My biggest problem with augments is that they make community support
superfluous. Why provide all those hard-won heroquest benefits to others
when you can get better augmentation bonuses, once you reach a certain
level of power, just doing it yourself? I do not believe that heroes
routinely abandon their communitites once they attain demigodhood, as
doing so means severing ties to their current and potential future
worshippers.
Here's a quick-and-dirty fix, although not a great one:
- add the APs of all abilities being used to augment;
- find this number on the Number of People column of
the Community Support table. If it falls between two
values, use the lesser value;
- the number in the Extraordinary Support column shows
the maximum personal augment possible.
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