I am playing an Oracle of Life and I'm a bit confused about some of my bonus spells and when exactly I'm able to cast them: Neutralize Poison and Mass Heal.
An Oracle of Life gets Neutralize Poison as a bonus spell from its mystery at Level 6. However, Neutralize Poison is a 4th level spell for Clerics (and thus for Oracles, who use the same spell list). Does this mean that although I get Neutralize Poison as a spell known at Level 6, I won't be able to cast it until I reach Level 8?
Same thing goes for Mass Heal. As a bonus spell it is added to my spells known at Level 16, but as it is a 9th level spell, I would have to wait until I reach the next higher level (17) to be able to cast it.
The rules regarding the Cure spells are straightforward: they are added to the list of spells known as soon as the oracle is able to cast them.
For the bonus spells this seems to be different as some are added to your list of spells known 1 or 2 levels before you are able to cast them?
What is your opinion on this? Thanks in advance for your replies.
You add spells from your mystery to your spell list at the highest level of spells you can cast at the time. Therefore, neutralize poison for your oracle of life is a 3rd level spell, while mass heal is 8th for you.
Neutralize Poison is gained at level seven and Mass Heal is available at level nineteen.
The Pathfinder SRD entry is wrong; I've got the book in front of me, which gave me the information I posted previously.
@ Lathiira: wow that's great. As an oracle of life I get to cast those pretty good spells earlier than a cleric or other oracles. Awesome!
The Pathfinder SRD entry is wrong; I've got the book in front of me, which gave me the information I posted previously.
I am sorry to inform you that in this case it's the book that's wrong. All the other oracle mysteries get their bonus spells at even levels, so the printing under the Oracle of Life section was obviously a mistake. In the official APG errata / update 1.0 (downloadable PDF) this has been corrected. If you doubt it, you can also have a look here:
http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/advanced/baseClasses/oracle.html
I am sorry to inform you that in this case it's the book that's wrong. All the other oracle mysteries get their bonus spells at even levels, so the printing under the Oracle of Life section was obviously a mistake. In the official APG errata / update 1.0 (downloadable PDF) this has been corrected. If you doubt it, you can also have a look here:
http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/advanced/baseClasses/oracle.html
Now that you mention it...thanks for the correction. I downloaded that some time ago, but apparently reading it skipped my mind. This is getting really old. I think I'll stop pre-ordering core products. First printings are starting to feel like their only useful as collector's items.