| Selu |
So! I had a question and, whilst it would be nice if an official Paizo member had said something in the past and somebody could cite the information, I'd be happy to just see an educated discussion on this matter...
I made a mistake when I was picking a Path Ability in the past for my character, a choice that I regret having made. I took Leadership for a few reasons and thought that I'd have my cohort with me at all times, so I also took Mythic Leadership. To get it, I took the Universal Path Ability 'Extra Mythic Feat'.
I asked the DM if I could retrain and maybe take Legendary Item, as the fluff is a little more appealing to me now and I'd actually get a little use out of it... The DM said that I couldn't retrain my Path Ability, but I could retrain my feat. I left it there, as I wasn't prepared enough for an educated discussion on the matter (and it's honestly a weird rule, so I think he made the decision on the fly because he wasn't sure how the rules treat it).
I have been thinking it over and trying to find information on this, but it's few and far between. One thought that came to me was that you need somebody to help retrain you, so I'll need another mythic person with said mythic feat (that I may or may not switch to). If somebody can do that for a feat, why not a mythic ability? Would it not be a mythic equivalent of retraining, say, a revelation choice?
I /did/ read some information on the compassion of how mythic path abilities were treated like class abilities, so they SHOULD be able to be retrained, but I was wondering if anybody maybe had some quotes from official paizo members or anything to clarify mine and my DM's confusion?
| Abigaïl Enderleith |
I personnally see Mythic Paths / Abilities in a different way :
A character is "mythic" because he's the hero, because legends will be told about him for centuries. Like David vs Goliath, Ulysse vs the Cyclop, Jason and the Argonauts, even Batman vs the Joker.
In my opinion, you should'nt be able to "change" you mythic path. It represents what you've achieved, what "defines" you in the legends. Achilles was a warrior. It defines who he was. He was other things, yeah, but his path was "warrior". Gods and the universe itself decided that it was his path.
In terms of "rules", if you pick a path (because you're your character's "god") then you can't erase that without changing the whole legend from the start. Achille was a warrior from his birth, according to the legend.
And the abilities ? Well, when you know how to do something, can you "unknow" it ? Okay, it's a game, if you wanna change your character, why not, but I don't think you can do that without Deus Ex Machina. These abilities come from the gods itself, from the legends written about your character. I see it a little like Ragnarok. It has happened before, as it is happening, as it will happen later. Legends about your hero are being written, but you would not play them if it was not legendary, so you play this story the way it will be written later.
I don't know if I explain correctly my point, as I'm not english, sorry if it's not understandable.