Type: General
Source: Dragon #315
You purposely expose yourself to concentrated vermeil dust, seeking to exploit its power.
Prerequisite: Must have contracted the Red Curse, must wear and consume a vial of crimson essence (see the Crimson Essence sidebar).
Benefit: You gain one legacy of your choice from the Legacy Table. ( Dragon #315) To take this feat, you must wear a vial of crimson essence (see sidebar) next to your skin for one week to attune it to your own manifestations of the Red Curse. Thereafter, if you drink it at a time when you are eligible to take a new general feat, you automatically gain the Inheritor feat. At that point, you must succeed on a DC 18 Fortitude save. Success indicates that you permanently gain the legacy you desire and take only point of ability drain from the ability score associated with the legacy you have chosen (see the Legacy Table). Failure means you take 2 points of ability drain to the indicated ability as normal. In either case, this ability drain cannot be prevented or restored, as described under Effects of the Red Curse. If you ever become an afflicted after gaining the Inheritor feat, you are subject to double the standard ability score losses associated with the template (Dex -4, Int -4, Cha -4 instead of Dex -2, Int -2, Cha -2).
Special: You can gain the Inheritor feat multiple times. Each time you take the feat, you must choose a different legacy. Except for that restriction, its effects stack.