>But consider the problems that will occur if the devotee changes sub
>cults or aspects. ST pg 70 says this is rare, which might as well say
>that player heroes will tend to do it! See the example on ST pg 71.
>Imagine that Govoran (a devotee changing from Ormalaya to Orlanthcarl)
>had learned the Orlanthcarl Farming feat of Move Stones, and raised it
>to a rating of 19 (costing 1+(19-12)=8 HP) while devoted to Ormalaya.
>Govoran now becomes devoted to Orlanthcarl. What is Govoran's rating in
>the Farming affinity? pg 71 implies zero (or 6, if you rather) until the
>player spends 3 HP, to gain an ability rating of 12. But what happens to
>Govoran's ability rating with the Move Stones feat? It too must fall to
>zero, then bounce back to 12.
He could always be considered to have +12 in the particular feat, a situation that existed in the draft and has been mentioned as coming back in the Heroquest rules (although this last may just be smoke).
--Peter Metcalfe
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