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MAD MONKEYS on a witches spell list? im wanting to play a monkey based witch in my PFS game, i can make 3 tiny monkeys, i can summon monster as a monkey, i can do beast form as a monkey, but i cant seem to figure out how to get mad monkeys on my spell list, should i just max my UMD and get a staff of Mad Monkeys? such a funny spell not to be on my list.
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Pathfinder Savant, levels 2 through 7 give you one spell each added to your spell list.
That is solid advice. The savant is from the Seekers of Secrets book, which you'll need if you go with the savant prestige class.
Also an option is the cyphermage from the inner sea world guide. One level of cyphermage gives you access to a single cypherlore. A few stand out -
Focused Scroll (Su): As a swift action, a cyphermage can add a bonus equal to twice his Intelligence modifier on any caster level checks made with a scroll spell, including checks to overcome SR. He can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 1/3 his cyphermage level (minimum 1).
Extended Scroll (Su): As a swift action, a cyphermage can double the duration of any scroll spell he reads as if the spell were modified by Extend Spell. He can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 1/3 his cyphermage level (minimum 1).
So for one level in cyphermage you could get focused scroll and spell progression as normal. With savant the two disadvantages I see are that it would take two levels, and you'd lose a level of spell progression.
Of course the disadvantage with cyphermage is that the scroll is DC 23 - assuming your character is level 6 (The earliest you can go cyphermage), INT 22 (Easy with a headband by then) and CHA 12...
6 + 3 + 1 = +10 UMD
Intelligence Bonus +6 + 6 (Focused scroll) = + 12
Total UMD Bonus = 22, against a DC of 23. That's a 95% chance of success with a 1 always failing. That's once a day. The second time per day it would be +16 or 65% chance of success.
It may be worth considering
1. It won't cost you spell progression
2. Mad monkeys is situational - good for a scroll
3. It applies to ALL spell scrolls, not just the single spell (I'm sure there are other monkey related spells)
4. You can scribe multiple spells to a scroll. 3 casts of mad monkeys would be a scroll about 3 feet long (I think) for 1125 gp.
5. A second level in cyphermage could pick you up extend scroll once per day to double scroll duration. Once again - great for monkeys, but also great for any other scroll spell
Disadvantage:
1. Gp cost (Maybe spend 2 prestige on a scroll with 2 mad monkey spells on it)
That's way too wordy, but food for thought!
Sorry and enjoy
quacktar