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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Glimbur" data-source="post: 6357114" data-attributes="member: 6690027">It's not clear.  I would argue that the design intent is that you get an additional chakra bind which can only be used on the chakra which you open via the feat.  That makes the feat pretty good, but you don't get that many feats.  This does make it a more limited version of the Epic feat which flat-out gives you an extra chakra bind, and the Epic feat doesn't open a Chakra so the non-epic feat is sort of better.You've already mentioned the other common interpretation, which is that you are now allowed to bind to the chakra but you do not get an extra chakra bind so you must already have one.  That makes the feat mostly useful for people who dipped a meldshaper class and now want a higher level chakra.  To me, part of the beauty of MoI is that you can dabble or specialize, so I don't like this interpretation as much.You can get a fair amount of argument on this point, and if you really pressed me for a Rules As Written answer I'd go with the more restrictive answer, but I don't like it as well.</blockquote>