Quote Originally Posted by Malphas View Post
boy did my post get misunderstood.

lets go by by an extreme example:
sir protagonist the lucky (anduiras tainted 6) in his infinite wisdom grabs his bloodsilver sword of eternal plot and goes to fight the gorgon (azrai true 100+ lets say 120). in a spectacular turn of events he kills gorgon and using a tighmaevril weapon gets 60 pts of bloodline.
now as per book of regency p24 sir protagonist gets 6/6-1 d6 to roll vs gorgons 120/6 d8.
it is mathematically impossible to win for sir protagonist thus his bloodline changes to azrai.
sir protagonist the lucky (azrai tainted 66). now slaying the gorgon is an epic feat and thus a generous (or intelligent) gm may decide that it qualify as the great deed needed for improving the bloodline strength. thus sir protagonist the lucky is now (azrai minor 66). considering he just ate a true bloodline (and changed derivation) this feels wrong.

now imagine he went drunk on success and went on to fight and kill the manslayer (azrai true 95). sword of eternal plot working as intended would dutifully transfer 47 blood to sir protagonist, but protagonist having already increased his bloodline strength in his lifetime is barred from doing it again (book of regency p17).
thus we have sir protagonist the lucky (azrai minor 113) who consumed 2 true bloodlines.
As I understand it, Bloodline Strength is an adjective that has no value in and of itself in terms of game mechanics. Tainted Bloodlines begin with a bloodline score between 4-16. Minor Bloodlines range from 5-30.. Major, 8-48. Great 8-64. I don't think there's a difference between 4 scions who have a Tainted, Minor, Major, and Great bloodline, each with a Bloodline Score of 10. In terms of game mechanics, there's absolutely no difference, is there?

And even in terms of the game world and how NPCs treat them.. they'd probably be given equal amounts of respect. Why? Great bloodlines range from 8-64. Having a score of 10 means the scion comes from a bloodline that simply is not living up to its potential.