SRD wrote: Emulate a Class Feature: Sometimes you need to use a class feature to activate a magic item. In this case, your effective level in the emulated class equals your Use Magic Device check result minus 20. This skill does not let you actually use the class feature of another class. It just lets you activate items as if you had that class feature. If the class whose feature you are emulating has an alignment requirement, you must meet it, either honestly or by emulating an appropriate alignment with a separate Use Magic Device check (see above). So a DC 21 check for a Sorcerer to use a Pearl of Power to emulate a first-level wizard? Am I misunderstanding something?
I would say that you are correct RAW, but that also RAW you as a sorc don't "prepare" or "recall" spells, so the effect would be wasted on you.
It would probably be fair to just allow the Sorcerer to restore an equivalent spell slot, which would be cast as normal.
By RAW it has no effect. Yes, a Sorcerer can activate it with UMD but since he does not prepare spell slots, he has no such slots which he can recall.
There's a Runestone of Power that does what I suspect you're trying to do. It's from the Pathfinder Society Field Guide, I think. It's also more expensive, but is guaranteed to work.
Why don't you use a Runestone it is much easier for Sorc to use as that is what they are designed for. They do the same thing as a pearl of power for a spontaneous caster.
Sure you can emulate the wizard class feature but you have no prepared spell to recall so the combination does nothing for you.
Poldaran wrote: There's a Runestone of Power that does what I suspect you're trying to do. It's from the Pathfinder Society Field Guide, I think. It's also more expensive, but is guaranteed to work. Twice as much, yeah. Wizards get off easy.
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S'Daria wrote: SRD wrote: Emulate a Class Feature: Sometimes you need to use a class feature to activate a magic item. In this case, your effective level in the emulated class equals your Use Magic Device check result minus 20. This skill does not let you actually use the class feature of another class. It just lets you activate items as if you had that class feature. If the class whose feature you are emulating has an alignment requirement, you must meet it, either honestly or by emulating an appropriate alignment with a separate Use Magic Device check (see above). So a DC 21 check for a Sorcerer to use a Pearl of Power to emulate a first-level wizard? Am I misunderstanding something? There's only one problem with that. You can emulate all you want to but the Sorcerer does not have any prepared spell slots to recharge. Nor have you expended any of the slots you did not have. Emulation only tricks the device into thinking you have the class feature, it doesn't GIVE you the class feature you're emulating.
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aceDiamond wrote: Poldaran wrote: There's a Runestone of Power that does what I suspect you're trying to do. It's from the Pathfinder Society Field Guide, I think. It's also more expensive, but is guaranteed to work. Twice as much, yeah. Wizards get off easy. The Runestone is also doing more than twice as much. The Pearl only recharges the specfic spell you've just used up. The spell slot the Runestone restores can be used for ANY spell of that level.
LazarX wrote:
There's only one problem with that. You can emulate all you want to but the Sorcerer does not have any prepared spell slots to recharge. Nor have you expended any of the slots you did not have. Emulation only tricks the device into thinking you have the class feature, it doesn't GIVE you the class feature you're emulating. I thought spell slots were the same.
Ah, ok, thanks for the clarification. So you could emulate, say, being having the bardic performance ability to activate a Horn of Valhalla; I get it now.
LazarX wrote: aceDiamond wrote: Poldaran wrote: There's a Runestone of Power that does what I suspect you're trying to do. It's from the Pathfinder Society Field Guide, I think. It's also more expensive, but is guaranteed to work. Twice as much, yeah. Wizards get off easy. The Runestone is also doing more than twice as much. The Pearl only recharges the specfic spell you've just used up. The spell slot the Runestone restores can be used for ANY spell of that level. AND a pearl of power costs a standard action to use, meaning if you want to suddenly cast one of the previously cast spells you would have to use 2 rounds to get it of, whereas using a Runestone of Power is part of the casting.
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