I would argue that the desire to have the "cool" powers of Azrai's derivation
may be of darker motivation. In other words, the desire for power may be
evil. Certainly, this doesn't mean that the character is evil...but the seeds
for corruption are there. It is this corruption that drives the awnshegh. The
more the character accesses the darker power of Azrai within, the more he gives
into this internal corruption. As time passes, he slowly changes. Physical
metamorphosis mirrors the metamorphosis of his soul from good to evil. If the
character has bloodform, he should resist the urge to use his blood powers. He
doesn't have to become an awnshegh...but to avoid he must resist evil urges.
Including the use of power he knows comes from an evil god. This is a great
opportunity for DMs wishing to provide a deep challenge for their players.

Dearnen

Olesens wrote:

> I have recently had a player express dislike over his choice of
> bloodline, saying that Azrai has all the really neat ones. The campaign
> is well underway so I can't just change it, although I though I could
> grant the player his wish and at the same time throw in the stuff for a
> lot of adventures/roleplaying. Well I was drawing a blank of how to
> change the bloodline derivination until I came across page 65 in Blood
> Enemies. Listed there is a spell called "Corrupt Bloodline" that
> changes the victim's bloodline into Azrai and grants his 1d4 extra Azrai
> abilities in addition to his current ones (which I have decided fuction
> as the old derivination). The victim also gets bloodform. The idea
> didn't really bother me, but I couldn't find any examples of a
> good-aligned awnsheglien. So I would like to hear some other opinions
> of how being an awnsheglien effects one's personality. The player's
> internal conflict with his evil bloodline is fairly sure to be fun
> (although I do have a backup plan if the player is miserable with it).
> How does this change work? The Manticore was once a Paladin of Avani
> (LG) but is now Lawful Neutral (I'm pretty sure).