I'm taking a little inspiration from some existing 3.5 books and the Pathfinder RPG on the last leg of my quest to revamp the 3.5 sorcerer. This time I'm talking bloodlines. For those not familiar with the idea, here goes:
The sorcerer, unlike the wizard, has inborn magical ability. When they cast a spell, they pour out innate energy that they shape into tangible effects. A wizard is simply an individual who studies the effects that sorcerers and their ilk (elementals, djinn, dragons, outsiders, etc.) and emulate them through study and ritual.
So, how does a sorcerer end up with the ability to cast spells? They have the magic of one of the aforementioned creatures in their blood.
I'm not quite sure how these bloodlines are going to manifest themselves in game terms, but I'm leaning towards periodic (ever few levels) powers or so.
Here are the bloodlines (and their sources) I'm going to allow:
Abyssal - demons
Celestial - good outsiders
Draconic
Elemental
Fey
Infernal - devils
I'm either going to give the sorcerer decent bloodline powers every 4 levels, or I'm going to give them the option to select from a slightly more powerful bloodline power or a bonus feat (from the Complete Mage reserve feats) every 5 levels.
Any suggestions?
1 comment:
I feel I cannot appropriately comment on this because I prefer PFRPG and don't see a problem with just converting to it. Also, I never had a problem with people not wanting to play sorcerer in 3.5. So I've never really had a reason to tweak it.
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