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hello, nube here, for those of you who do not know what a bloodline is, it is in the Unearthed Arcana book and it is an awsome thing like how normal everyday people seem to have monster relatives far back in their family tree, whether this is a minor, moderate, or major bloodline, depends upon how many levels you take for it, all levels must be taken before ECL 12 (see table below) and 1 level for minor, 2 for moderate, and 3 for major.



the above lists when is the latest level you can get a bloodline, for example, if you wish to get a major bloodline, you need to get one level of it before level three, then you need another level before level 6, and finally the latest you can get the last level of bloodline is level 12


EDIT: the reason why you must waste levels to get bloodline traits, is as the book states, "Over the course of [a character's] career, a character becomes more powerful than one without a bloodline. Because the power gain is gradual over a span of twenty levels, a static level adjustment doesnt truly reflect this difference. Instead a bloodline character must take one or more levels of "bloodline" at various points in his career."