Sorcerer Bloodlines and Spell-Like Abilities

[Dragonborn3]

Can a sorcerer bloodline effect a spell-like ability? Specifically Draconic or Orc, which increase the damage dealt by spells on a +1 per die basis.

[Chess Pwn]

Yes

[Dragonborn3]

What if the spell-like ability does not emulate any actual spell?

[Menacing Shade of mauve]

Yes, because:
1) Bloodline Arcana are not limited to affecting your Sorcerer spells.
2) SLAs are affected by things that affect spells, with specific exceptions (most notably metamagic).

[Chess Pwn]

If the ability clearly falls under the requirements of the arcana, like a kineticist's SLA blast having a damage roll, than it can be improved upon by the arcana.

[Dragonborn3]

I cannot find any FAQ or errata about spell-like abilities being improved or effected by anything, strangely.

[Darksol the Painbringer]

FAQ or Errata isn't required, as the answer is in the rules:

Spell-Like Abilities wrote:

Usually, a spell-like ability works just like the spell of that name. A spell-like ability has no verbal, somatic, or material component, nor does it require a focus. The user activates it mentally. Armor never affects a spell-like ability's use, even if the ability resembles an arcane spell with a somatic component.

A spell-like ability has a casting time of 1 standard action unless noted otherwise in the ability or spell description. In all other ways, a spell-like ability functions just like a spell.

The italicized portions are all of the conditions that are listed as being unlike a spell; everything else functions as if it were a spell being cast. This would include effects that apply to a spell being cast, such as your bloodline abilities.

[Chess Pwn]

faq

Augment Summoning: Does this feat apply to monsters summoned with summon monster or summon nature's ally spell-like abilities?
Yes.

Augment Summoning: Each creature you conjure with any summon spell

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Other FAQ
Metamagic: Can I use a metamagic feat to alter a spell-like ability?
No. Metamagic feats specifically only affect spells, not spell-like abilities. Also, spell-like abilities do not have spell slots, so you can't adjust the effective spell slot of a spell-like ability.

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[Reven Ent]

Chess Pwn wrote:

Metamagic: Can I use a metamagic feat to alter a spell-like ability?
No. Metamagic feats specifically only affect spells, not spell-like abilities. Also, spell-like abilities do not have spell slots, so you can't adjust the effective spell slot of a spell-like ability.

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Of note, though, there are separate metamagic feats especially for spell-likes, though the list is a little short right now

• Empower SLA
  
• Quicken SLA