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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 7032199" data-attributes="member: 82106">Well, a feat could give you access to both the skill power AND the feat (it would have to count as your 'Power of Skill' feat or something like that). Again, these are all reasons why in HoML all of this stuff just became 'boons'. The whole endless debate about which category of rule should apply to any given thing goes away and it all gets moved onto narrative game logic. There are powers, practices/rituals, and items, but they all arise out of the common boon mechanic and thus participate in the level pacing (if they're significant enough to be major boons). Something like a boon "learn this ritual formula" is likely to be minor, just knowing 5 rituals that are each useful in some specific circumstances isn't enough to make you 5 levels higher level! Powers and permanent items generally ARE major boons, but it could be circumstantial too, a high level PC might not consider a minor magic item to be a major boon, whereas a low level one might well find the same item to be quite significant. This kind of flexibility is pretty useful in terms of character definition, and helps to iron out "how do I build this" questions that often arise in 4e and lead to "you need to get these 2 particular feats, plus this specific item, and then take power X" which is OK, but sometimes gets in the way of the fun.</blockquote>