Necromantic Affinity


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Hey! I as wondering if Necromantic Affinity caused the character with it to also take damage from positive energy channels and heal from negative energy channels? It seems to infer would be that way, but doesn't state such absolutely.

Scarab Sages

Yes. You take damage from positive energy channels to harm, and are healed by negative energy channels to heal. Positive energy channels to heal and negative energy channels to harm have no effect on you.


Actually as written it makes you completely ineligible for any channel use because channel can't harm and heal at the same time. It only has 4 modes that are exclusive; living-heal, living-harm, undead-heal, undead-harm. The ability makes it so that you don't fit in any of those modes. Note this is only the case for channel energy.

Scarab Sages

Actually, Ignore my previous post, it was wrong. I was thinking of the Negative Energy Affinity universal monster rule. The feat isn't that.

Necromantic Affinity wrote:


Prerequisites: Con 15.

Benefit: You gain a +2 bonus on saving throws made to resist spells and effects that utilize negative energy, cause negative levels, or cause ability damage, ability drain, or ability penalties. In addition, damage caused by inflict spells heals you as if you were an undead creature, but you also take damage from cure spells.

You are only healed by inflict spells and harmed by cure spells. For channels, you gain a +2 on saves, but you still take negative energy damage from channels to harm and are still cured by channels to heal.

Grand Lodge

Onyxlion wrote:
Actually as written it makes you completely ineligible for any channel use because channel can't harm and heal at the same time. It only has 4 modes that are exclusive; living-heal, living-harm, undead-heal, undead-harm. The ability makes it so that you don't fit in any of those modes. Note this is only the case for channel energy.

Ignoring the fat that Necromantic Affinity isn't Negative Energy Affinity, you have how Negative Energy Affinity works wrong.


Jeff Merola wrote:
Onyxlion wrote:
Actually as written it makes you completely ineligible for any channel use because channel can't harm and heal at the same time. It only has 4 modes that are exclusive; living-heal, living-harm, undead-heal, undead-harm. The ability makes it so that you don't fit in any of those modes. Note this is only the case for channel energy.
Ignoring the fat that Necromantic Affinity isn't Negative Energy Affinity, you have how Negative Energy Affinity works wrong.

Oh haha good find I wasn't aware of the FAQ on it. I was thinking of the dhampir ability and didn't follow the link so double mistake on me.

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