Hello everyone.
I was reading the Gravewalker archetype when i sudden find a statement that i can't comprehend.
Spell Poppet:
"[...] The gravewalker must commune with her poppet each day to prepare her spells and cannot prepare spells that are not stored in the poppet. This ability (spell poppet) replaces familiar. The following familiar ability works differently for a gravewalker:
Deliver Touch Spells (Su): At 3rd level or higher, a gravewalker can use her poppet to deliver touch spells. [...]."
I don't understand if it means that choosing the archetype i'll lose the familiar and all his ability (alertness, ...) except the deliver touch spells, or that i lose the familiar but not his ability except that deliver touch spells work in a different way.
I'm a bit confused right now.
Thanks.
This is saying that you do not get a familiar (and lose Alertness and all other perks of having a familiar), but you get the ability to deliver touch spells at 3rd level through the Poppet.
At that point, instead of having to make your familiar walk up to your enemy, you get to use a full-round action to deliver a held melee touch attack as a ranged touch attack.
Ok, thank you very much.
I was unsure because while the first sentence ("replace familiar") is clear. The second one ("the following ...") suggest that the ability not listed works in the same way as for a familiar.
Just a last doubt (a bit off topic, so i ask pardon) about the aura of desecration ability:
"This aura increases the DC of channeled negative energy by +1 and the turn resistance of undead by +1"
I don't really get how the 2 bonus works?
Sorry for the inexperience.
They would not be able then to get improved familiar either right?
Shalafi: as they don't have a familiar, no they would not.