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<blockquote data-quote="Nathan" data-source="post: 3175917" data-attributes="member: 1342">Thanks for this good example, Corsair, to clarify the problem with the wording and the grammar. I would read darkest-colour or highest-level as an adjective. Otherwise, one would leave out the hyphen, I think. Given this, as a mathematician I'd say you'd learn the cars John is capable of driving and which have the darkest colour while not learning the colour itself. On the other hand, interpreting it this way it makes it clear that this meaning wasn't very likely intended by those who wrote the feat.If the feat gave knowledge on the spells themselves, I'd say the feat would be less powerful than Greater Arcane Sight while still at about this high level. Thus, you are right in saying that it has to be understood in the sense that makes it much less powerful.However, then it sounds more like a meta-game feat as I don't like the idea of characters knowing the concept of spell levels. (There shouldn't also be a feat disclosing hit points or HD.) Thus, I'd ban the feat altogether.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nathan, post: 3175917, member: 1342"] Thanks for this good example, Corsair, to clarify the problem with the wording and the grammar. I would read darkest-colour or highest-level as an adjective. Otherwise, one would leave out the hyphen, I think. Given this, as a mathematician I'd say you'd learn the cars John is capable of driving and which have the darkest colour while not learning the colour itself. On the other hand, interpreting it this way it makes it clear that this meaning wasn't very likely intended by those who wrote the feat. If the feat gave knowledge on the spells themselves, I'd say the feat would be less powerful than Greater Arcane Sight while still at about this high level. Thus, you are right in saying that it has to be understood in the sense that makes it much less powerful. However, then it sounds more like a meta-game feat as I don't like the idea of characters knowing the concept of spell levels. (There shouldn't also be a feat disclosing hit points or HD.) Thus, I'd ban the feat altogether. [/QUOTE]

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