Well, maybe. I think what Roderick is suggesting is that there are times when it makes most sense to say "I attack him with my 'Sword & Shield Combat 5W' and augment it with my 'Flickering Blade Feat 17' for a total of 7W" - but sometimes you don't have your sword to hand, so you use the feat actively "I use my 'Flickering Blade Feat 17' to create a copy of Orlanths Lightening Sword and attack with that, augmenting with 'Sword & Shield Combat 5W' for a total of 20"
> See, the way I'm now seeing Gloranthan magic, that makes perfect
sense. If for some
> reason you need to find out if the magic works on the sword, you
roll against 14 (not that
> I would ever really demand that as a Narrator). You then use your
flickering blade sword
> like any normal ability.
Of course if you are using the magically created sword in direct combat then the chances are that the most appropriate defences will be the abilites your opponent would use against a "normal" sword anyway (but not always...)
> > Laid up in bed with a crippling injury when the Lunars bust in?
How about
> > using your "Protect Home" feat as an active ability?
> Same with Protect Home. The 14 would apply to the home resisting
the magic being
> cast on it. In any other contest scenario (which is virtually
every one you see, since the
> magic is part of the conflict, not the basis of the conflict) then
it is against what is
> attacking the home.
>
Again, you might normally use this feat to augment your appropriate abilities when facing down the attackers (or attempting to extinguish the fire/divert the flood/tie down the roof etc etc) in which case yo probably don't need to roll, but there are occasions when you might want to use the feat actively if you either don't have a more appropriate skill or are prevented from using it (eg, by being laid up in bed with an injury)
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