Animal and Terrain Domains and Cha vs Wis


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In Ultimate Magic there are a bunch of animal and terrain domains. Some of them have powers based on Wis and some of them have powers based on Cha. Is this intentional or should they all be Wis based? The section in UM says that "If an animal or terrain domain ability calls for a saving throw, the DC of the save is equal to 10 + 1/2 the character’s druid level + her Wisdom modifier." This implies that perhaps they should all be Wis based and the CHA ones are typos/copy/paste errors. Anybody know for sure?

For example,

Aquatic domain:

"Sealord (Su): You can channel energy (as a cleric of your druid level) a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier, but only to heal creatures with the aquatic or water subtype or to command them (similar to using the Command Undead feat against undead). You can take other feats to add to this ability, such as Extra Channel and Improved Channel, but not feats that alter this ability, such as Elemental Channel and Alignment Channel. The DC to save against this ability is equal to 10 + 1/2 your druid level + your Charisma modifier."

vs.

Desert Domain:

"Heat Shimmer (Su): As a free action, you can surround yourself with heat distortion that acts as the blur spell. Creatures that strike you in melee while you’re using this ability are dazzled for 1 round (Fortitude negates). You may use this ability for a number of rounds per day equal to 3 + your Wisdom modifier. These rounds need not be consecutive."

Grand Lodge

I believe it is intentional.


The Sealord ability is based on Channel Energy, which is Charisma-based even though the class it is from casts using Wisdom. Using Charisma is deliberate.

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