> Or, rather, the question is what defaults does a character get?
Some
> creatures get the Fly ability. Does this mean that everyone has
Fly 6 as a
> default? Seems unlikely. It seems that there is an
unspoken "Species" and
> "Gender" keyword for everyone. That is, one theoretical way to
look at this
> is that everyone has this keyword that allows all of the defaults
that the
> character has. Run 6? That's because you have legs, trees don't
have it.
> Moreover, lose your legs, and you lose the ability (or, perhaps
gain a flaw
> that counteracts the default 6?).
I think this is correct - Korlmhy Orlgardsson has no Give Birth ability. However, his wife Kara Darstenssdottir - by virtue of being an adult female - has a default Give Birth ability of 6. She can augment it with her Initiate of Ernalda relationship of 17 (+2), her Bless Mothers affinity of 17 (+2), her wealth as a carl 15 (+2), her midwife's Midwife affinity of 17 (+2) as well as her Midwife skill of 17 (+2). Voila - an augmented Give Birth ability of 16.
Jeff
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