A while back in some thread or another (I forget which), I mentioned that I was toying with the notion of allowing Divine Abilities to be purchased with feats, under certain circumstances. Essentially, my reasoning goes, since a Divine Ability can be used to purchase six feats, why shouldn't the reverse be true, if the character is high enough in level and the proper feats get spent?
The thing is, this has now become rather important in my Epic game, since several characters in that party have taken Cryptomnesia feats and the rest are strongly considering it (or are waiting to see what they have to do to get the real, constant Divine Abilities that they really want). So far, only one character's "hidden" divine ability has activated, but I expect more will come in time. The players are bugging me about how they go about using feats to get the Divine Abilities, particularly those who have held off on taking Cryptomnesia so far.
My current idea is that a character can take Cryptomnesia six times for the same ability, each time making the likelihood of activating the hidden power more likely, until at the sixth and final time it finally becomes constant and fully realized. But then I remember that Epic feats are superior to regular feats, and IIRC UK himself said in a previous thread that they appear to be "worth" two regular feats on average. What do the rest of you think, about this idea or the topic in general?
The thing is, this has now become rather important in my Epic game, since several characters in that party have taken Cryptomnesia feats and the rest are strongly considering it (or are waiting to see what they have to do to get the real, constant Divine Abilities that they really want). So far, only one character's "hidden" divine ability has activated, but I expect more will come in time. The players are bugging me about how they go about using feats to get the Divine Abilities, particularly those who have held off on taking Cryptomnesia so far.
My current idea is that a character can take Cryptomnesia six times for the same ability, each time making the likelihood of activating the hidden power more likely, until at the sixth and final time it finally becomes constant and fully realized. But then I remember that Epic feats are superior to regular feats, and IIRC UK himself said in a previous thread that they appear to be "worth" two regular feats on average. What do the rest of you think, about this idea or the topic in general?