> > > [DD's fairly straightforward rewrite of p118 on "improvising" feats]
> > But that isn't true. HQ makes it pretty clear that only concetrated
> > magic users can use magic directly (magic items excepted).
>
> Firstly, there's nothing to say that initiates can't be concentrated;
OK, that's me being messy as usual, sorry.
I should have said that only _specialised_ magic users can use magic directly, ie devotees (who must have concentrated their magic) can, but initiates can't.
For example.
> they just don't _have_ to be. But more importantly, this restriction
> only applies to _common_ magic (see the now-notorious p104, and p108).
It's pretty clear on p. 118 that Affinity use by Initiates can only augment
other abilities known by the Initiate.A similar stricture applies to CM.
Concentration is not included in the various Wizardry rank write ups.
Is this an oversight, or can one become an Adept without having had
to previously concentrate one's Wizardry ? Inquiring minds wish to know ...
(or did I miss a line of text ?)
Shamans OTOH must concentrate their animism.
> > I think you're confusing HW and HQ. The important point
> > is that "no-one" "ever" uses feats directly ; they use affinities.
>
> HQ, p118: "A hero cannot use an affinity as an active ability. [...]
> An initiate _can_ improvise any named feat in the affinity [...] as an
> active ability with a -10 penalty (-5 if he has concentrated his magic
> use) [...]"
Which is clear as mud. The pertinent fact is that the TN is derived from the score in the Affinity. A Feat is simply a common or unusual manifestation of an Affinity. ie the Affinity is the source of the magic.
Initiates must improvise _all_ feats, whereas devotees need only improvise feats that aren't listed in the write-ups or otherwise recorded on their character sheets.
Feats represent spot insights into the affinities, IMO.
Julian Lord
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