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<blockquote data-quote="Cheiromancer" data-source="post: 1523639" data-attributes="member: 141">I had read it as Option B, and rejected it as underpowered.&nbsp; But now I think something like option A might be the correct reading.However your presentation of Option A is not quite right; you level in a major bloodline only 3 times, not 20; once before level 3, once before level 6, and once before level 12.&nbsp; You can level even later, but you take a 20% penalty to experience and don't get any more traits until you pay off the bloodline level.&nbsp; You could also level three times before reaching second level, but you would only get the 1st bloodline trait (which is tied to your &quot;real&quot; character level) and who wants to spend that long before levelling up?&nbsp; So I think people will wait until just before levels 3, 6 and 12 to level their bloodlines.As you noted, this levelling does not increase character level, and it is your character level which determines what traits you get.&nbsp; So it would be, at most, 2000 xp + 5000 xp + 11000 xp = 18000 xp before level 12 in order to get those 12 abilities and all subsequent ones.&nbsp; To a 12th level caster, with 66000 xp or so, this is a substantial amount; a level and a half.&nbsp; But by 20th level he is less than a level behind his companions who lack the bloodline.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cheiromancer, post: 1523639, member: 141"] I had read it as Option B, and rejected it as underpowered. But now I think something like option A might be the correct reading. However your presentation of Option A is not quite right; you level in a major bloodline only 3 times, not 20; once before level 3, once before level 6, and once before level 12. You can level even later, but you take a 20% penalty to experience and don't get any more traits until you pay off the bloodline level. You could also level three times before reaching second level, but you would only get the 1st bloodline trait (which is tied to your "real" character level) and who wants to spend that long before levelling up? So I think people will wait until just before levels 3, 6 and 12 to level their bloodlines. As you noted, this levelling does not increase character level, and it is your character level which determines what traits you get. So it would be, at most, 2000 xp + 5000 xp + 11000 xp = 18000 xp before level 12 in order to get those 12 abilities and all subsequent ones. To a 12th level caster, with 66000 xp or so, this is a substantial amount; a level and a half. But by 20th level he is less than a level behind his companions who lack the bloodline. [/QUOTE]

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