Tripp Elliott
10-30-1997, 06:09 PM
Ok, here's a question, and some points about Bloodline Investiture.
pp56-57 in the Rulebook discuss this.
It seems to me rather unfair that an unblooded individual can gain more
benefit from this than a blooded individual.
For example, let's take me with my Tainted Reynir Bloodline with a
Bloodstrength of 5, our "Donor", a noted Southern Coast individual with
a Great Anduiran Bloodline with strength of 70, and an unblooded
commoner, who we will call "Bob".
Ok, in example one, our noted South Coaster has decided(for whatever
reason) to invest his bloodline to Bob. Ok, so they go through the
ceremony, and now "Bob" has the Great Bloodline, and all that goes with
it, including the 70 Bloodlinestrength. As to what happens to the
holdings of said South Coaster, that's another issue.
Now, if our South Coaster decided to invest me with his bloodline, I
would end up with a 7 Strength, and most likely still have a Reynir
derivation. Frankly, that's pretty ludicrous. There must be a law of
conservation that needs to go on here somewhere that kind of power can't
just disappear in one case, but be saved in the other.
I would suggest that somebody[hopefully at TSR] develops a more
realistic handling of this event for the upcoming Hardback BR Book.
Ok, a final quick question. Let's say I'm Scion of Reynir, with, oh,
let's make it a minor Bloodline with a 23 Strength, but unfortunately
have no holdings. Now, a Regent wants to invest me with some(or all) of
his holdings(he likes me for some reason), but from where do I get
Regency to have the ceremony performed? Am I exempt this first time
around? It seems a little strange to me that if our South Coaster from
above who has a domain power well over a hundred wanted to invest it to
the person running Ilien that it couldn't be done due to Ilien's lack of
Regency. I think this rule also needs some clarification, and/or
revamping.
Tripp
pp56-57 in the Rulebook discuss this.
It seems to me rather unfair that an unblooded individual can gain more
benefit from this than a blooded individual.
For example, let's take me with my Tainted Reynir Bloodline with a
Bloodstrength of 5, our "Donor", a noted Southern Coast individual with
a Great Anduiran Bloodline with strength of 70, and an unblooded
commoner, who we will call "Bob".
Ok, in example one, our noted South Coaster has decided(for whatever
reason) to invest his bloodline to Bob. Ok, so they go through the
ceremony, and now "Bob" has the Great Bloodline, and all that goes with
it, including the 70 Bloodlinestrength. As to what happens to the
holdings of said South Coaster, that's another issue.
Now, if our South Coaster decided to invest me with his bloodline, I
would end up with a 7 Strength, and most likely still have a Reynir
derivation. Frankly, that's pretty ludicrous. There must be a law of
conservation that needs to go on here somewhere that kind of power can't
just disappear in one case, but be saved in the other.
I would suggest that somebody[hopefully at TSR] develops a more
realistic handling of this event for the upcoming Hardback BR Book.
Ok, a final quick question. Let's say I'm Scion of Reynir, with, oh,
let's make it a minor Bloodline with a 23 Strength, but unfortunately
have no holdings. Now, a Regent wants to invest me with some(or all) of
his holdings(he likes me for some reason), but from where do I get
Regency to have the ceremony performed? Am I exempt this first time
around? It seems a little strange to me that if our South Coaster from
above who has a domain power well over a hundred wanted to invest it to
the person running Ilien that it couldn't be done due to Ilien's lack of
Regency. I think this rule also needs some clarification, and/or
revamping.
Tripp