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Greetings all,
I have been working on a character and was looking at some advancement options when I came across a situation that caused me to look for clarification.
According to the Additional Resource document entry on the Humans of Golarion book, the spells on pages 28-29 are legal for play. Groovy, that's awesome.
The spell I was looking at for my character is : Summon Totem Creature (Shoanti). In the spell text are the requirements of;
"A character must have been raised by the Shoanti and be considered part of a quah to be able to cast this spell".
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"Characters with access to this spell can only summon creatures revered by the quah they are a part of".
I then checked the Additional Resource document and discovered that the Shoanti Quahs on the inner cover of the Varisia: Birthplace of Legends sourcebook are NOT listed as legal.
That raised the following questions;
1) Is the omission of the Quahs an oversight? (Dubious, but you never know)
2) If the Quahs are not allowed (they are both tribe and patron deity choices I would think), can the spell still be used by simply claiming a particular Quah?
3) If it is possible to simply pick a Quah, what is required to be considered a Shoanti of thet tribe?
This one gets tricky because also in the Varisian book under the Shoanti section is the following, "Most Shoanti are humans, but occasionally a tribe adopts a member of another race. The Shoanti despise ethnic Chelaxians, half orcs and orcs; such individuals have never been seen in any of the tribes". Which would seem to indicate that anyone not Orc, Half Orc or Chelaxian could be a part of a quah... so then would one of the traits related to Shoanti be required? Just again stating it as part of one's background?
I ask because of my character in question is an Aasimar(Angel Kin, with the Scion of Humanity alternate racial trait)Oracle (Who are able to cast the spell in question), who has the Shoanti Tattoo trait. The character has a Shoanti name, uses Shoanti weapons and is based on the (also legal per the additional resource document) Shoanti Totem Shaman role on page 7 of the Varisia book (which also references the totem details in the Quah section on the inside cover of that book.) Yes, the character was created last summer and is legal in all ways otherwise.
As it stands currently, however, I seem unable to choose Shoanti Totemism as a religion or make use of a Quah, so I am curious if this is one of those RP requirements that gets hand-waved (like the entry to Hellknights), or am I stuck unable to use the spell? Or is there some other resource that covers this that I haven't found yet?
Thanks for any help or guidance in the matter. While I doubt this is a particularly common situation to be in, I figure having an answer out there can't hurt.
~Foms
PS: I would love for the totemism to be made a legal choice for flavor reasons anyway, rather than adhering to a particular deity. Just in case anyone who could approve such things were watching!
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Remember that most RP prerequisites of both Feats and Prestige Classes are handwaved in PFS.
Just like you can take the Wheeling Charge feat, even though 90% of people have no idea what Lastwall Affinity is (you basically spend about a month in Lastwall--easily done during ambiguous downtime.)
In this case, taking the Scarred Tattoo feat (or the feat from the Realm of the Mammoth Lords needing to be a member of a Following), requires you to be a member of a Quah as well.
So as far as I'm concerned, as long as you are being sincere in your RP and choices as a Shoanti, and aren't just claiming it (along with a dozen other RP ethnicity choices) just to gain a bonus, then I'm good with your choices.