Sacrifice

Sacrifice skills are skills that decrease the health of the caster, ranging from 8% to 33% of the caster's maximum health depending on the skill. Health is only sacrificed if the skill is performed successfully. Cancellation or interruption of the skill will not trigger the sacrifice effect. Only Necromancers and Ritualists have skills that require sacrifice.


 * Because sacrifices are based on the caster's maximum health and not current health, it is possible for a caster to kill himself by sacrificing more than his remaining health.


 * The math for sacrificing health rounds the health loss. This means that a caster with a maximum of 1 health will not actually sacrifice any health (since 33% of 1 health rounds down to zero life lost).  One way this could happen is by dying as an Invincimonk and being resurrected with 100% health, through a Resurrection Signet or Shrine.

Related Skills
These skills sacrifice health (sacrificed amount is shown in parentheses):

These skills involve sacrifice in other ways:
 * Scourge Sacrifice increases the cost of sacrifices by foes.
 * Awaken the Blood increases its user's sacrifice costs.
 * Dark Aura deals damage to nearby foes and removes health from its user whenever he sacrifices.
 * Aura of the Lich halves the amount of health sacrificed and therefor an interesting combination with Dark Aura