Bolstered Resilience + Undead


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So, one of my player is an undead, with the classical dr/5...

He saw this talent, Bolstered Resilience
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/bolstered-resilience

and now he want to take it and us it every turn since he's an udead he can't be Fatigued :V

Now, this don't seem quite right to me, are there any errata i don't know?

I'm also not sure of what to do, sure this seem a bug but i don't know if it's better to ban it or not.


eleclipse wrote:

So, one of my player is an undead, with the classical dr/5...

He saw this talent, Bolstered Resilience
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/bolstered-resilience

and now he want to take it and us it every turn since he's an udead he can't be Fatigued :V

Now, this don't seem quite right to me, are there any errata i don't know?

I'm also not sure of what to do, sure this seem a bug but i don't know if it's better to ban it or not.

Seems like an unintended result of having an undead PC, seems to be the correct way to interpret the rule given the circumstance. Seems like you'll have to use magic/spell damage more to get through to them.

It also only works vs a single attack during the round so hitting them multiple times opens up their defense.


What also strikes me as strange is the flavor text of the feat...

"You can dramatically increase your damage reduction in exchange for its temporary loss." (emphasis mine)
There is no description of losing any DR in the "benefit" text, it seems something is missing there or they rewrote the feat without rewriting the flavor text.


eleclipse wrote:
Now, this don't seem quite right to me

Then just don't allow the feat into your game. Flat out state you've already given him an inch by letting him play an undead character, you won't be allowing him to take a foot with this feat.


What kind of undead is he, exactly? Assuming his racial benefits are balanced, fatigue/exhaustion immunity IS one of the undead benefits. Note there are many ways to get those immunities in the game (Horizon Walker - Desert; Oracle with the Lame curse; the invigorate spell for temporary immunity). Just...not at 1st level (except for invigorate).

You could add a level requirement to the feat if you're worried about its power at low levels. I'm not sure it's so bad though... Keep in mind, as an undead he gets no "death window" -- he's destroyed when he hits 0. Getting reckless just cause he has this feat would potentially come back to bite him. It's only blocking one attack afterall, and who knows where the other NPCs are going to move to and attack?

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