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Pg. 35 - Serpent domain; Venom immunity
Delete the last sentence in the venom immunity paragraph in the serpent domain section (The one that says "This replaces venom immunity.").
Nevermind I see what they did there. I thought this was leftover text from an archetype, as domain abilities typically don't alter existing class features. This, however, allows gaining immunity to a specific subset of poisons 3 levels earlier at the cost of gaining immunity to all poisons 3 levels later.
Typo in the new Witch Hex in the UM (typo highlighted)
Scar (Su): This hex .... These scars do not interfere with the target's senses or prevent it from using abilities, but may affect social interactions. The witch can user her hexes on the scarred target at a range of up to 1 mile, ....
After adding the Formula for the Gravewalker's Aura of Desecration, I noticed that TOS+ was giving me a maximum of 65' at 19th ... not 70' as per the description:
Aura of Desecration (Su): At first level, a gravewalker can create a 20-foot-radius aura of evil power. This aura increases the DC of channeled negative energy by +1 and the turn resistance of undead by +1. At 3rd level and every 2 levels thereafter, the radius of the aura increases by 5 feet, to a maximum of 70 feet at 20th level. This ability replaces the witch's 1st-level hex.
If you do it manually:
1st - 20'3rd - 25'
5th - 30'
7th - 35'
9th - 40'
11th - 45'
13th - 50'
15th - 55'
17th - 60'
19th - 65'
See the highlight:
Bonethrall (Su): At first level, a gravewalker can take control of an undead creature within her aura of desecration by forcing her will upon it (Will negates, using her hex DC). If it fails the save, the creature falls under her control as if she had used command undead (once control is established, the undead remain controlled even if outside the witch's aura). Intelligent undead receive a new saving throw each day to resist her command. The witch can control up to 1 HD of undead creatures per caster level. If an undead creature is under the control of another creature, the witch must make an opposed Charisma check whenever her orders conflict with that creature's. This replaces the witch's hex gained at 4th level.
So this is given at level 1, yet replaces a 4th level Hex?
Is this correct!?
After adding the Formula for the Gravewalker's Aura of Desecration, I noticed that TOS+ was giving me a maximum of 65' at 19th ... not 70' as per the description:
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I assumed there was an extra 5' bump at 20th level. It should be clarified, though.
So this is given at level 1, yet replaces a 4th level Hex?
Is this correct!?
That's not unheard of. For example, a bear shaman gets an ability at level 5 that replaces "a thousand faces" which is a 13th level druid ability.
Pg. 59 Possessed Oracle first Mystery Spell is ventriloquism (1st) should that be (2nd) not (1st)?
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1.- In the text there's a "Fortitude negates (see text)" saving throw. However, I cannot find the text referring to the save. What is it?Remove that from the spell; it should just say Reflex partial.
2.- If a creature is trapped and helpless, can it try to free itself with a Strength check?If it fails its save, it is trapped and helpless. It can't take any actions if it is helpless.
If it makes its save, it is entangled but can otherwise act normally for the duration. The Strength check is for an entangled (not helpless) creature; I've noted that sentence for clarification.
3.- How long does this check take? A standard, a full round?Standard action.
4.- If the creature is entangled, what must it do to rid itself of the ice and the condition?It can make a Strength check to break it, break the ice by dealing damage, or use something to counteract the magic of it (such as dispel magic).
If it does not rid itself of the ice, does it really keep receiving damage each round for the duration of the spell?Yes, as long as you're still helpless or entangled by the ice.
5.- Does the spell resistance apply to the trapping effect, or only to the damage?You generally only get one spell resistance check against a particular effect.This is an absolutely horrible ruling for this spell. Seriously, not even a strength check to escape if you fail the initial save? You're basically making it "save or die" because the damage per round from the ice will easily kill the target due to its incredibly long duration.
Way too powerful for 5th level.
Which SKR makes a note of a few posts down from that one. He compares it to hold monster which does allow a save, and concedes that the board has a point about it being a bit unbalanced.
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Symbol of Sealing's spell descripton, second sentence (p. 242): "When the casting is completed, the symbol immediately triggers, glowing visibly and sealing the door or opening with an invisible barrier of force equivalent to a wall of force spell."
The spell description then goes on to describe attuning creatures to it, including "the password only prevents them from triggering the symbol, not from ignoring its effects if triggered."
So when does the symbol actually trigger? When the casting is completed - making any attunement useless and this spell simply a higher-level wall of force in a different school? Or when actually triggered - rendering the first part of the spell description's second sentence incorrect?
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Can you fix the spell Malfunction so that the spell works as intended because at the moment the creatures that the spell target are immune to the spell effects. The reason for this is that the spell requires a fort save and Constructs are immune to any effect that requires a fort save and that does not effect objects. Also since most construct are spell immune you should change the spell resistance to no.
