Unrepentant Hunter Discipline
The discovery of this discipline was one of the most horrid events in Reshar's days before he founded his great school for the Sublime Way. One day, he was walking along a road when a storm sprang up; luckily, he spotted a keep ahead, where he then hoped to take shelter within. As he reached the door, he knocked; there was no answer. So he opened the door, and saw a sight that made his blood run cold and his warrior's heart stutter; within, the floor was covered in hours-old blood. As were the walls. And the ceiling. As he inspected the walls closer, he noticed that the blood splatters were not random; indeed, they formed what was essentially the martial scrolls for a discipline he had never seen before, and did not particularly want to see again. But, striving for courage, he checked inside, just in case something might have survived; but it became readily apparent that everything was dead. Guards, servants, a women clutching a pair of babes to her chest, a group of hunting dogs... and the crowning piece of the whole macabre scene, a corpse, seated at the tallest chair at the table, with what looked to be all his blood painted on the wall behind him. However, this writing was not instructions towards some vile martial technique; rather, it was six words: "This is for raping my wife." And underneath was written, in a less violent fashion, the words, "I know there is no redemption for my soul; I only pray there is none for his."
Reshar tried to burn the place, but failed. So he left, and never told a single soul of what he saw that day. But the keep still stands, and the blood still seems fresh on the walls...
[spoiler]So, what the hell is this for? Basically, this is going to be a Vile discipline. I'm talking "couldn't be used lightheartedly if you tried, unless you completely changed the flavor" discipline. I got the idea for this from the Bane Wraiths from HoH, whose one distinguishing feature is that they automatically know where an enemy's most loved one is, and they go and kill that person. So this is not a happy fun discipline. It will also only be accessible by a Touchstone feat, because people using this discipline tend to not be sane enough to teach anything...[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Alright, mechanics time: I'm going to use a mechanic I found somewhere, and which I quite liked, called Temporary Damage. Basically, it is the inverse of temporary HP; it gets healed first, can't kill someone, and leaves automatically after a couple hours. Basically, if you have temporary damage equal to your hitpoints+10, you go into a coma until they heal, instead of dying; if, however, the amount of actual damage dealt to you goes past your HP+10, you still die. Capisch?[/spoiler]