Do I just not get Overwhelming Soul?


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Scarab Sages

Looking to build a Kineticist, I keep looking at Overwhelming Soul, but can't for the life of me figure out what benefit it offers. Do I just not understand something?

Silver Crusade Contributor

I believe it's mostly there to give kineticists with no Constitution score (such as undead) an out.

I found it... distressingly less-than-functional... the one time I tried to use it. :/


It's a sad archetype that might have been a lot better as a feat. Because people don't like the burn mechanic, Paizo probably(I can't be sure, of course) made the archetype to appease everyone. Sadly, they failed to make it a decent archetype.


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Kalindlara wrote:

I believe it's mostly there to give kineticists with no Constitution score (such as undead) an out.

I found it... distressingly less-than-functional... the one time I tried to use it. :/

Probably also supposed to give an out for races that have a Constitution penalty.

Problem is: It doesn't seem to have anything to replace the Burn mechanic (which admittedly I don't like, but is necessary for Kineticist to be effective as things stand now, and Overwhelming Soul doesn't give an out for that).


That's because instead of burn an Overwhelming Soul takes negative levels. It's actually worse.


It's a colossal trap option, and utterly worthless. Never use it. How this was allowed to print is beyond me.

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