So I just started playing a Mongrel Mage, and we've just entered our first combat, when I realized that I wasn't entirely clear on how the Mongrel Mage abilities work together.
Based on the wording, it seems as though you always have access to the 1st level bloodline spell, and only spend points when you want to have access to the arcana, because at 1st level you would be using the abilities at 1st level anyways. Is that correct?
If not, the alternative seems to be that you must spend a point to gain access to the bloodline powers, even the 1st level one. If that's so, and either way for all future bloodline powers, do I get a daily amount of uses, just like normal, and I can use them throughout all my activations, or do I refresh my number of uses every time I activate the ability?
Thank you!
Bump, anyone?
You always have access to the 1st level bloodline ability, but you don't get any spells until 7th level. Any limitations are there for the whole day. So if you spend points to get the lv3 ability and it says twice per day, you can only use that twice, regardless of how many times you do it that day.
At 7th level, each day when she selects her bloodline, a mongrel mage adds the 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-level spells from her selected bloodline to her current list of spells known.
Thank you for the response, I think that answers my question!