Re: Ho Much Rule fiddling Is Tolerable?

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From: Ian <ilikemonkeys.geo_at_42UbKo4VZi8DNO79oo4EXgfO7DzO30y8yZ9TTwb8OTVT19AHgGEsteOfIkt>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:55:35 -0000

> Except you can learn Talents - Flesh Man, for instance teaches them,

> so they can't *just* be innate abilities. (Again, this is part of

> my confusion. Why isn't Flesh man one of the "folk heroes" that

> provides Common Magic feats rather than talents?)

It *is* confusing sometimes. We're imposing God Learner classifications on a natural system, and biologists know the headaches inherent in trying to classify natural systems.

A Talent can be taught, sure. Just like riding a bike can be taught, without actually having to pretend you're Lance Armstrong when you go out to pick up milk. A feat requires emulating a specific entity, a talent does not. Additionally, a feat specifically has to come from a Divine entity (I imagine a concentrated theist would count?) while a talent has to come from an Everything entity.