Affinity

An Affinity is a special learning ability tied to the essence : it is unique to the entity and defined at character creation by players.

An Affinity is either tied to a Noun or a Nuance :

If a player have an Affinity to a Noun, they start with both the idioms of the Verbs Speak and Shape at Wordsmithing Level 0. Once per Wordsmithing Level increase, they can use their Learning Points to learn two idioms instead of one in the Noun they have an affinity with. Once Expertise 10 of that Noun is achieved, they can cast all of its idioms without verbal input.

If a player have an Affinity to a Nuance, they learn one idiom of this Nuance of their choice at level 0, regardless of their Expertise and Wordsmithing Level. Each 5 Wordsmithing Level onwards, they can spend their Learning Points to learn another idiom of the Nuance they have an affinity with, this time ignoring only Expertise. Each idiom learned through this Affinity can be cast without verbal input. They cannot use this Affinity to learn idioms of that costs 8 Flux or more, idioms of Annihilate or idioms of Infinity.

If a player have no Affinity, their lack of alignment allows them a quicker growth : every 5 Wordsmithing Levels, they automatically gain one Expertise point in all Nouns.