Well, if they are initiates they would not normally be augmenting with the feat, they'd be augmenting with the affinity. If they are devotees they have the choice of augmenting with the feat (and personally I'd give a penalty to that unless they had a good explanation, perhaps calling out their prayer to Humakt so that their foe knew what they were trying for), or using the feat directly. If using the feat directly, I think I'd insist on a big bid. As in:
player: "wow, his close combat is really high, but I haven't seen
much magic from him. I attack with 'decapitate foe' bidding 5AP."
narrator: "5AP would be good for 'give foe a nasty bruise.' C'mon
this is aiming for snicking the guy's head off in one shot, go big or
switch feats."
player: "OK, OK, 'decapitate foe' with a bid of, ummm, 37 AP, that
should take him down to -1."
*rolls happen*
narrator: "not bad, you succeed, taking him down to -1 AP...you wound
up and struck a mighty blow for his neck, but he got the edge of his
shield in the way. You smashed the rim of his shield into his
windpipe, possibly crushing it, and he's on the ground clawing at his
throat."
In all honesty though, I think that is a feat best used for colourful flourishes, or for finishing off foes with weird recovery talents (chaotic, magical, whatever).
Regards;
Bryan
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