to something like the following, work out?A Devotion is a special Advanced ability that belongs to two different Powers and requires that a character have at least one Basic ability from both in order to be learned.
A Devotion is a special Advanced ability that requires that a character have at least one Advanced ability in order to be learned.
Breaking up Devotions into Universal Power categories, as devotions are part of an existing Universal Power, the currently written up devotions should be divided in some manner.
Mostly, I tried to break up the Devotions by their flavour, but the only firm decision I took overall was that each Universal power gets the same amount of devotions (3).
Authority
“Look me in the eyes and tell me that again.”
[*]Façade of Nonchalance
[*]Phantasmagoria
[*]Purify the Mind
Celerity
There she goes again.
[*]Adaptive Resilience
[*]Familiar Stranger
[*]Shorten the Fuse
Clout
I have the power.
[*]Flight
[*]War Form
[*]Will to Power
Discernment
“You see what you want to see. You hear what you want to hear.”
[*]Chain of Eyes
[*]Telekinesis
[*]Tracking Echoes of the Muse
Fortitude
Endure. And in enduring, grow strong.
[*]Cleanse the Body
[*]Empty Body
[*]Flesh of Marble
Magnetism
Alright everyone! Let's hear it... for me!
[*]Betrayal of the Tongue
[*]Desire Reflection
[*]Shifting Sands
Veil
...Now you don't.
[*]Blind the Senses
[*]Burrowing
[*]Holistic Ventroloquism
It's probably not the best sorting of devotions into Universal Power categories, but it does streamline Devotions as a interim level of power between advanced powers and elder powers.
The AS chapter on "Rituals" says flat out that using "rituals" to copy Advanced powers you don't have is bad, and copying Elder powers is even worse. However, I've also recalled Frank stating that Elder powers should be considered examples of rituals.
Has anyone tried anything like this, or have thoughts on how to make elder powers into rituals PCs can try to reproduce.