Duration of Revelations... Misread?


Round 1: Cavalier and Oracle

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I have been assuming that when a Revelation has a description of what bonuses you gain at multiple levels and then has a duration listed at the end, it applies to all levels of the ability. However, another way to read it would be that only the ability that comes directly before the duration sentence has it's duration capped.

For instance:

Gaze of Flames (Su): You can see through fire, fog, and smoke without penalty as long as the light is sufficient to allow you to see normally. At 7th level, you can gaze through any source of flame within 10 feet per oracle level, as if using clairvoyance. You can use this ability for a number of rounds per day equal to your oracle level, but these rounds do not need to be consecutive.

Does this mean that you can use Gaze of Flames for a number of rounds equal to your oracle level per day or does it mean that the normal version has unlimited use and the 7th level version can only be used for a number of rounds per day equal to your oracle level?

I had been assuming that the first was true( I.e. any use of any of the Gaze of Flames ability counted as 1 round of use ).

this would be a lot more useful if the normal version was unlimited an only the clairvoyance option had a rounds/day limit.


Yeah, I was confused by that, too. I actually interpreted it the opposite you did. It needs to be clarified.

Dark Archive

Bump. I'd kind of like people's thoughts on this as it makes a huge difference in the utility of the Oracle's revelations.

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Generally speaking, the limit only applies to the sentence before the limit. This is far too confusing though and I will be clearing up the language and intent.

Jason Bulmahn
Lead Designer
Paizo Publishing

Dark Archive

Jason Bulmahn wrote:

Generally speaking, the limit only applies to the sentence before the limit. This is far too confusing though and I will be clearing up the language and intent.

Jason Bulmahn
Lead Designer
Paizo Publishing

Awesome. That makes the Revelations a lot more useful than I had at first assumed. I'll have to re-read them taking that into account.

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