So I heard that Clear Spindle Ioun stones slotted in a wayfinder provide protection from possession and mental control as Protection from Evil. Neato. Just bought Seekers of Secrets and it says only 75% of Ioun stones have a resonant power. Is this true in PFS?
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Check out the Additional Resources document for Pathfinder Society. Only normal ioun stones have resonant powers. Cracked and flawed do not. But in PFS all normal stones resonate (the bookkeeping is just too much if you try to play it the other way).
You may also want to read the CRB FAQs on protection from evil before you decide to spend your money (and the only resonance slot you are likely to ever afford) on the clear spindle ioun stone.
Protection From Evil: Does the "protection against possession and mental control" aspect work against non-evil controlling spells and effects?No. The spell says "This second effect only functions against spells and effects created by evil creatures or objects." So if a chaotic neutral enemy casts charm person on you, protection from evil doesn't have any effect because neither the spell nor the caster is evil.
—Pathfinder Design Team, 03/01/13
Protection From Evil: Does this work against all charm and compulsion effects? Or just against charm and compulsion effects where the caster is able to exercise control over the target, such as charm person, command, and dominate person (and thus not effects like sleep or confusion, as the caster does not have ongoing influence or puppet-like control of the target)?
The latter interpretation is correct: protection from evil only works on charm and compulsion effects where the caster is able to exercise control over the target, such as command, charm person, and dominate person; it doesn't work on sleep or confusion. (Sleep is a border case for this issue, but the designers feel that "this spell overrides your brain's sleep centers" is different enough than "this spell overrides your resistance to commands from others.")
—Sean K Reynolds, 05/31/11
404 on that link there.
Check out the Additional Resources document for Pathfinder Society. Only normal ioun stones have resonant powers. Cracked and flawed do not. But in PFS all normal stones resonate (the bookkeeping is just too much if you try to play it the other way).
Im confused to what you are saying here. Can you reword?
Check out the Additional Resources document for Pathfinder Society. Only normal ioun stones have resonant powers. Cracked and flawed do not. But in PFS all normal stones resonate (the bookkeeping is just too much if you try to play it the other way).Im confused to what you are saying here. Can you reword?
I'd imagine what he's saying is: Additional Resources explains which kind of stones, in PFS, have resonate powers.
There are three tiers of ioun stones: Normal, Cracked, and Flawed.
Cracked and Flawed stones cost less and have alternate abilities (found in Seekers of Secrets); in PFS play, these stones have no resonate powers whatsoever.
Normal ioun stones, in PFS play, have resonate powers when slotted in wayfinders; they use Method 1. This reduces table variation and keeps players and GMs honest about character abilities. It assumes your character "scouted out" one of the 75% of Normal ioun stones with resonate powers.