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Old 02-21-2023, 07:13 PM   #21
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With of course, the exception of Familiars. Which are covered in Basic Characters p.38, many of which are designed (and priced) to lend FP. Intellect and sapience may vary.
That's technically your own FP which you can only access around your familiar, though there was a further modifier in I think Dungeon Fantasy which discounted it further if every time you drew on that FP it drained the familiar of theirs.
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Old 02-21-2023, 08:14 PM   #22
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That's technically your own FP which you can only access around your familiar, though there was a further modifier in I think Dungeon Fantasy which discounted it further if every time you drew on that FP it drained the familiar of theirs.
That is how 4th edition handled the bookkeeping (it has changed over the editions). However since you cannot access or use it if...

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You have no access to these abilities on a failed appearance roll; if your familiar is stunned, unconscious, or dead; or in areas where your special link does not function (GM’s decision).
...it is 'yours' perhaps in that you pay for it...but not yours as in actually physically possessing it IMHO.
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Old 02-22-2023, 10:17 PM   #23
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That is how 4th edition handled the bookkeeping (it has changed over the editions). However since you cannot access or use it if...

...it is 'yours' perhaps in that you pay for it...but not yours as in actually physically possessing it IMHO.
You still possess it, it's just inaccessible. Not being able to use it on a failed appearance roll is similar to if you bought FP or ER with Accessibility restrictions. Even if I have an FP bonus that I only get at night, the FP is still owned by me, just non-interactive in daylight.
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