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We were looking at this today while in session. I'm curious how this plays out. What is ruling for PFS? Are these Bloodline Arcana complimentary or independent if your are a Crossblooded Archetype.
Serpentine
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Bloodline Arcana: Your powers of compulsion can affect even bestial creatures. Whenever you cast a mind-affecting or language-dependent spell, it affects animals, magical beasts, and monstrous humanoids as if they were humanoids who understood your language.
Undead
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Bloodline Arcana: Some undead are susceptible to your mind-affecting spells. Corporeal undead that were once humanoids are treated as humanoids for the purposes of determining which spells affect them.
If Serpentine Arcana treats animals, magical beasts, and monsterous humanoids as humanoids will their undead counterparts be affected by the Undead Arcana?
This is really a rules question not specific to PFS. But thw two abilities interact seperately. If you cast a spell on an undead dog, the only thing that matters (that im aware of) is that it is undead.
So your crossblooded serpent/undead sorcer could not charm person an undead dog.
I would think that since all your spells affect both that you could charm the undead dog. All your charm spells affect both undead and animals.
The undead bloodline only works on corporeal undead that were once humanoid. Undead versions of animals and magical beasts, and monstrous humanoids were not humanoids.
The undead bloodline only works on corporeal undead that were once humanoid. Undead versions of animals and magical beasts, and monstrous humanoids were not humanoids.
Ahh. I forgot about the bolded part. Good point. I guess the undead dog is uncharmable.
Undead animals and the like are rare.
This combination is still a good one and probably better than the ones that give you +2 DC on enchantments.
You just have a lot more variety and there are some powerful spells out there.
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This really takes off when you combine it with things like Dirge Bard and the Controller. Also this Heaven's Oracle ability...
Your phantasmagoric displays accurately model the mysteries of the night sky, dumbfounding all who behold them. Each creature affected by your illusion (pattern) spells is treated as if its total number of Hit Dice were equal to its number of Hit Dice minus your Charisma modifier (if positive).
In theory, you could, expensively, dip 3 levels in Sorcerer/Wizard/Oracle, and then Dirge Bard for the rest of your career. You would be able to enchant, charm and otherwise manipulate almost everything you come across. There will be a few exceptions, but you're probably the most effective character of that type your table will ever meet. (Honestly you can drop the Heaven's Oracle, it's more of a cherry on top to Color Spray the Lich King.)