pmk_chance@yahoo.com wrote:
Please don't do this, the system is so restrictive already.
Who cares if people cherry pick level 5 bloodline powers.
Flavour (building to your power)? Consistency (every other tier-like talents require prereqs of a lower level)?
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If that is the only reason they took that Val'Bloodline, then they have to play for years before they get the benefit of it.
What you seem to be saying here is that someone should be allowed to take a Tier V power at Tier I, even if they cannot gain access to it until Tier V (as per many other rules in the book). To me, this seems to be a far more infuriating way to play than having to take a minimum of one (usually quite decent) bloodline power/tier.
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Already, a Val can't take an Arcanum skill and a Combat skill at character creation (unless they use the Adaptable talent as their only non-bloodline talent) and they also do not get a defense bonus.
The ONLY race that can boost BOTH an Arcanum and a Combat skill at character creation (from race) is Human. It should also be noted that Vals gain boosts to THREE skills at character creation, while almost every race gets only 2, balancing somewhat the lack of a defence boost. Is it all equal? No, but the Vals get access to a LOT of special, unique talents so even that balances out somewhat more.
As Hat stated, there are more Vals in the campaign presently than I believe every other race combined. As such, I do not think that the majority of the player base agrees that the Vals are underpowered, at least to the extent that they are suboptimal player choices.