Fearmonger Antipaladin Cruelties

[AceNegatov]

Hey all.

So the new Fearmonger archetype (found in the Monster Codex) for Antipaladins was a class that I thought might be a good villain for a campaign.

But then I found a problem;

The first ability the Fearmonger gets, Feed on Fear replaces Touch of Corruption.
And then later on, the Fearmonger must select Shaken, Dazed, Frightened and a new Panicked cruelty.

But doesn't cruelty rely on Touch of Corruption? How does this work, or was this a mistake?

[minoritarian]

I imagine its a mistake and Feed on Fear is intended to replace Unholy Resilience. Otherwise as you say you'd never be able to use cruelties if feed on fear replaced touch of corruption.

[Shane LeRose]

Sorry. Not mislabeled, just poorly made and edited.

Feed on fear replaces touch of corruption as intended. Even has the same number of times per day. This means that, more than likely, there was a third ability that got edited out. One that probably let you apply cruelties to your attacks somehow. My best guess would be through smites.

Or the creator of the archetype had a flat out brain fart and didn't realize what they did and no one caught it.

When I run this archetype I'll just replace the ability to do double damage against certain enemies with the first hit of smite with the ability to apply a cruelty with the first hit.