Haunt re-triggering

[Marios]

I've read everything I could find on Haunts but I didn't find an answer to my question, so here it goes!

How often can a non-suppressed haunt re-trigger? Does it have to wait for its reset time regardless of the fact that it is not suppressed or can it trigger again as soon as its trigger condition is met (as long as it is not suppressed of course)?

For example, if the Mourning Maiden triggers when the party gets near it and the party remains in its location (maybe the targeted PC made the initial save and they never realised there's a haunt in the room). When can it trigger again? Immediately (since its trigger is proximity)? After its reset period? Something entirely different which complete eludes my grasp?

Thanks a lot for any insight!

[Brandon Hodge]

PRD wrote:

Reset: This is the amount of time that must pass before a haunt can attempt to reset. Until it is destroyed, a haunt can reset after this period by succeeding on a DC 10 caster level check—failure indicates the haunt must wait that amount of time again before making another attempt to reset.

After the rest period, regardless of it has been neutralized or not.

If the haunt has been triggered, and done its thing, then it has to undergo the reset time once its effects end. If it is persistent, the effects last for a number of rounds as calculated by the spell's duration based on the haunt's Caster Level, then it has to undergo its reset time and the involved rolls. Does that help? =-)

[Marios]

Brandon Hodge wrote:

PRD wrote:

Reset: This is the amount of time that must pass before a haunt can attempt to reset. Until it is destroyed, a haunt can reset after this period by succeeding on a DC 10 caster level check—failure indicates the haunt must wait that amount of time again before making another attempt to reset.

After the rest period, regardless of it has been neutralized or not.

If the haunt has been triggered, and done its thing, then it has to undergo the reset time once its effects end. If it is persistent, the effects last for a number of rounds as calculated by the spell's duration based on the haunt's Caster Level, then it has to undergo its reset time and the involved rolls. Does that help? =-)

Absolutely! I've read the paragraph you've quoted but for some reason I was certain that it was referring to neutralised haunts only... guess not! :)

Thanks a lot!