Re: Frameworks modifying frameworks
True, the system does care, as you said:
But those are derived from the SFX; to identify anything as such, I generally ask myself "If this sentence were to be transplanted into an entirely different system, such as AMBER, would there be any relics of the HERO system that stood out as not belonging there?"
If, on the other hand, it still makes sense, it's an idea/concept - SFX.
To elaborate on, and hopefully clarify, what I see as the difference between idea/concept, SFX, and system/rules: an idea/concept is what we had before we even knew about HERO - when the system tries translating this to rules, it gives that idea/concept the name of "SFX" to distinguish it from the mechanics.