Actually, no, they can't, not quite as broadly as you have it below.
They can "use it to improvise the named feats" (of his/her god). I'm just taking the concept of "god" very broadly when I say an initiate of any O. Adv. subcult can improvise any O. Adv. feat from any O. Adv. subcult, so that a Niskis initiate can improvise "Fall Softly" - which is a "named feat" in the Tatouth subcult.
Since I'm away from my deak & library, I can't give you chapter & verse of the "improvise from an affinity" rule, but it's in the affinity section of the Initiate writeup.
So,
> someone worshipping a goddess of graceful dance with a Movement
Affinity
> (Graceful Movement, Quick Step) can use that to fall from trees,
run quickly,
Not unless that goddess has named feats of "Fall gracefully from tree" (quick step *could* be argued as "run quickly" - I know that when going through a thick crowd I sometimes find myself using skip change-of-step from scottish country dancing...)
> People without Wind/Flying Magics should not jump off city walls.
But Orlanth specifically has "fall softly" as a *movement* (not wind, not flying) feat.
> even if they don't have them. So, a devotee of orlanthcarl cannot
fly (I hope
> otherwise the example doesn't work) but has Devotee of Orlanthcarl
19, so he
> has a 19x1.5 = 9W chance of jumping safely down from the walls by
relying on
> his piety/devotion to Orlanth.
Except O. Allfather has neither Movement nor Wind affinities of any sort...
> > "An initiate can improvise any named feat in the affinity..."
> >
> > Well, it doesn't actually *say* "from their own cult", but I'd
rather taken
> > that for granted. You're getting the power to do this from your
deity,
> > after
> > all. Otherwise anyone with a Combat affinity looks round for any
feat from
> > any other Combat affinity, and all the cults just merge into one.
>
> I agree, hear, hear.
As I said, the interpretation I'm proposing/using is allowing a broad interpretation of "own Cult" The initiate isn't identified quite so closely with his particular form of O.Adv. so he's not *quite* so tied to the particular feats of Tatouth or Niskis or whoever. On the other hand, he can't cement a feat, or use it without a hefty penalty, so it evens out.
RR
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