Re: >Subject: Questions on Affinities / Feats

From: JEFFREY KYER <jeff.kyer_at_...>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 18:06:56 -0000

>
> Thom:
> >Any affinity can be used as an ability in its own right.
>
> Can it? I thought affinities were never used directly, only ever
via feats,
> some of which are marked with a * for augmentation only.
>
> It would be possible to have an affinity which only had
augmentation feats,
> but damn'd odd, though!

I would tend to agree, any feat has to be manifested as a feat. In our case we've used a few as stand alone items -- usually wnen competeing directly against annoying magics (Fight Element). However,
using it to just do something appropos is fine...

ITs called improvising a feat -- using Fire to light the campfire would be fine (Fire Affinity, Make Fire feat improvised at -3)

The improv penalty is a -3, NOT -5. Its been updated in the FAQ.

Jeff