Given this:
Judgment (Su)
Starting at 1st level, an inquisitor can pronounce judgment upon her foes as a swift action. Starting when the judgment is made, the inquisitor receives a bonus or special ability based on the type of judgment made.
At 1st level, an inquisitor can use this ability once per day. At 4th level and every three levels thereafter, the inquisitor can use this ability one additional time per day. Once activated, this ability lasts until the combat ends, at which point all of the bonuses immediately end. The inquisitor must participate in the combat to gain these bonuses. If she is frightened, panicked, paralyzed, stunned, unconscious, or otherwise prevented from participating in the combat, the ability does not end, but the bonuses do not resume until she can participate in the combat again.
When the inquisitor uses this ability, she must select one type of judgment to make. As a swift action, she can change this judgment to another type. If the inquisitor is evil, she receives profane bonuses instead of sacred, as appropriate. Neutral inquisitors must select profane or sacred bonuses. Once made, this choice cannot be changed.
[Judgements list follows.]
I was wondering what is the purpose of a class ability like Slayer at 17th level:
Slayer (Ex)
At 17th level, an inquisitor learns to act quickly in combat. Whenever an inquisitor uses her judgment ability, she can select one of her judgments— that judgment grants the maximum bonus from the first round of combat onward. If that judgment is changed during combat, it resets as normal.
...since it'll only add +1, or in a best case scenario +2, to the Judgement selected and will be totally useless at 20th level, since the bonuses will all already be maxed out. Same goes with the part of True Judgement that involves Slayer.
I've read people say something about the bounuses increasing over rounds (like Spahrep in this thread: http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboards/paizoPublishing/pathfinder/pathfinderR PG/rules/judgements&page=1&source=search#0 ) but can't see anything like that on Judgement's text.
So... what am I missing?
It's an artifact left over from the beta, when the bonus increased round by round. Jason posted the corrected version somewhere, but I don't have the link handy...maybe someone else does?
Here are the fixes.
Page 41: In the Slayer class feature, change the text to read as follows.
Slayer (Ex): At 17th level, an inquisitor learns to focus her judgment. Whenever an inquisitor uses her judgment ability, she must select one type of judgment. She is treated as if she were 5 levels higher for the purposes of determining the bonus granted by this judgment. Unlike other types of judgment, the one enhanced by this ability cannot be changed for the remainder of the judgment.
Page 41: In the True Judgement class feature, delete the sixth sentence.
Page 222: In the Flames of the Faithful spell, change the second sentence of the description to read as follows.
If you are using the judgement class feature, your weapon gains the flaming burst property instead.
Page 288: In the Jurist special weapon ability, in the first paragraph, delete the last sentence.
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It's an artifact left over from the beta, when the bonus increased round by round. Jason posted the corrected version somewhere, but I don't have the link handy...maybe someone else does?
The slayer errata is that the inquisitor picks one of his judgments and that judgment is treated as if they were 5 levels higher, but the inquisitor can't switch that judgment out during a fight.
It also is note worthy that judgments are not level capped at 20, so it is meaningful.
Got it, thanks.
Are there other known errors to fix and does anyone know when will the errata be out?
Are there other known errors to fix
FAQ tab of the APG product page
does anyone know when will the errata be out?
When we print a 2nd printing of the book, which is not something we've announced yet nor is it something that has a set date... but it WILL be happening at some point.
Thanks.