Arcanist Bloodline Development: Sorcerer & Bloodrager

[Alakabanjo]

If a character has levels of both Sorcerer and Bloodrager, and the Arcanist exploit Bloodline Development, does that exploit allow her Arcanist levels to stack with BOTH her Sorcerer and Bloodrager levels for the purpose of determing the abilities and powers of her Sorcerer and Bloodrager bloodlines?

I understand that this is no official ruling on whether Bloodline Development works with Bloodrager bloodlines. My reading of the exploit, under both RAW and RAI, is that it does.

Thanks so much.

[Dragonborn3]

It does not. The very first sentence of Bloodline development is "The arcanist selects one sorcerer bloodline upon taking this exploit." A sorcerer bloodline, while similar, is not a Bloodrager bloodline.

Sorcerer and Bloodrager bloodlines don't even stack with eachother, they just have to be the same bloodline.

[Melkiador]

"If the arcanist already has a bloodline (or gains one later), taking this exploit instead allows her arcanist levels to stack with the levels of the class that granted her access to the bloodline when determining the powers and abilities of her bloodline."

[Alakabanjo]

Ninja’d.

Dragonborn3 wrote:

It does not. The very first sentence of Bloodline development is "The arcanist selects one sorcerer bloodline upon taking this exploit." A sorcerer bloodline, while similar, is not a Bloodrager bloodline.

Sorcerer and Bloodrager bloodlines don't even stack with eachother, they just have to be the same bloodline.

The relevant part of Bloodline Development is not the first few sentences, but this:

“If the arcanist already has a bloodline (or gains one later), taking this exploit instead allows her arcanist levels to stack with the levels of the class that granted her access to the bloodline when determining the powers and abilities of her bloodline.”

It does not say “levels of the Sorcerer class” that granted her access to the bloodline. That implies that it works with any class that grants a bloodline.

[Dragonborn3]

Interesting. Probably not intended either. Especially the multiple bloodlines stacking with Arcanist levels.

[Melkiador]

Probably not intended to be able to advance multiple bloodlines. If you wanted an excuse out you could play up this line, "If the arcanist already has a bloodline (or gains one later)".