Bone Grinder

Arms dripping with gore, a farrow covered in grisly talismans of dried flesh and small bones wrests a gallstone free from the guts of the dead fog drake, squealing in pleasure at such a precious discovery.

Humming to herself, the gobber mixes a poultice of blood, spit, and hair until the concoction begins to bubble and moke before she applies it to her companion’s fresh wounds. The trollkin draws back his arm before hurling the tusk of a great beast at his target, letting the residual essence of the dead predator guide its path into the heart of his foe.

The bone grinders draw power from the immediate flow of life and death that surrounds them in nature. They craft totems and weapons from slain creatures by manipulating components in a twisted alchemy capable of powerful effects. Bone grinders can often be found on a battlefield, at first in the front lines using their strange and bloody weaponry and then, afterward, picking through the fallen for choice pieces.

A STRANGE ALCHEMY

The bone grinder’s art is a synthesis of alchemy and magic. They are as aware of the properties of the natural world as any alchemist would be of the properties of alchemical acid or blasting powder. With this knowledge, they mix a strange dark magic, unlike any studied by the mystics of the Iron Kingdoms. The results are a strange combination of magic and alchemy that combine the power of mysticism with the reliability and function of mechanika. The best minds of the Iron Kingdoms still cannot agree on how and why the fetishes and charms of the bone grinders can work, but their effectiveness is undeniable.

OUTSIDE THE FIRELIGHT

Bone grinders serve many functions within farrow society. They are generally treated with a mixture of respect and repulsion. As shamans, they exist slightly outside of farrow cultural norms and are thought to deal with forces that even the most bloody-tusked warriors often considered unclean. Some rise to prominence, becoming respected war leaders, but, more often, they serve as the left hand of a great chief, bringing glory to their clan while pursuing their own less trusted motives. Farrow culture makes it more difficult for female farrow to become bone grinders, but those who do are viewed by their culture with even more awe than their male counterparts for being able to conquer both the challenges of their craft and their culture.

Bone Grinder Path (subclass)

Name	Source
Way of Bile	Borderlands
Way of Bone	Borderlands