Considering making a Drow Antipaladin, and I'm a little confused about the text of their favored class bonus... any help would be appreciated. The text is the following:
Antipaladin: The antipaladin adds +1/4 to the number of cruelties he can inflict.
Does this pertain to the number of cruelties available to the antipaladin (letting them pick an additional cruelty) or does it mean another cruelty is actually inflicted when using Touch of Corruption? The first interpretation seems more reasonable, but the second is of course more powerful.
Any thoughts welcome!
the first interpretation is what I think. Because cruelty only does one effect.
That was my thought too. Slightly less cool than I'd hoped!
Anyone think otherwise? There might be a RAW interpretation of the text above as being the latter, but I think it's probably not RAI.
I could see ruling it either way, but with the 3pp printing the same wordings for Drow gaining additional Mercies for Paladin, I would lean towards it's intended for you to gain additional options for the inflict.
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I think the intention is that it add to the number of cruelties you know. However, the RAW says number of cruelties you inflict which is a different thing altogether.
Paladins get to apply all mercies at once. I think Antipaladins were limited so it wasn't such a strong debuff, but maybe with drow it's intentional.
the number you can inflict. The number of options you have. is a very valid interpretation. and it seems more consistent then vastly modifying how it works.