Arcane Bond serving as a feat pre-req


Rules Questions


Quote:
A wizard can add additional magic abilities to his bonded object as if he has the required Item Creation Feats and if he meets the level prerequisites of the feat.
Quote:

Some feats have prerequisites. Your character must have the indicated ability score, class feature, feat, skill, base attack bonus, or other quality designated in order to select or use that feat. A character can gain a feat at the same level at which he gains the prerequisite.

A character can't use a feat if he loses a prerequisite, but he does not lose the feat itself. If, at a later time, he regains the lost prerequisite, he immediately regains full use of the feat that prerequisite enables.

Does the phantom Item Creation Feat granted for an arcane bond item satisfy the pre-reqs for other feats that would chain from there, as long as the wizard maintains that same type of bonded item? i.e. - Wizard takes a staff as a bonded item, and is treated as having Craft Staff for the purpose of improving that one staff. Are they also treated as having Craft Staff if he wants to take Staff-Like Wand? Can the wizard take Arcane Builder and select Craft Staff as the focus to reduce crafting times by 25% for that staff (and other staves as well, should he later take the actual Craft Staff feat)?

The major difference between the two that I see is that Staff-Like Wand has Craft Staff as a listed pre-req, whereas Arcane Builder just has you select a type of Craft feat and gives you a bonus when crafting.. theoretically you could take the Arcane Builder feat long before the actual crafting feat, and just not get to use the benefit until you acquire the crafting ability itself.

Grand Lodge

No it does not serve a pre-req for other feats. It ONLY serves for item creation feats involved with enchanting the Arcane Bond itself. It does not serve for qualifying on any other feats.

Grand Lodge

I agree that it does not serve as pre-req.

however, you can take arcane builder and craft your arcane bond 25% faster (this feat has no pre-req at all)

Community / Forums / Pathfinder / Pathfinder First Edition / Rules Questions / Arcane Bond serving as a feat pre-req All Messageboards

Want to post a reply? Sign in.
Recent threads in Rules Questions