Thanks for that.
I notice that you wrote:
"It can be considered a special ability."
I think that I'm starting to zero in on my problem (and not for the first time, unfortunately):
I see, in the various codified RPGs like Pathfinder, the appearance of rigor... And then I come to expect it.
Another example just popped up in this current quest. I was trying to find the right place (Feat or Special Ability) to put "Swift Poisoning (Ex)". The first thing I found is that, even though it is listed under the Alchemist's Class Features, there is no separately-defined thing called "Swift Poisoning". There's "Swift Poison", and it has the same content. Ok, then what is "Swift Poison"? Is it a Feat or a Special Ability? It's neither. It's a Rogue Talent. What's a Talent? It's something that, apparently, only Rogues and a couple of other classes have.
Anyway, thanks very much for the additional explanations, I really appreciate it.
Cheers,
- s.west
p.s. Thanks for the Princess Bride excerpt.
