Warpriest Blessings Question

[Shadedspite]

So, this is my first time posting, but not my first time viewing the boards. So the question I have is this about the War Blessings text and the mix of arsenal chaplain archetype.

War Mind (minor): At 1st level, you can touch an ally and grant it a tactical advantage for 1 minute. At the start of its turn each round, it can select one of the following bonuses: +10 feet to base land speed, +1 dodge bonus to AC, +1 insight bonus on attack rolls, or a +1 luck bonus on saving throws. Each bonus selected lasts for 1 round.

It states that you can touch an -ally- yet the Arsenal Chaplain war blessing states that you can touch yourself to receive the boost, but can only do so as a swift action at 10th level

So, what I'm asking is, could a PC target themselves without the Arsenal Chaplain Archetype to get the bonus and if there is a thread already about this, could you link it please :)

[Davic The Grey]

Normally a blessing is a standard action. The arsenal chaplain ability is allowing you to swift action apply it to yourself. You are always your own ally, so you can apply it normally, just as a standard action not a swift.

[Vatras]

You count as your own ally and can use it on yourself. But only at 10th level does the standard action become a swift action, and thus more useful.

You find the rule under Basics & Ability Scores/Common Terms on the Pathfinder rules (under Ally) with the FAQ/Errata entry.

[Shadedspite]

Thank you very much, solved the problem I was having ^^

[Kela]

Hi experts ^^

About blessings like the "Good Blessing" :

Quote:

Holy Strike (minor): At 1st level, you can touch one weapon and bless it with the power of purity and goodness. For 1 minute, this weapon glows green, white, or yellow-gold and deals an additional 1d6 points of damage against evil creatures. During this time, it's treated as good for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction. This additional damage doesn't stack with the additional damage from the holy weapon special ability.

My question is : Can I bless someone's bare hands for unarmed combat ?

My opinion is mixed... I don't think it's possible since in some spell descriptions it's clearly pointed out if you can use them to buff unarmed strikes but when someone is equipped with an Amulet of mighty fists isn't this considered as the weapon ?

I'm lost and in need of advice, does someone has a clue to resolve this matter ?

Thanks.

[Rysky]

Unarmed strikes are weapons, you can buff them.

[Kela]

Thank you a lot.

Could you point out where in the rules do you get this intel ? That would help a lot...

Do one have to bless one fist at a time or all unarmed are blessed (and in that cases it's like blessing the amulet of mighty fists - that would seem logical) ? If one has natural secondary attacks, how are they considered if the blessing affects the whole person ?

Thanks again, we fell lately against an opponent that had DR10/Good, our brawler could have used the blessing to bypass it ^^

[Rysky]

The weapons section of the core rulebook. And all unarmed are blessed, not each individual one (if you were using Natural Attacks you would need to bless each individual one).

[Kela]

Thanks a lot.

[Rysky]

Np