Specialization and Sponsored Magic (w/ Evocation) Clarification

[sinker]

I can see thematic reasons to allow it. Specializations representing one getting better at handling energies it would make sense for someone to be able to get better at drawing energy from the sponsor or at melding those energies with their own. Mechanically I could see a player getting out of hand with something like that but as long as they aren't stockpiling summer specializations while laughing maniacally then I think I'd allow it.

[Tedronai]

The question is whether you can have a Summer specialisation in Evocation; that only addresses using the other Summer magic benefits with a normal-element specialisation.

In the absence of my previous little mis-reading, I've got a quote for this one, too.

If the character is already a practitioner
of evocation and/or thaumaturgy, the source
gets “tacked on” to his existing spellcasting abilities
as an extra area of focus[...]

Which would seem to be a reference to Evocation's 'You Know What You Know' trapping, and/or Refinement's 'Add a new element' (sub?)trapping.


Just don't allow them to stack 'Summer' specializations with those in other 'elements'.

[MorkaisChosen]

Certainly one reading of the rules. I'm a little leery of allowing it, as Sponsored Magic is rather broader than any one other Element, in most cases- Summer can do most of Fire, plus all of Biomancy, plus other renewaly stuff like fixing a crack in a rock; but at this point it's me saying "I'd prefer not to," not "Rules say no."

[sinker]

Just don't allow them to stack 'Summer' specializations with those in other 'elements'.

You can't stack specializations anyway, regardless of their source. You use the highest specialization that applies.

[Tedronai]

Which is why you shouldn't let a player pull that sort of thing.