"Construct trait
Immunity to any effect that requires a Fortitude save (unless the effect also works on objects, or is harmless)."-- pg 302 Bestiary 3
I think that we can safely assume that a spell that is described as "affects constructs" will work on them, even if it does not work on non-construct objects.
However, the Level of malfunction should be in bold, and I think that "one construct" should really be a Target rather than an Area.
Oath of Loyalty (reference):
Loyal Guardian (Su): At 8th level, whenever the target of the paladin's loyal oath is hit with a melee or ranged attack, if the paladin is adjacent to the target, she can spend an immediate action to have the attack automatically hit her instead of the intended target. This ends the loyal oath.
The description for this ability does not specify (unlike all other abilities...) which core ability is replaced.
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Feat: Undead Master (p158)
Undead Master
You can marshal vast armies of the undead to serve you.
Prerequisites: Spell focus (necromancy), the ability to
cast animate dead or command undead.
Benefit: When you cast animate dead or use the
Command Undead feat, you are considered to be four
levels higher when determining the number of Hit
Dice you animate. When you cast command undead, your
duration is doubled.
Using the Command Undead feat doesn't allow you to animate undead, should it not perhaps simply read:
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Feat: Undead Master (p158)
Undead Master
You can marshal vast armies of the undead to serve you.
Prerequisites: Spell focus (necromancy), the ability to
cast animate dead or command undead.
Benefit: When you cast animate dead or use the
Command Undead feat, you are considered to be four
levels higher when determining the number of Hit
Dice you animate. When you cast command undead, your
duration is doubled.Using the Command Undead feat doesn't allow you to animate undead, should it not perhaps simply read:
"When you cast animate dead or use the Command Undead feat, you are considered to be four levels higher."?
Unfortunately you have to be more specific than that, as simply raising your caster level 4 levels higher has other effects. True, animate dead has no other qualities that are level-dependent (duration is instantaneous, for example), but one thing that will be affected is if you attempt to use dispel magic as a counterspell against animate dead. Using the spell that way requires making a dispel check, which takes the spell's caster level into account.
A change would make sense, though, so I say change it to:
"When you cast animate dead or use the Command Undead feat, you are considered to be four levels higher when determining the number of Hit Dice you animate or command, respectively."
Query about the Shard of Chaos spell...
The Duration line says "instantaneous (1d6 rounds)" but nowhere in the description is 1d6 rounds mentioned. Does anyone know what aspect of the spell lasts 1d6 rounds?
Many thanks
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Query about the Shard of Chaos spell...
The Duration line says "instantaneous (1d6 rounds)" but nowhere in the description is 1d6 rounds mentioned. Does anyone know what aspect of the spell lasts 1d6 rounds?
Many thanks
Good catch. Looks like an error to me. It may have been for the slow effect in an earlier version of the spell, but was reduced to simply 1 round. I'd say delete it and just leave it as "instantaneous"
The following abilities which appear in Undead Anatomy II are missing from Undead Anatomy III and Undead Anatomy IV:
Freeze, Mimicry, Shadowless, Sound Mimicry
The following abilities which appear in Undead Anatomy III are missing from Undead Anatomy IV:
All-Around Vision, Disease, Fear Aura, Natural Cunning, Overwhelming, Unnatural Aura
It looks like the Donkey Rat (p. 117) was given bonuses to attack, CMB, and skills as if it were Tiny instead of Small. By my calculations, it should be:
Melee Bite -1 (1d3-2)
CMB -3
CMD 10 (14 vs trip)
Stealth +11
Swim +6
The ghostly disguise spell dies not have any Saving Throw or Spell Resistance information. By reading the text of the spell, I think it should read "Will disbelief (if interacted with)," or at least "See text."
Vermin Shape I and Vermin Shape II - should they include (D) in the duration for dismissable?
The spell lists for Inquisitor (L4) and Sorcerer/Wizard (L6) both have the desctiption for the Battlemend Link spell as "You and an ally gain attack and AC bonuses." I don't see any mention of AC bonuses, but if both characters cast spells, there is a DC bonus.
A little errata concerning the "Crossblooded" archetype for the Sorcerer class. I've found that reducing all of the Sorcerer's spells known for each spell level makes for very limited game play. Perhaps if the archetype would work better if the Crossblooded Sorcerer's "spells per day" were reduced by 1 per level instead? Does anyone else agree on this?
Not really. You just have to pick your niche very carefully, and remember you can still use those higher level slots to cast lower level spells, either normal or with Heighten Spell. Words of Power sorcerers are even better at this as early as 6th level.
Any word of the Heart Biconstruct Modification ?
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Pg. 206 - Arboreal hammer spell
This spell is confusing because it describes trees as if they had size categories similar to creatures (Huge, Gargantuan, and Colossal). According to the Core Rulebook, however, trees only come in two forms: typical and massive. Massive trees still only take up a 5-ft. square at ground-level, so size can't be determined that way.
