> >But surely there is no reason that, during play, you can't buy new
> >abilities into a side kick? Or more to this point, buy up an
> >individual ability out of the key word?
Top of page 85: "Narrators may assign extra abilities to develop a sidekick..." and the paragraph following.
> Yeah, I think that's the important question. Does the character,
> essentially, get all the keyword abilities at 17? If so, then they can be
> raised, right?
Yes. They can even get new, not-in-keyword, abilities if the narrator agrees.
> Right. No different than learing it yourself, with the "advantage" of the
> ability being usable away from the character, but the disadvantage that
the
> NPC might not do what you want sometimes.
But remember that if a Sidekick is killed you might not get exactly that mix of abilities when you "replace" him.
RR
It is by my order and for the good of the state that the bearer of this has
done what he has done.
- Richelieu
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