It's an add and stacks or just substitutes de normal +1/4 levels?
I mean, a human barbarian with supertition and taking the trait, have +1/3 levels plus +1/4 levels to saves againts magic, or just the +1/3.
The human racial trait Superstitious does one thing and one thing only.
Benefit: You gain a +1 trait bonus on saving throws against arcane spells.
It is a flat bonus. It does not otherwise interact with the Barbarian's Superstition rage power.
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He's referring to the racial favored class bonus. It is an untyped bonus, so it will stack with the rage power.
For all practical purposes, fractions don't exist in the game rules, they are always rounded to a whole number. So for every three levels in which the player has used his FCB for that power, increase the bonus by 1. For every four Barbarian levels, increase the bonus by 1. A second level Barbarian could not stack a +2/3 bonus from his FCB and a +1/2 bonus from his Barbarian levels for a +1 1/6 bonus.
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Unfortunately, you can't choose that particular FCB until you have the actual Rage Power, so assuming you grabbed said Power at 2nd level, you wouldn't get your first +1 from the FCB until level 4.
To be more specific: you can't choose a FCB that adds to a class feature you don't have yet, like 1st level Rangers giving their Animal Companions bonus hit points, or an Aasimar Oracle adjusting a revelation they do not yet have.
It's mentioned in THIS POST:
Can I apply the aasimar or elf oracle's favored class bonus to a revelation I do not yet have? Can I do so for the aasimar bard’s favored class bonus?
No, when choosing which class feature’s effective level to increase, you can only select a feature that you already have. For example, an aasimar flame oracle cannot choose to improve the wings of fire revelation with her favored class bonus until she actually gains the revelation at 7th level or beyond; she could not start augmenting it at 1st level.
This isn’t actually a new rule. It’s just a clarification that I confirmed with the design team because it seemed that some folks were assuming otherwise.
Can I apply the aasimar or elf oracle's favored class bonus to a revelation I do not yet have? Can I do so for the aasimar bard’s favored class bonus?
No, when [u]choosing which class feature’s effective level to increase, you can only select a feature that you already have[/u]. For example, an aasimar flame oracle cannot choose to improve the wings of fire revelation with her favored class bonus until she actually gains the revelation at 7th level or beyond; she could not start augmenting it at 1st level.
This isn’t actually a new rule. It’s just a clarification that I confirmed with the design team because it seemed that some folks were assuming otherwise.
Note that this clarification refers to favored class bonus that requires selection of a specific feature. Human bonus to superstition does not leave place for selection - it always affects the same exact ability so it isn't 100% sure if that clarification should apply - circumstances are a bit different.
He's referring to the racial favored class bonus. It is an untyped bonus, so it will stack with the rage power.
For all practical purposes, fractions don't exist in the game rules, they are always rounded to a whole number. So for every three levels in which the player has used his FCB for that power, increase the bonus by 1. For every four Barbarian levels, increase the bonus by 1. A second level Barbarian could not stack a +2/3 bonus from his FCB and a +1/2 bonus from his Barbarian levels for a +1 1/6 bonus.
Thats what I meant, and this clarifies it all for me, thanks. And being me the GM, its no problem to houserule/allow to take the bonus from first level. Just asked because I thought of it as a BIG bonus.
The human racial trait Superstitious does one thing and one thing only.
Benefit: You gain a +1 trait bonus on saving throws against arcane spells.It is a flat bonus. It does not otherwise interact with the Barbarian's Superstition rage power.
Sorry for the confusion, I was meaning the favored class bonus, but I play in a foreing language(I have the spanish fisical CRB), sometimes I misspell, or translate things wrong.