Originally Posted by
Bronk
"Blood Lines are class levels and class levels are part of Effective Character Level." -House Rules
I guess 12 replies means we're doing this?
"Class levels of 'bloodline' do not increase a character's character level the way a normal class level does" -UA
That's what you were missing. It's followed by a number of paragraphs that don't include ECL or LA.
As written, bloodlines are awesome. There's no limit to how many you can take, and the way XP works, you can technically get them all for free. But, as always, and especially for variant rules, individual DMs can implement bloodlines in their game - or not - whichever way they think is best.