Southernskies wrote:
Templar (b) -> Sword Saint (pa)
Duplicates Strength of Faith (ta)
While I agree it duplicates, going from Templar to Sword Saint makes little to no sense either thematically or mechanically. Thematically speaking, if you're a Templar you're withing the church structure. Sword Saint's description states: "Some follow the ridged path of the devout by following the tenants and orders of the church. But there are some, truly devout, who discover their own connection with their patron deity."
Mechanically speaking Templar already grants the ability to take Divine Spell Casting as a Talent without going through the extra step of Rudimentary Prayers. Taking Divine Spell Casting is sufficient to take the Devoted Path which I believe is the only Path that requires Rudimentary Prayers as a possible pre-req.
Southernskies wrote:
:edit: there's quite a few background/path combinations that give this talent when I look.
Can you please provide your examples? The only ones I found were the following:
Backgrounds that grant Strength of Faith - Templar
The only 2 Paths I can see that grant Strength of Faith as a benefit are Sword Saint and Templar Itinerant.
Southernskies wrote:
Devoted (pa) gives Armour Training (Deity); most of the ways to qualify (due to needing access to Limited talents) already give Armour Training (Deity).
If you look at the Special note under the first tier of Devoted it states: "If you already possess training with an appropriate armor, you gain Weapon Training with deity's chosen weapon instead."
With a sweep of his hat,
Paul