What is "Spirit Touched"?

[Alynthar42]

One of the options for an Eidolon's evolution is "Spirit touched." The description is "The eidolon is spirit-touched, granting it 1 minor granted ability from a 1st level spirit of the summoner's choice. Each time the eidolon is summoned, it manifests the same granted ability as well as the physical sign and influence of that spirit." What spirits is it talking about? I assume that this is a class feature of some class I'm unfamiliar with.

[Weables]

Shaman. Its not 3rd party

[QuidEst]

It's referring to the third-party class, Occultist. Hope that helps!

[nighttree]

QuidEst wrote:

It's referring to the third-party class, Occultist. Hope that helps!

EERRRrr...no it's not. It's referring to the Shaman class ability.

[Castilonium]

I just took a peek at PFSRD, and everything seems to indicate it's referring to something third-party. It says [3PP] in PFSRD's description, it cites its source as Pact Magic Unbound Volume 2 which is a book from Radiance House, and even the wording of this ability doesn't resemble the shaman's spirit ability.

Paizo shaman spirits don't have "minor granted abilities," they have a spirit ability, a greater spirit ability, and a true spirit ability. They don't have 1st level spirits, they have a spirit animal and a wandering spirit. They don't have a "physical sign" or "influence."

[bookrat]

Yup. Definitey the Occultist from a 3PP. In addition to everything that Castilonium said, if you look at the PRD instead of the PFSRD, you'll note that this ability isn't listed. This is because the PRD doesn't list 3PP material.

[Luthorne]

It's third party, and unrelated to the spirits of the shaman. It comes from Pact Magic Unbound, Vol. 2, and refers to these spirits. Minor granted abilities, physical signs, and influence are further detailed here. You have to be careful when using the Pathfinder SRD since it has a lot of third party material on it as well, which isn't a bad thing so long as you realize what is and isn't third party. If you wish to stick to Paizo material, I would recommend the Archives of Nethys, which has a fairly comprehensive listing of all Paizo material for Pathfinder, though it generally does not present rules information. Conversely, the PRD primarily deals with the Pathfinder RPG books, ignoring material from the Player Companion, Campaign Setting, Module, and Adventure Path lines. All three have their uses.

[Alexander Augunas]

nighttree wrote:

QuidEst wrote:

It's referring to the third-party class, Occultist. Hope that helps!

EERRRrr...no it's not. It's referring to the Shaman class ability.

Sorry, but that's not true. I wrote it that evolution. Its referring to occult spirits, from Pact Magic Unbound, Vol 1 and 2.

Obligatory Pact Magic Unbound: Grimoire of Lost Souls Kickstarter bump.

[Alynthar42]

Ahhh. Thanks, all.