>Let's say in my Sun afinity I have a Feat called "Sunsword"
'in my Sun affinity I have a Feat called "Sunsword"' - oh, sorry, thought it was an instruction :)
>"By Holy Yelm, may my blade pierce the heart of your trollish
>darkness" and my glowing blade does a little extra damage to the
>aforementioned beastie (B.T.W. would I get the bonus for Fire/Sky
>magic vs. Darkness?)
Could do, yes.
>But lets assume that I want to use "Sunsword" itself, and use my
>magic for the Sun afinity to overcome the magical resistance of my
>target
>
>... how do I narrate that?
"Great Bright Empower, strike down this blight of Darkness with beams of your pure light!", and a sunbeam will move across the target, burning it.
>... would the armor of the troll contribute to the defence, or are we
>talking purely about magic?
I'd allow armour, it's an attack from outside the troll, with a 'physical' (albeit purely photonic) weapon.
>... does the sword itself with its edges help?
Could do, you can augment magic with mundane, or mundane with magic, as you like. Obviously, augment the higher with the lower! Both cases would use the description you made.
>... if I am engaged in an extended contest, would I resolve the use
>of this feat within the contest itself, or treat it as a simple
>contest with a succeede/fail option for the cataclysmic effect, and
>then return to the contest?
Yes, you would.
You want more? You could use it within an ongoing contest, or as an Unconnected, 'cataclysmic' action. I'd say, in a melee, augmenting your CC was a part of the extended contest, a sunbeam was an Unconnected Action.
>Curious
>
Yellow
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