>> From: Julian Lord <julian.lord_at_...>
>>* Blandness & a lack of versatility in designing Super-Specialist NPCs or
>>Heroes
>>(*why* can't my Humakti specialise in Fighting the Undead to the detriment
>>of my
>>other Death magics, daddy ?)
>
>This is a poor example. As you point out this is _already_ a broad ability.
>The question of bonuses to feats is separate from the broad/narrow ability
>one. I'm sympathetic to the feat bonus idea, but it does leave the +17
>swordhelp problem (so might need clumsy further rules tweaks such as "no
>more than +5 in any feat").
It occurs to me that we already have a mechanism for doing exactly what's being asked for here. Another ability.
Joe Humakti has Death 1W and so is magically able to kill most things.
Buffy Humakti has Death 1W and in his 100 word description '... trained in slaying the undead...' and so starts off with Vampire Slayer 1W (or 13 if she prefers). As a result she can happily get those extra augmentations and be that bit better at killing those nasty undead creeps.
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