wilcoxon wrote:
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Tiered: Tiered Talents possess one to five Tiers. When you first take the Talent, you learn its Tier I ability. Once per subsequent Tier you may take the same Talent again to learn the Talent’s next Tier ability provided your Hero Tier is at least as high.
<snip>I'd love to see this errata'd as it causes all kinds of issues unless you fully plan out your character from day 1.
Unless there are specific exceptions made for specific tiered talents, I can't imagine this will change. Early playtesting didn't have that requirement until we pointed out to Pedro the amount of abuse that a player could do with spellcasting talents. Imagine an expert at Tier IV deciding what to do next and deciding to become a caster. If they already have Prestidigitation and pick a path that opens up spellcasting, over the course of 6 ranks they can move from casting basic universal spells to Tier IV spells (Path, 2 skills at 2 ranks/skill, Any 2 Talents - Sabatical (+1 casting), A(D)SC I, Any 1 Talent - A(D)SC II, Any 1 Talent - A(D)SC III, Any 1 Talent - A(D)SC IV. For that matter, if they've taken the long game they could already be maxing out the skill before then removing the need for the skill selection then and depending on background might not even need the Path either. It also makes becoming a full double caster far easier which isn't a good path either.
Arguably the highest tiered talents represent a lifetime of dedication to that element if it's an every tier tiered talent (ex. Weapon Mastery, Stealthy, spellcasting).
With a sweep of his hat,
Paul