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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormborn" data-source="post: 1164811" data-attributes="member: 14041">To chime in on the discussion of Bloodlines and bonus spells known:When I wrote the Arcane Ancestry article that appeared in Dragon 311 I primarilly wanted to add flavor to the sorcerer class.  (At the time I worte it I was unaware of the other similar feat sets floating around, which from what I have seen are just as servicable, but probablly its best to choose one system and not mix and match.) Realizing that gives a big bonus to a sorcerer I did a couple of things to limit the overall benifit in an attempt at balance.  First I tried to pick spells that were not as likely to be a sorcerer's first choice. Adimtedly this was not always possible given the spells at particular level and the theme of the bloodline.  I also restricted the other kinds of spells a sorcerer could know, Earth Blooded sorcerers can't cast air spells for example.  So you get more of a certain kind of spell, at the expense of flexibility.  I am working on a follow-up BTW, but can't really say more than that.</blockquote>