2 questions from a newbie...

1) If I choose to not display my helmet, do I still get the benifits of the helmet?

2) How can I tell if a creature is bleeding? I know a little poof of blood appears, but is there supposed to be a little bleeding icon somewhere?

Thanks

1. Yes
2. just the outer part of that creture will have a blood mist that is it. No bleeding icon

1. Yes

2. Look at their health bar, it will have a down arrow and will change from red to pinkish. If more than one health degen is on, you might have to guess, such as Bleed + poison, their bar might be green.

1) yes, the display option has nothing to do with actually equiping the helmet, as long as you're "wearing" it in your inventory, it's there statwise

2)the healthbar of your foe will switch to a different (lighter) shade of red, and he'll slowly lose health. Note that this can be covered by a degen hex (light purple color healthbar) or poison/disease (light green health bar). So when a target has multiple conditions, it's hard to tell what's on him and what's not ...

their health will be like light red or pink, and thats how you know they are bleeding, and yea the little blood mist ring around their body is a giveaway.

1. yes

2. no, the person(human) for eg. that you hit with whatever to cause bleeding will have the icon on their puter, not you.