Life Leech

"This artifact draws its power from the life energy of your foes. Run low on ammo and it saps your own strength!"

- Blood manual.

The  is a weapon from Blood and Blood II: The Chosen. It is first found in the fourth episode Dead Reckoning, around the first level Butchery Loves Company. When picked up, the weapon has 35 ammo charges and each Trapped Soul is worth 10 charges.

Usage
When cast, the Life Leech launches a barrage of 14 fireballs (1 Trapped Soul per fireball), which can set fire to weaker enemies. If the player has less than 14 ammo, the weapon will use the player's health points to compensate. Because the weapon does Spiritual damage, the leeching effect can be mitigated if the player has obtained Spiritual Armor.

The alternate fire-mode has Caleb place the weapon a little bit ahead of him and it attacks enemies in the form of a stationary cannon with projectiles that are not unlike the Stone Gargoyle's. While stationary, the Life Leech uses up less ammo and does not deduct any health points when low. The weapon can be retrieved by pressing the Use key against it. Because a stationary life leech is a stage object, it can be jumped on as well as get damaged and destroyed (even by the player's own weapons). If the player makes a Life Leech stationary, picks up another one, then retrieves the first one, it will not count towards the current ammo capacity.

Trivia

 * In version 1.0 of Blood, the Life Leech was able to do a Vampiric attack which would heal Caleb up to 100 health points. This mechanic was changed in version 1.1 onwards.