i actually have about half of my system done so far but i wanted to throw bits and pieces of it up on this forum so that it can be nitpicked at you know
i am not throwing up any of the flavor text just the base stats okay
you have your normal bloodlines which are tainted,minor,major,great,and true
after a being has amassed a certain amount of power they gain a new ranking system called blood ranks blood ranks simulate divine ranks to a degree.
bloodline power______Blood rank_divine rank
+250___________________0___________-
+500___________________1___________0
+500___________________2___________1
+500___________________3___________1
+500___________________4___________2
+500___________________5___________2
+500___________________6___________3
+500___________________7___________3
+500___________________8___________4
+500___________________9___________4
+500__________________10___________5
you can gain blood ranks through having an extremely high bloodline score.
blood ranks simulate divine ranks to the effect of what you are immune to and you gain new blood rank abilities which are based off of your bloodline deriviation.
in order to gain the blood rank that you want you have to expend a certain amount of bloodline points which you permanently lose but in exchange you gain vastly increased abilities,as well as gaining a divine rank.once you gain your first blood rank your body can hold up to 500+con.modX10 bloodline points at any one time,so it is in your own best interests to redeem them once you are able to do so.investing yourself with blood ranks is a very perilous process.you need to prepare a month long ritual per rank that you are trying to attain.rank 0 takes 1 month as well.in order to learn the ritual needed you must research it for the rank you are trying to attaign X 3 months. if the ritual is interrupted you lose 1/2 of all of the bloodline points you were trying to invest in the ritual.you must work at the ritual for 8 continuos hours per day and while you are performing the ritual you may cast no spells and you cannot engage in any strenous activities either,otherwise the ritual will fail as described above.when the ritual is complete you must make a will save DC 30 +5 per rank you are trying to attaign otherwise the ritual fails as above.
later on i will detail some more about the different types of abilities that one can gain.please let me know what you think all critisism is welcome as well as anything you feel you are willing to contribute.this is going to be a free project once i am done and it will be posted on a few different websites
it is possible to have both blood rank abilities as well as bloodline abilities at the same time but in most cases your blood rank abilities will encompass your bloodline abilities rendering them redundant
This also leaves room for ambitious mortals (or awnsheighlin such as the Serpent or the Gorgon) to attain godhood by their own hands, by slaying and absorbing huge amounts of blood energy.
--kinda puts the Gorgon's activities in a whole new light, doesn't it? NB
I was told that I should make it into a prestige class but to me that made very little sense, For you do not gain your blood abilities through a prestige class you gain them through getting a more powerful bloodline. Any thoughts, suggestions or critisisms are more then welcome Hope to hear from you again soon