*3rd degree Eldritch Blackguard action* With a baleful word and a vicious strike you draw the very lifeforce from your target. As a special action make a single melee weapon attack against your target. In addition to dealing damage on a hit you also steal one of the target’s hit dice, two on a critical hit. You may also expend up to 3 hit dice as part of making this attack, including any hit dice you steal, to recover hit points as if you had taken a short rest. If your target is cursed, you may instead expend up to 3 hit dice to add 3d8 necrotic damage to this attack.