Tattooed Sorcerer and Robe of Arcane Heritage


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I have 11th level Draconic Blooded Sorcerer. If I don the Robe of Arcane Heritage, do I get to change the spell on my Enhanced Magical Tattoo? I will get the Level 15 bloodline power, Wings.

Archetype wrote:

Enhanced Magical Tattoo (Su)

Whenever she gains a bloodline power at a later date, she may change this spell-like ability to another qualifying spell.

Robe Wording wrote:
The wearer treats her sorcerer level as 4 higher than normal for the purpose of determining what bloodline powers she can use and their effects.

Does this mean I can remove and add the robe each level to reset this spell?


I definitely see why you might believe it works as you suggest, but an argument against would be distinguishing between "gaining" a BL power (which level up qualifies for, at least) and "[being able to use]" a BL power (thru magic item). The latter, i.e. how the Robe works, is seemingly equivalent to how Eldritch Heritage "grants" Bloodline powers (not even of your own BL in that case), and IMHO both cases would be ruled identically. On the whole, I would say "Close, But No Cigar: It doesn't work", neither for the Robe or EH. The rules text could probably be Errata'd to make that more explicitly clear, though.

To be clear, Archetype abilities (replacing BL abilities) dependent on Sorc level would not be affected by the Robe, but this case is unusual because the Archetype ability just references "gaining" BL powers.

I hit FAQ.


Well, it states your bloodlines powers go up by 4 levels, including which you can use.

Since it does state "when you gain a power" I'd say actually, surprisingly yes.

Most just boost what you have. This boosts what you gain too.


Incidentally, one of my favorite uses of this ability hinges on NOT frequently "re-setting" the SLA, which needs to be of a spell you "know" at the time*. Instead, "keeping the SLA around" (not changing it) lets you retain access to that "spell" at full CL/etc, WHILE being free to re-train the actual spell known it was based off of... Which in effect, expands your spell known repertoire, albeit the SLA is not usable with full frequency of your spell slots.

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