Fey Magic Bloodline Power

[kmal2t]

I searched and couldn't find anything on this.

PRD wrote:

Fey Magic (Su): At 15th level, you may reroll any caster level check made to overcome spell resistance. You must decide to use this ability before the results are revealed by the GM. You must take the second result, even if it is worse. You can use this ability at will.

I don't understand what the benefit of this is?? You cast a spell. The DM rolls for spell resistance against that spell...and then you have him roll it again so it's just as random the first time? I don't understand what use this has other than if you were trying to "read the GM" and metagame to figure out if its a good result or bad and reroll it.

It's just providing another random roll like if you did 2 attack rolls without seeing either and then just randomly picked one. What benefit does this have or is this just an utter waste of a 15th level bloodline power??

[wraithstrike]

No, you make a roll, and you decide if that number is one you want to accept. If you don't trust the number roll again.

There are other powers that reroll like this.

Personally I think since it's at 15 level it would be better to have it 3/day and take the higher roll.

PS:I don't like the powers that make you reroll and possibly get a lower number, well not at high levels. If it was a lower level ability I would understand.

[mplindustries]

The disconnect is that you are assuming that the GM rolls your Spell Resistance rolls, while the game defaults to assume that you are rolling it, and thus know what number you rolled.

[kmal2t]

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You must decide to use this ability before the results are revealed by the GM

Ok, so it doesn't mean he's rolling it, it just means before he tells you whether that roll was a success or not?

[mplindustries]

kmal2t wrote:

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You must decide to use this ability before the results are revealed by the GM

Ok, so it doesn't mean he's rolling it, it just means before he tells you whether that roll was a success or not?

Right, you roll it, figure out your total, and then you decide to reroll or not before you find out if your total beat the SR.