From the bard: Devious: When you use charming and open you may also ask “How are you vulnerable to me?” Your subject may not ask this question of you.
Should I be interpreting that as “Add ‘How are you vulnerable to me?’ to the of options” or “You can ask a question from the normal list and you may additionally ask ‘How are you vulnerable to me?'”? I could see arguments for either interpretation.
It is an additional option for you to choose. You don’t get to ask it “for free”
Like many descriptions in the book, it really could go either way. I don’t think there is a right or wrong way to approach these situations. Which way feels better to you? Should Devious grant this free question or do you think being Devious merely allows you to get away with asking such a damaging question?
But the wording would be different. It would be “you may always ask this for free/in addition to your regular questions”
When you put it like that Tim Franzke I completely agree. I feel frustrated at times due to wording that feels open or indecisive.