Re: Ho Much Rule fiddling Is Tolerable?

From: Simon Phipp <soltakss_at_SGKeDHx33qvrgVciRIieupW7JJGJ-iRmMMNxfSmbeOgI6OaPsHqrE34nqHqN8RJeFOK>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:35:19 -0000

Paul King:
> > Restricting an initiate, and even a Devotee, to being able to
only
> > improvise named feats means that you don't get the situation
where,
> > say, a worshipper of Finovan, for instance, improvises the
Blazing
> > Spear feat using his Combat Affinity, even though neither Orlanth
> > nor Finovan is known for Blazing Spear as it is an Elmal Combat
Feat.
>
> That doesn't really work as an explanation of the rule because it
> doesn't apply to Devotees.

Doesn't it?

I was commenting on the "named feats" rather than the "improvisation" parts.

A Devotee of Finovan who doesn't have all of Finovan's usual feats may wish to improvise a feat, in the same way that an initiate would. Having a named list of feats means that he would be able to improvise one of those feats with a penalty but wouldn't be able to improvise a Combat feat from another deity or make one up from scratch.

See Ya

Simon