At 05:44 PM 11/6/2003 +0100, the Falcon wrote:



> [/QUOTE]
Quote Originally Posted by geeman, Fri, 6 Sep 2002 12:16:58 -0700
The following

> skill description would replace any bloodline detection spells and

> abilities. It would be a class skill for wizards and sorcerers,

> cross-class for everyone else. Note: The version of Skill Emphasis I use

> makes the skill emphasized a class skill for that character no matter

> what class s/he levels up in, so by using a feat any character could gain

> access to this skill as a class skill.

>
>Why not just a Detect Bloodline feat (or something with a better name)

>that gives you access to the stuff below through Sense Motive and Bluff?



That could work. It`s something of a standard in 3e to extend the use of

existing skills rather than come up with new ones, so most folks would

probably prefer to handle it that way. Personally, I`m loathe to extend

the use of existing skills to cover new tasks, particularly into such a

broad area as bloodline. I`d rather tweak the skill list than tweak an

individual skill. In this case, I don`t really get a Sense Motive or Bluff

kind of vibe off of the ability to track a blooded character, or discern

information about his/er bloodline, so an entirely different skill (or a

class ability that functioned like one) is my preference. Besides, there

were a couple of other skills that I wrote up having to do with bloodline

that I rather liked, so I`d keep it a skill as part of an overall D20

version of things....



>I think the whole mechanic is okay, but I was thinking more along the

>lines of detect magic for the bloodhunter`s Detect Bloodline

>ability. I could use the stuff above for fleshing out the bloodhunter`s

>Bloodsense ability, though.



If you want to use an existing skill and a feat rather than have a new

skill you might use Spellcraft since that`s the skill Detect Magic uses,

and that has a more direct connection to the magical/divine energy of

bloodline that does either Bluff or Sense Motive.



Gary