Pg. 219 - Fickle Winds
Targets is "one or more Medium creatures/level" - shouldn't that be "one or more Medium creatures/level" or "up to one Medium creatures/level"?
Apologies if this has been addressed but the Construct Modifications -> Basic Modifications -> Ability Score Modifications section is priced all kinds of cheap.
For an untyped bonus it is ridiculously cheap especially for an untyped bonus. Not to mention it is a linear cost instead of an exponential cost when compared to available inherent bonuses and enhancement bonuses.
Even if the market price is twice the cost to create you're still only paying half of the 100,000gp Mraket Price for a +20 bonus to any ability score.
Even on a lowly Homunculus that becomes the best possible expenditure of wealth for any construct's master.
Suggested fix would be that the price should have been bonus squared times 5,000gp at the least. Possibly less so that this Construct Modification is still cheaper than ability boosting tomes to account for the often steep price of purchasing a construct in the first place.
Again, sorry if this's been brought up already.
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p. 239 - sonic thrust.
The second to last sentence of the first paragraph reads, "Any objects of creatures thrown must be within 10 feet of each other."
I'm pretty sure that should read, "Any objects or creatures thrown must be within 10 feet of each other."
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pp. 219-220 fickle winds.
The first sentence of the last paragraph reads, "A Large creature counts as 4 Medium creatures for the purpose of how many targets you can effect with the spell;"
It should read, "A Large creature counts as 4 Medium creatures for the purpose of how many targets you can affect with the spell;"
Has the Bard archetype Sound Striker's "Weird Words" been included in the errata yet? It was FAQ'd last Spring--March I think?
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(I'm not sure if any designers still keep an eye on this thread, but here goes anyway ...)
It's my understanding that Witch patrons supply spells either at an earlier spell level than usual or from spell lists normally not available to Witches. With that in mind, it appears that the Death patron in UM has _four_ irrelevant spells: Speak with Dead (acquired at Witch 6), Suffocation (10), Symbol of Death (16), and Power Word Kill (18). All four of those spells are on the normal Witch class spell list at those spell levels (3, 5, 8, and 9).
The necro is strong in this thread. 5 years and still going strong.
Being able to channel energy would be better than even Evil casters dealing Holy damage.
probably not since Slow is a 3rd level spell like Haste (which you get at 6th level)
The Efreeti bloodline (p67) says:
Bloodline Powers: Like an efreeti, you have both natural power over air and several other genie-based abilities.
I'm pretty sure that should say fire instead of air. The Marid entry says water and the Shaitan entry says earth in the analogous sentences.
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Pg. 228 - Marionette possession
This is a 3rd-level extract for alchemists and investigators, however according to the rules for extracts on page 27 of the APG, extracts can never be made from spells that have a focus component.
For what it's worth, James Jacobs in 2012 had a different idea of how this was supposed to work to explain alchemist extracts that have focus components.
From the Pathfinder Society Field Guide product thread.
Note that shortly after this someone points out to him what the actual text in the alchemist write-up says, to which his response is a short growl.
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Pg. 111 - New Animated Object Abilities
One of the new abilities listed here, Ranged Attack, shares the same name with another animated object ability found in Carrion Crown: The Haunting of Harrowstone. That book's version only costs 1 CP and instead of replacing a slam attack, it just adds a ranged attack the animated object can use as long as it has an appendage to use it and projectiles on hand.
Normally I'd say that whatever was published more recently takes precedence. Unfortunately both of these books were released in the same month, so I'm not sure. Probably the Core line, so Ultimate Magic?
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3 soundings of the "horn" any time in the spells duration of 1 round?
Is the duration a typo?
Page 223:
HORN OF PURSUIT
School evocation [sonic]; Level bard 1, inquisitor 1, paladin 1,
ranger 1
Casting Time 1 standard action
Component S
Range personal
Effect 3 peals of a horn
Duration 1 round
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
You create the sound of a large hunting horn, blowing up
to three notes as loud as a roaring dragon. These notes can
be heard up to 2 miles away in typical outdoor conditions.
You can make these sounds at any point during the spell’s
duration as a free action, and each sounding can be short or
long, allowing you to send very simple coded messages.
I think the duration is correct, this spell is just poorly worded. What the spell is saying is that in the 1 round that this spell's effects occur, you can create 3 separate horn blasts (each one a free action). You as the caster decide on the length of each blast, and it can serve as code for those that hear it and know what it means.
For instance, you tell your party members that when you hear X, it means this, and when you hear y, it means this, and so forth. 3 blasts (short, long, long) might mean "enemies are breaching the gates" while another casting to create 3 more blasts (short, short, long) means the enemy has a spellcaster.