Shieldmarshal + Judgement Surge


Rules Questions

Shadow Lodge

Checking to make sure that the judgement surge feat works on a shieldmarshal's Legal Judgement. Relevant Text:

Legal Judgment:
(Ex): A shieldmarshal can pronounce legal judgment upon his foes as a swift action, providing a bonus or ability based on the type of judgment made. Once activated, the ability lasts until the combat ends. If the shieldmarshal is dazed, frightened, panicked, paralyzed, stunned, unconscious, or otherwise unable to participate in combat, the effect does not end but provides no benefit until he is again able to participate in combat. As a swift action, the shieldmarshal can change his legal judgment to another type.
This ability can be used once per day, plus once for every three levels beyond 1st. It is equivalent to an inquisitor’s judgment ability for the purpose of feats, magic items, or other game effects that affect the judgment ability; however, levels in the two classes do not stack.

emphasis mine.

Judgement Surge:
Prerequisites: Judgment class feature.
Benefit: Once per day, you can treat your class level for your judgment class feature as if it were 3 higher than normal. If you have multiple judgments active at the same time, this benefit applies to all of them.

So first assumption: A shieldmarshal can use the feat on his legal judgement once per day.

Second question. If a character has levels in both Inquisitor and Shieldmarshal, and takes the feat, can he apply it once per day to Legal Judgement and once per day on Judgement, or once per day total and he picks which to use it on?

Sovereign Court

1) Yes, I agree that the two can work together.

2) No. This is the same as having Extra Channel and getting Channeling from both Cleric and Paladin levels. You can use it for one, or the other each day, but not both. Source.


ok, which book am i missing for shield marshal? I dunno wut dat iss?

Sovereign Court

Paths of Prestige. You can see a preview of the class here.


i that TPP? Or a paizonian thing I have yet to notice?


cool, a gunslinger/inquisitor PRC? yummie

Shadow Lodge

Thanks for the answers

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