Re: Re: HQ Common Magic question

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 20:03:03 -0700

> In terms of magic power, then, what is the point of becoming a
> Devotee? Or, put differently, what is the point of having expensive
> magic affinities when mundane abilities are much cheaper and also
> have other uses?
>
> I realize there are lots of reasons for a person to become a Devotee
> that have nothing to do with power gaming, but for the moment I am
> interested in the power dynamics.

Because a devotee's feats will allow him to do things (like, say, Leap Over Trees, or Run Over Water) which are normally "impossible", where an initiate's affinities only give him a (small) augment to a mundane skill and, when using feats, your resistance is often only 14 instead of the tree's "Tall 13w4".

It is by my order and for the good of the state that the bearer of this has done what he has done.
- Richelieu