Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-27460754-20160124200151/@comment-27405625-20160204031745

BetatesterFP wrote: I had another speculation with the new update

- Simon can hear Carina prayers (and perhaps other focuses too)

You may be on to something there. Presently, the only two people Simon can actually hear on his path are those he's had to clear or halt corruption from, (Aka and Carina). That may be more of a function of the link he had to establish with them to help them, rather than an actual follower-diety link. It seems to me he's primed to feel their emotions through this link rather than he's consciously hearing prayers.

But as I said, you may be on to something because we really don't know what he'd be capable of if he had a stronger shard. Suppose he was able to defeat Arclent, Erosia, or Rodak's IK and absorb their shard. He might be able to use his link then to confer some of his own influence on a particular follower. A sort of priestess succubus wandering around the battlefield who could manifest Commanding Presence once in awhile, for instance, could be devastating.