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Hello Pathfinder fans!
I have a question concerning the alchemist's discovery "Lingering Plague"
Any creature that must make a save against a disease caused by the alchemist's extract or other class ability must make a second save 1 round later to avoid doubling the duration of the disease effect. If the disease doesn't have a duration, this discovery reduces its onset time and frequencies by half.
If the creature fails, then making a second save makes sense; they must avoid the effects lasting double duration. But what if the creature makes the save? Does the second saving throw allow a second chance for the disease to take effect? Or is the second saving throw completely pointless if the creature makes the save?
The wording is confusing. Please let me know your analysis.
I would like clarification as well. As it stands it reads, to me at least, is that it only comes into effect on a failed save. Which seems kinda silly to me, as I would hope it would be more along the lines of: affected player takes a save, and another save the next round. 1 failed save = standard duration, 2 failed saves = double duration, 0 failed saves = no disease.
But as I said it seems to read like it only does anything if the first save fails.