>>>> Q: So why would anyone ever bother with feats and affinities instead of
>>>> just increasing your skills?
>>>> A: Because the difficulties are different. To leap a tall tree with a
>>>> tree-leaping feat, you face the magic resistance difficulty of 14. To
>>>leap
>>>> a tall tree with your mundane leap ability, you face a difficulty of
>10w3.
>
>This part really confuses me. Why would the difficulties be different? I'm
>not terribly rules-savvy, but would the case be the same if you were using
>a Strength skill vs a large boulder, as opposed to Strength of the Bull?
It wouldn't be in my game. Though admittedly no-one is Strong and only one person has the Strength of the Bull, the point is rather moot.
There might be a difference between Fred with Strong 10W and Bob with Lift Rocks 10W, but mainly Fred getting an improvisational penalty.
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