I was curious yesterday, and since I was at that point in the game again I gave it a try; save your game just before meeting Lysandra and then have fun with it. Accessing the bite with the trait button (as far as I know, the only offensive trait besides Evil Eye), run around biting things.
Despite rumours to the contrary, the bite works remarkably well, doing sometimes as much as 30 damage to the creature getting bit, but averaging between 10 and 15 on my Ninja Vampire. It seems that you only get blood from living creatures (skeletons and ghosts, for instance, don't work), but I suppose that makes some degree of sense. Also, some creatures will give you more blood than others. It's really a fun trait, and extremely useful if the character has no decent weapons (READ: though you can still use weapons, you won't want to because every creature you see you'll have to bite to get blood; this sucks if you've got weapons more powerful than around 10-15 average damage).
IMPORTANT: If you really want to go for it, pick someone who has a LOT of HP, and I mean well into the hundreds, 'cause even then you'll always be looking for something to bite, even at spawn often.
Conclusion: The bite can be a potent weapon, and can turn an Oomphaz Warlock with absolutely no weapons skills into one of your strongest attack people; high HP is the key, and someone who sucks with weapons 'cause you'll never use 'em again. In the end, I decided that it sucked (I'm playing through with one character, named Loner, and his weapons are stronger than the bite), and after about 30 minutes reloaded before Lysandra and killed her
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