Teeth (BleedThorns + Thorns + Bleed neck) overlaps significantly — both apply self-Bleed and BleedThorns, but Broken Window frees up a different slot. Choose based on which slot you need to fill. Exceptional in boss fights where the boss makes many melee attacks per turn, rapidly stacking Bleed on itself.