Learning Supernatural Abilities in play

[Erik_Dahl]

Thanks a lot for getting involved here. Just to make sure: Once you get to a score of 1, yor SQ is no longer penalized by scores other Supernatural Abilities, right? It seems like that's the intention, but it's never spelled out.

Correct. Once you have a score of 1 in a Supernatural Ability, your advancement is no longer penalized by scores in other Supernatural Abilities or Arts.

@Erik_Dahl

I think that all the hedge wizards and societates got 10 points– at least the ones I wrote.

An exception are the Hermetic Céli Dé (Hibernia p. 65), which get Holy Magic, Intervention, Purity and Transcendence.

Ah, the luck of the Irish! They’re based on the Neriusans, right? I’d suggest they get Premonitions instead of Transcendence, but I can’t fault the authors for not figuring out how I determined Favored Abilities. Or maybe their tradition has somehow become more advanced than other holy societates?

@Erik_Dahl

Probably the biggest difference for each realm is how the books say Favored Abilities affect other Supernatural Abilities. I think I spelled it out best in RoP: Infernal. You don’t have to subtract your scores in other Supernatural Abilities from your advancement total when you are learning a Favored Ability, and you don’t have to subtract your scores in Favored Abilities from your advancement total when you are learning other Supernatural Abilities from the same realm.

That's huge! Like callen, I always thought that this was a special boon by the infernal, to temp you into learning more infernal powers. Do you think all the books should get an errata to clarify this?

No, because I feel like Fifth Edition is finished, and players now have to (get to) make it their own. I offer my intentions up for discussion, not to say it should be my way.