Originally Posted by
DavidC
The language for blood lust was specifically crafted to be clear as to who is affected by the spell and how. It was intended from the first draft of the spell to be duration. From great strength comes great sacrifice. Just as race bonuses come with penalties that must be strategically dealt with so too must powerful spells be. Just as fanaticism gives +offense and - defense it must be balanced, the choice is yours!
I do apologize if there was confusion as to blood lust being duration instead of single use, that was not specifically stated and it likely should have been. To let you into our thought process, it was mostly compared to fanaticism. Fanaticism is and always has been a duration spell that grants both powerful offense with a negative penalty to offset it's power. We wanted to offer another unique powerful offense spell with great advantage and great negative penalty. It is the choice of the user how to use it.