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Can anyone think of a way for a Samsaran to take the Racial Heritage feat despite not being human? Trying to wrack my brain for a way to do it, but nothing's coming up.
If it's not for a Pathfinder Society game, ask your GM. That's the only way I can think of.
What from the Half-Elf and Samsaran lists are you hoping to get?
While that's always a possibility, I'd like to try to find a way to do it legally. So there's no real way to do it? Maybe a PrC or feat or something that lets you count as human for the purpose of prerequisites?
There is such a feat. Unfortunately, that feat is Racial Heritage, so it's no use to you.
(Because of the way Racial Heritage is written, a half-elf or half-orc taking Racial Heritage [Dwarf] is able to enter human-exclusive archetypes such as Buccaneer, since it lets you count as both the chosen race and human for such purposes.)
While that's always a possibility, I'd like to try to find a way to do it legally. So there's no real way to do it? Maybe a PrC or feat or something that lets you count as human for the purpose of prerequisites?There is such a feat. Unfortunately, that feat is Racial Heritage, so it's no use to you.
(Because of the way Racial Heritage is written, a half-elf or half-orc taking Racial Heritage [Dwarf] is able to enter human-exclusive archetypes such as Buccaneer, since it lets you count as both the chosen race and human for such purposes.)
Would it be possible to be a Half-Elf and take Racial Heritage (Samsaran)?
Would it be possible to be a Half-Elf and take Racial Heritage (Samsaran)?
Yes, though it still wouldn't give you access to Mystic Past Life if that's what you're interested in.
A Half-Elf or Half-Orc could do that even without taking Racial Heritage, as could an Aasimar w/ Scion of Humanity and any custom race made using the ARG that had the Humanoid type with Human subtype (with whatever other subtypes he may possess.
Did they change the ruling on that? Last time I checked, the ruling was that qualifying for archetypes wasn't like qualifying for feats - you needed to actually be the right race, not just have the right subtype, so half-elves couldn't take elf-only archetypes. But the Racial Heritage feat did let you qualify for racial archetypes where the "Elf Blood" racial trait did not, despite being worded in the exact same way.
It was a very stupid ruling so if they got rid of it then I'm glad to hear it, but to my knowledge that's still how it works.
You are looking to have access to the Mystic Past Life racial trait, and the Paragon Surge spell, yes?
Why/How would that work? Aren't the spells available by Mystic Past Life fixed when the character is created? Either that, or wouldn't casting Paragon Surge and using Mystic Past Life to choose any spell force someone to permanently lock a spell out of the choices?
In any case, it would be a clear case of "Nope, this does not give you any spell at any time, sorry," in my campaign. And then... I don't see the allure.
Of course, this is assuming that all this was legal, which it isn't.