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The Effortless Trickery feat which allows one to maintain concentration on an illusion as a swift action states:
While you may only maintain one spell as a swift action, you may take your move and standard actions to maintain other spells normally, if you wish.
Does this imply that one can use their standard action to cast spells (e.g. start another illusion) while maintaining another with effortless trickery?
Noting that the Core Rulebook states:
You can’t cast a spell while concentrating on another one.
I am unclear if the feat language overrides what is stated in the core (as feats tend to do).
If the feat language does not take precedent over the core rulebook, what would be the means of casting the "other spells" inferred by the feat? I suspect starting 2 spells at once (one being quickened) may suffice, albeit it seems a steep price for the use of the feat.
My searches have not revealed any ruling on this with regards to PFS, and any insight or ruling would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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I see nothing in the feat that overrides the rule that you can't cast spells while concentrating on another spell. Sounds to me that even though you can maintain existing concentration as a swift action, casting another spell breaks your concentration on the first spell.
Looks like whoever worded that feat didn't realize the rules for casting while concentrating... that's a shame.
I dont have the book but if what the OP posted is right...
While you may only maintain one spell as a swift action, you may take your move and standard actions to maintain other spells normally, if you wish.
As reading what was posted I would agree with Timreh
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I dont have the book but if what the OP posted is right...
While you may only maintain one spell as a swift action, you may take your move and standard actions to maintain other spells normally, if you wish.As reading what was posted I would agree with Timreh
While you may only maintain one spell as a swift action, you may take your move and standard actions to maintain other spells normally, if you wish.
Doesn't say you can cast them. :/ Just maintain.
Further reinforcing the idea that the writer didn't know how concentration works... it's a standard action to maintain concentration. You can't use a move action to concentrate, despite what the feat says.
overrides the rule that you can't cast spells while concentrating on another spell.
Not saying it doesn't exist, but I can't find this rule. Can you cite it?
Bah the Paragraph above it ended with "See concentration on pg 206" and I when there without reading on.
By rereading the feat and the rules im going to agree with Morphling in
the writer didn't know how concentration works
cause by the reading it, I take it the RAI was to allow you to cast other spells.