Dissection
Playtest 3.2 / 4th EdSkill Rules & Full Description
This skill allows the character to take and preserve a body part from a dead or immobile character. Using this skill takes 1 minute and the character should roleplay cutting or removing the body part as appropriate. Additionally, the character needs to use a dissection knife to use this skill; no other tools or items can be used.
Normally, any body part taken from a character dissipates after 5 minutes. However, if the body part was removed and preserved by someone with the Dissection skill, the body part does not dissipate. If the character is healed or resurrected, the character is whole and intact even if a portion of its body is preserved elsewhere.
When you start to remove an internal organ, bones or blood, you deliver a Killing Blow in the first three seconds of starting the dissection. You cannot use First Aid, Battle Surgery, Icy Preservation spell, or other means that stop a Death Count while you are Dissecting a part from a character.
This skill allows a character to collect components from various characters. However, you can only collect the same component once from the same character per month. For example, Adriana needs the unwilling heart of a Paladin for her Dark Sorcery. She captures Rynn and dissects his heart, then casts a Life spell on him. She can take his heart again if she wishes but it would not be useable in her ritual; only the first heart is worth anything. Only one component can be taken from the same character per Event, regardless of how many characters are dissecting the body. If multiple characters dissect the same body, then the first one to finish is the only one who gains a usable component. They could take the heart, muscles, or blood but only the first one finished would be a valid component.
This skill is used to extract components from a character. It can never be used to preserve a whole character or body. If a part is dissected that contains other components, those components are null and useless.