Spell Attribute / Training / DC missing from Elf and Gnome Cantrip Feats


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Page 194 states:

Non-Spellcasters with Powers
If you get powers from a class that doesn’t usually grant the ability to cast spells (for example, if you’re a monk with the Ki Strike feat), the highest level of power you can cast is half your level, rounded up, and your powers are automatically heightened to this level. The ability that gives you your powers will also tell you the proficiency rank for your spell rolls and spell DCs, as well as the tradition of your powers (arcane, divine, occult, or primal). Though the ability to cast powers does not mean you become a spellcaster, you gain the ability to use the Cast a Spell activity as well as use any spellcasting actions necessary to cast your powers (see page 195), but only when casting those powers.

However, the feats Otherworldly Magic and Firstworld Magic omit both the level of training and the attribute used for calculating the check/DC of the Cantrip. Training could be assumed to be untrained (which would make these feats a bit of a trap), but the attribute is simply guesswork.


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You missed the necessary info by only two pages. See "Innate Spells" beginning on page 192. I think it answers all of your questions.


You are completely correct.


Though I think this is just one more instance of the playtest rules not having the most intuitive formatting.


Ventnor wrote:
Though I think this is just one more instance of the playtest rules not having the most intuitive formatting.

Correct, despite the entry for Innate Spells, it would have been a lot more intuitive to simply include that information with those feats as well.

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