Hoping to get some kind of ruling from devs

[Dirkfreemont]

I asked this question a day or two ago and didn't get an answer locked down so I'll ask in more general terms. If a paladin picks up a domain through the sacred servant variant in the APG do his #of times per day for his domain powers now go off of charisma instead of wisdom since his spellcasting is tied to this stat? What about DC's of domain powers that require saves, Cha or Wis? I think there is a chance that the intent of the developers was to tie this to the sacred servants main casting stat (cha) but RAW this doesn't seem to be the case.

[Bobson]

Dirkfreemont wrote:

I asked this question a day or two ago and didn't get an answer locked down so I'll ask in more general terms. If a paladin picks up a domain through the sacred servant variant in the APG do his #of times per day for his domain powers now go off of charisma instead of wisdom since his spellcasting is tied to this stat? What about DC's of domain powers that require saves, Cha or Wis? I think there is a chance that the intent of the developers was to tie this to the sacred servants main casting stat (cha) but RAW this doesn't seem to be the case.

Do domain uses go off of charisma? No, there's no rule that says that. It makes sense, since Paladins are now purely charisma casters, but there's no rule for it. I'd talk to your GM about house-ruling it (it's a pretty painless one). Likewise with DCs.

RAW is that nothing changes - RAI is likely that it does, and they wrote the domains without keeping the possibility of a charisma caster using them in mind.

[Dirkfreemont]

...well, yeah. I mean that's what I just said, as written it goes off wisdom, and I'm thinking the intent may have been to tie it to the main casting stat - cha. I just want someone from paizo to say "nope, sorry bud, RAW is RAW", or "yes we meant for the sacred servant's domain powers to be based off of charisma but didn't feel the need to say so specifically since they cast spells based off of charisma and we didn't think this would even be questioned because our intent is obvious, oops." The reason is that I want my next society character to be a sacred servant, and I was sent here from the PFS faq. The domain (charm, love) that fits my character will be a terrible choice if this stays RAW with no other ruling, as would many of the domains. If it is written exactly how it was intended to be used, and domains are always tied to wisdom even if employed by a paladin, then I basically just want someone to say so, because I feel this is a valid question.

[Greg Wasson]

Try the James Jacobs question thread, too. But the Powers That Be are hustling under alot of deadlines, so may not see this post.

Greg