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Message: <blockquote data-quote="green slime" data-source="post: 744334" data-attributes="member: 1325">I like this mechanic, but I'm wary of pricing the benefits too cheaply.First off, before we all go flying off our respective handles, I'd like to point out two issues which haven't yet been mentioned:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> [*]A similar mechanic already exists in the spell permanency. [*]Magic items can be lost, stolen, pulverized, disintegrated, destroyed, trashed, canned and wasted. </li> </ul> Thus I reach the conclusion, that similar mechanics already exist, and it is of interest to players. Thus the only thing really left to worry about is finding an appropriate cost for the benefit.Obviously the use of this to gain feats, IMC, would be out, as feat are solely the realm of levelling. Thus no +1 BAB. But a spell-like ability to fly - I would consider.Secondly, great care must be taken to ascertain that the correct XP cost is assigned. My presumption is that it would be vastly more valuable and valued than a mere unslotted magical item, as it is something that the character cannot loose. As permanency as per the rules, is dispellable (although many including I rule that the effect is merely suppressed), you need to consider how you want your PC's abilities to behave: are they suppressable or not? Is it possible for the PC to loose these abilities? Under what circumstances?Lastly, you must decide whether these abilities are Extraordinary, Spell-like or Supernatural (Sort hangs together with the above, but not completely). </blockquote>

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