Doom Spell

[Aamaxu]

Spell listing on page 226 and spell description on page 274 differ a good deal.

In the description the spell causes 'Shaken' effect while in the spell listing page Doom causes -2 Atk Roll, Dmg Roll, Saves and Checks. The problem is that Shaken (pg 568) does not cause -2 on damage rolls.

So which is it? Does Doom cause Shaken? Or does it cause the effects in the spell listing area? Or is Shaken effect missing something?

[Lehmuska]

I'd say it causes shaken. That spell list's short descriptive text is probably just a leftover from 3.5e.

Anyway, it's better to consider a spell's description as the primary source for a spell if a conflict in the rules appears.

[Aamaxu]

Lehmuska wrote:

I'd say it causes shaken. That spell list's short descriptive text is probably just a leftover from 3.5e.

Anyway, it's better to consider a spell's description as the primary source for a spell if a conflict in the rules appears.

Actually, in 3.5 they have the same mistake...

[Fatespinner]

It looks like the sickened condition matches the description of what the doom spell claims to do in it's short description, but given the type of spell doom is (having the 'fear' descriptor), I would say that it imposes the shaken condition and thus the -2 does not apply to damage rolls.