Monk's Diamond Soul Advancement


Rules Questions


PRD wrote:
Diamond Soul (Ex): At 13th level, a monk gains spell resistance equal to his current monk level + 10. In order to affect the monk with a spell, a spellcaster must get a result on a caster level check (1d20 + caster level) that equals or exceeds the monk's spell resistance.

Just to clarify, a Monk's spell resistance improves with each level after 13th level or does it remain a static value even after 13th level?


I am sure it scales. So at least it does with all the monks in the NPC Codex.

Another indicator for me is the term "current level"; that would not have been necessary because of the phrase "At 13th level,..."

Of course, you can read it the other way round, too.

But I think it improves like all other (mostly racial) SRs improve with level.


It improves as he levels up or they would have just give a flat number.


Very good. Thanks for the clarification.

Sczarni

It's most certainly scaling. Otherwise if he gains a "Spell resistance equal to his current monk level + 10" and it didn't scale, then the previous quoted statement couldn't possibly be true once a higher level was achieved.

Be careful with Diamond Soul... SR tends to complicate things as you(RAW) have to use a Standard to take it down, and then must use another Standard to put it back up. Hopefully your DM is nice enough to at least rule any spell labeled "Harmless" coming from Party members is allowed to automatically bypass your SR. If he's really nice, he'll allow anything Party related that isn't being used offensively towards you to bypass it too. It's a bit of a double-edged sword.

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