She Bleeds Review

She Bleeds is a player supplement for Lamentations of the Flame Princess and other OSR games. The supplement is only 24 pages long, but it's well worth the pdf and original GenCon price (though not the secondary market mark-up). If you couldn't tell by the cover and title, menstruation is one of the primary focuses of the book, which means this definitely isn't for everyone. There isn't much artwork. I would say only one fits the classic gory LotFP style and there's one sexual one.

Essentially this book (which is wonderfully written in character) presents a mystical parasitic infection that binds one or more players (male or female) to an entity from another dimension. The player must either complete several rituals throughout the various phases of the moon or die. They are presented with different options for these rituals and each one changes the character. This grants new abilities and weaknesses and ties their menstrual cycle to the phases of the moon. I know what you're thinking, "but you said this is available to male and female characters." It is. If a man has been affected by the infection and goes through the rituals they slowly turn into a biological female as their genitalia rot off and transforms into a vagina, they grow breasts, and their features soften. Yes this is a way for male pc's to get a hold of the spells featured in Vaginas are Magic!. The character must do this ritual for the rest of their lives, though for actual play purposes I'd probably only roleplay the initial go.

Though it's short this is my favorite book of the GenCon print exclusives. It's the perfect blend of witchcraft and Cthulhu mythos content and is a nice addition to the Lamentations lines.