Piercing Shriek
Piercing Shriek is a Vampirism power that stuns enemies with a banshee-like scream. You unlock it with Brencis's blood, either from a phial in Xanthe's Recruiters: Taste of Power or at the end of Our Rotten Roots.
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Unlocked by
Our Rotten RootsOur Rotten Roots is the fourth quest in Lacra's questline and takes Coen into Anachora, a realm built from memories. It pays out well, with 1000 XP, a skill point and the Piercing Shriek vampire ability.- Xanthe's Recruiters: Taste of PowerTaste of Power is one of Xanthe's Recruiters events. You break up a recruiting drive built on vrakhiri blood, then choose whether to take the blood or destroy it.
Good to know
- Only Brencis's blood unlocks it.
- In Taste of Power, kill the recruiters in the Svartrau courtyard and choose to collect vrakhiri blood from the reliquary.
- Our Rotten Roots also grants it at the end of the quest.
- Some vampires and many Murohni use it too.
- Its power is tied to Anachora's red moths.
How to unlock it
In Xanthe's Recruiters: Taste of Power, deal with Xanthe's Blood Guard recruiters, inspect the reliquary and take the blood. Drinking the Phial of Brencis's Blood opens the ability. Then learn it at a road shrine with a skill point and Corruption.
What it does in play
The shriek stuns enemies around you, which buys space for a bite or a heavy hit. Murohni use it against you too, so expect it in lair fights.
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