A Strange Idea......

[Dingo333]

.....but by the rules, is it valid?

So the sorcerer bloodlines. It always struck me as funny how you could only have 1. How a powerful wizard in your background (one who may have dealt with fey, elementals, demons, devils celestials frequently) could crowd out all these other sources of power.

Well, that was kinda answered with the crossblooded and eldritch heritage feat chain.

Now I am wondering, could I as a copper dragon bloodline sorcerer take eldritch heritage for blue dragon bloodline.

I realize that this is pushing me into a corner, doubling up on abilities and limiting my versatility. Also the rules state that it must be a bloodline you do not have.

At the same time, it makes sense to me that dragon kin would come together, recognizing similarities in each other. Nothing in the rules say you need to match your linage's alignment and thus you could have silver and red bloodlines working together.

Same could be argued for elementals (opposed elements might not agree with each other but fire working with earth and air seems plausible)

So, I turn here. Opinions on whether elemental/dragon bloodlines could or would mingle?

 

[TheAuldGrump]

I would tend to doubt it - unless you took the Crossblooded archetype and took Draconic twice. As a GM... I would probably say 'no', but not in a very firm voice - it is unlikely that you could convince me, but possible.

A crossblooded bloodline combines the powers of two distinct heritages. In most cases, sorcerers with this bloodline are the offspring of two sorcerers from different ancestries, but occasionally a crossblooded sorcerer arises from the conjunction of other powers. A draconic sorcerer who is also the culmination of a great destiny, an abyssal sorcerer from a family that dealt with devils, and an arcane sorcerer raised from birth by fey are all possible sources for crossblooded bloodlines.

A crossblooded sorcerer selects two different bloodlines. The sorcerer may gain access to the skills, feats, and some of the powers of both bloodlines she is descended from, but at the cost of reduced mental clarity and choice (see Drawbacks).
Class Skill

A crossblooded sorcerer receives the bonus class skill from both of her bloodlines. If these are the same skill, this does not grant any additional benefit.
Bonus Spells

A crossblooded sorcerer may select her bonus spells from either of her bloodlines. The sorcerer also has the choice to learn a lower-level bonus spell she did not choose in place of the higher-level bonus spell she would normally gain. Lower-level bonus spells learned this way always use the spell level that they would be if the sorcerer had learned them with the appropriate bonus spell.
Example: A 3rd-level aberrant/abyssal crossblooded sorcerer has the choice of learning cause fear or enlarge person as her bloodline bonus spell. If she selected cause fear as her 3rd-level bonus spell, at 5th level she could use her new bonus spell to learn enlarge person instead of bull’s strength or see invisibility, and she would add it to her list of 1st-level spells known (just as if she had learned it as her 3rd-level bonus spell).
Bonus Feat

A crossblooded sorcerer combines the bonus feat lists from both of her bloodlines and may select her bloodline bonus feats from this combined list.

Bloodline Arcana

A crossblooded sorcerer gains the bloodline arcana of both her bloodlines.
Bloodline Powers

At 1st, 3rd, 9th, 15th, and 20th levels, a crossblooded sorcerer gains one of the two new bloodline powers available to her at that level. She may instead select a lower-level bloodline power she did not choose in place of one of these higher-level powers.
Drawbacks

A crossblooded sorcerer has one fewer spell known at each level (including cantrips) than is presented on Table: Sorcerer Spells Known.

Furthermore, the conflicting urges created by the divergent nature of the crossblooded sorcerer’s dual heritage forces her to constantly take some mental effort just to remain focused on her current situation and needs. This leaves her with less mental resolve to deal with external threats. A crossblooded sorcerer always takes a –2 penalty on Will saves.

The Auld Grump