Hiding the Bloodline

I’ll repeat my advocacy for finding a way to go public. Thereby negating the fear of a group like the val’Baucisz from outing us.

But I agree, completely, that we don’t want other people making that decision for us. Neither the val’Baucisz nor the Sisters. At present I don’t think the sisters are a practical concern. Just because they had a prestige class ability in the d20 incarnation of the game doesn’t mean they’ll have the same powers when/if a path is created to reflect them.

I am less confident with the val’Baucisz bloodline. In general I think bloodline abilities which appear to translate more faithfully.

At present I know of no magical items or spells that would counter this…though I’ll go back and look.

Ranks in deceit with a pre developed cover story would be useful. A quasi plausible lie for Tukufu would probably involve a curse while (tomb raiding) seeking information about the Blood War resulting in a curse/haunting by “the presumably now extinct val ‘Cessari family…which you must be reading.” In many social situations the val’Baucisz could probably be denounced as unreliable do to alcohol/drugs or even outright fabricators. We are lucky in the near universal scorn (and some fear) in which they are held.

I forget how their bloodline ability actually worked. Did they need a sample of the targets blood to analyse? Perhaps strategies could be devised around discrediting the sample. Or not ever letting them get a sample. Or slipping them some other sample.

Will think on the question and post any other useful thoughts.