Re: Awe Question
Awe 8 results in awe +7. The reason being that the first point of awe goes to giving you the ability. The remaining points add to its effect.
A dominion 10 Virtue actually has Awe 5 + Awe 3. The Awe 5 is natural while the Awe 3 is from the dominion. If you had dominion 8 or less the result would be only Awe 5, which translates to awe +4. If you kept dominion 10 and choose a god without natural awe the final result would be awe +2. A dominion of 9 only offers Awe 1.
This mechanic might make more sense with fear. Fear requires 5 points rather then 1 in order to obtain the ability. Therefore, an item that grants fear +0 actually grants Fear 5. Stack on a horror helm and get fear +0. Add an implimentor axe which normally does the same thing and you'll see your fear jump to fear +5, not fear +1. Each rank of death magic grants Fear 1, which is why you don't actually get the fear ability from death magic alone until you have death 5.
That said, Amon Hotep, an artifact requiring F5 and S5 to make grants Awe 5. The more attainable Armor of Vitrue offers Awe 4. That with a Shield of Glimmering Gold on a Dom 10 Virtue is Awe 5 + Awe 3 + Awe 5 + Awe 4 + Awe 1, which equals Awe 18, which in turn results in awe +17.
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