Talk:Tips and Strategies/@comment-68.4.86.72-20190313082836/@comment-175.144.221.5-20190315220223

Do take note that Blood Portals cannot be created if you have Blood Sacrifice (Dark Priest or learn form books/scrolls) in your repertoire as the blood sacrifice dailogue will always obsure the option to create a portal. This may have been an unintended bug. If one of the options from the altars to gain affinity (except for praying) is chosen before opening a portal, it makes it impossible to create a portal as well so be sure to do so before exhausting an altar. Nas'Hrah cannot be recruited as long as you have yet visited the ancient city of Ma'havere for at least once. Having the talisman without visiting Ma'havere first will still prompt a conversation with him but kneeling up until the fifth round will have no effect and you would still be crushed by the ancient demon anyway. Note that using the book Passageway to Ma'habre does NOT count as visiting.

The Salmonsnake stone accessory does prevent bleed, but it seems to have been bugged as limb loss may still occur, making it less worthy as it sounds. Hurting, for example or any sharp weapon seems to induce limb loss nonetheless.

The Ancient Spectre can be killed. I have killed him on multiple playthroughs but it is difficult as limb loss happens very easily. Hurting/ Greater Hurting or Fire Spells like Pyromancy Tricks are great offense options against him and these spells can be obtained very early.