>As long as I am causing problems with the whole blood thing, I
>thought I would throw this out there as well....
>
>In the adventure entitled "Droene's Horn" (or something to that
>effect, I don't have the book in front of me) from the Legends of the
>Hero Kings, the awnsheghlien in the adventure has a chance of
>contaminating the bloodline of the scion who kills him -- assuming
>that he isn't already of Azrai's derivation (in which case it is
>irrelevant).
>
>Has anyone else noted this rule?
>
>Have you extracted it out to its logical conclusions?
>
>A. If killing an awnsheghlien has the chance to corrupt the
>bloodline of the noble blooded hero, isn't there less incentive to
>hunt down and kill the abominations? Why destroy an evil if you are
>likely doomed to replace it?
>
>B. Is this a one-way process? Can a scion restore their corrupted
>bloodline?
>
>C. If this isn't the case, why hasn't "open season" been declared on
>anyone found to bear Azrai's bloodline. Wouldn't there be a crusade
>to wipe out the evil bloodlines once and for all? After all, there
>is no risk in doing so, and it would seem to me that the Priests of
>the good religions would encourage such an act....even those with
>only a tainted bloodline are abominations waiting to happen.
>
>D. Why hasn't Azrai's bloodline taken over most of the others? None
>of the others have any way of increasing the number of scions with
>their derivation.
>
>E. Why shouldn't this apply to the other derivations as well? If a
>scion of Anduiras persists in killing scions of Basaia, and
>eventually they have more blood taken from scions of Basaia than
>their original bloodline of Anduiras, shouldn't their derivation also
>stand a chance of being altered?
>
>I kind of like the idea of the blood of Azrai having a corrupting
>influence, but I think it needs to be fleshed out more.
>
>Suggestions?
>

I think the rule given in the LoHK adventure was only meant to apply toward
that particular awnshegh. It is a cool ability, and maybe it should be
another bloodpower of Azrai?