Noticing witch hexes and failed saving throws


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From the core book

Quote:
Succeeding on a Saving Throw: A creature that successfully saves against a spell that has no obvious physical effects feels a hostile force or a tingle, but cannot deduce the exact nature of the attack.

So if a creature succeeds in its saving throw then it knows something happened although it's not sure of the source.

There isn't any text i can find regarding noticing failed saving throws. If you fail something with no obvious physical/visible effects do you not notice?

I'm mainly asking in regard to hexes such as evil eye or misfortune. As supernatural abilities there are no verbal/somatic components meaning I can casually stand around in the middle of the room throwing around evil eye and misfortune with no obvious signs i'm actually doing anything.

If someone fails a saving throw against misfortune do they just suddenly feel clumsy for no discernable reason, or do they realise "someone just did something to me"?

What about slumber? If a guard at his post at night fails against slumber, does he think "i must have dozed off for a minute"?

Thanks for any information that anyone can give to help clarify

Shadow Lodge

On a failed save there is generally nothing to clue the victim in to the fact that he's failed. As a GM, I try to have all my PC's saves jotted down during game so that for affects that are not obvious, I can roll the save for them. that way, not even the player knows something is amiss.


Pathfinder Lost Omens Subscriber

ask your GM.


Thanks everyone, i'll check with GM, just wanted to make sure there was nothing in RAW i was missing

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