[Occult Adventures] Contagious Zeal - the Warpriest Gift that Keeps On Giving


Pathfinder First Edition General Discussion


Reading through Occult Adventures, I took a look at the Cleric spell list, and found this fun little bitty:

Contagious Zeal
Cleric lv2
Enchantment (Compulsion) [Mind-Affecting, Emotion]
Duration: 1rd/lv

Target creature gains a +2 Morale Bonus to Attack and Damage Rolls, +1d6 Temporary Hit Points, a +4 Morale Bonus vs Fear effects, and a +4 Morale Bonus to the DC of Intimidate Checks made against her (e.g. the DC to intimidate her raises from DC15 to DC19.

Every round, the Target may choose one creature within line of sight who is no greater than 25ft+(5ft/2CL) away from her, and grant these same bonuses to that creature (but not the ability to spread the bonuses). All creatures so affected lose all bonuses and temp hit points when the original target's spell duration ends.

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That's... pretty stinkin' awesome if you ask me.

Fervor-cast that thing and it's like casting Bulls-Strength-PLUS on yourself... and then afterwards you spread it (assumingly as a Free Action) to other members of your party or to your Battle Buddy that you summon starting at lv10.

The better thing is it isn't even Bull's Strength, so it can be applied to Dex-based builds as well!

And then there's the matter of the Temp HP, which is... well, okay, it's not THAT impressive, but any Temp HP is always welcome, right?

And since it's a Morale Bonus to Attack and Damage, it even STACKS with Bull's Strength or any of the similar lv2 Buff spells.

I know it's a Cleric spell, but it seems like the Warpriest gets a LOT more mileage out of this spell (due to Fervor-casting) than the Cleric does.


I would say that it requires a move action to direct to a new target, given the Magic and Combat chapters, but I can definitely see how it could be meant to be a lower action cost, amortizing the cost by requiring multiple rounds to get around.

Pretty interesting idea for a spell though. Wouldn't mind seeing more like that, once the language is ironed out.

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