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Undo Artifice (Sp)
At 11th-level, you gain the ability to reduce a nonliving item to its component parts, essentially erasing the hand of artifice and rendering the item into a pile of raw natural materials. This effect acts as the spell polymorph any object, working on both magical and nonmagical nonliving objects. The duration is always permanent. Unlike polymorph any object, it cannot be used to mimic the effects of other spells. Items subject to this effect receive a Fortitude saving throw to negate the effect. Magic items receive a circumstance bonus on this save equal to +1 for every 5,000 gp in the item’s value. You may use undo artifice a number of times per day equal to your Charisma modifier.
Hello!
Regulars of these boards may remember a thread I made when the APG classes were in playtest about this ability. Unfortunately, that thread (here) raised more questions than it answered, and the wording of the ability didn't change in the final version. I am hoping that someone official-like can answer a few questions about this ability. Namely,If my Oracle had Craft Magic Arms and Armor, could they use Undo Artifice on a +1 Longsword, and then use the "raw natural materials" from this +1 Longsword to make a masterwork dagger into a +1 magic weapon?
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All of that is largely moot because you're missing a critical point: the power duplicates a spell that is permanent not instantaneous. No matter what the pile of stuff you end up with looks like, it's still the original item - true seeing would still see it that way.
I really like the flavour of this ability, but I don't want to take it if all it's good for is finding out what the ingredients of a cake are, and then dispelling it back into the full cake. If that is the case, I'll stick with the similarly flavoured Erosion Touch.
Thanks!