Phantom Touch vs Phantom Touch?


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While I was browsing around trying to construct my oracle, I came across something that kinda confused me...

Phantom Touch (Su): As a standard action, you can perform a melee touch attack that causes a living creature to become shaken. This ability lasts for a number of rounds equal to 1/2 your oracle level (minimum 1 round). You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier. (From the Ancestor Mystery)

Phantom Touch (Su): As a standard action, you can perform a melee touch attack that causes a living creature to become shaken. This ability lasts for a number of rounds equal to 1/2 your oracle level (minimum 1 round). You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier. At 5th level, the target instead becomes frightened, and at 7th level, the target becomes panicked. (From the Occult Mystery)

So um, I guess my question is...is this a typo? Or are both these abilities meant to be different? I mostly ask because other mysteries such as Ectoplasmic Armor and Spirit Shield seem to be the same so...what's the deal?


Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber

Actually I would love an answer to this too, as there's an Ancestor oracle in my game that wants to use this as per the Occult Oracle version.


Ancestor mystery is from Ultimate Magic, a main book, while Occult mystery is from Occult Mysteries, a splat book. So the Ancestor is the "basic" form while the Occult is a somewhat more powered up variant for people who laid out the moolah. So, "It's not a typo, it's a feature".

Liberty's Edge

Sometime features have the same name but are different.

Look the difference between the Shaman and Oracle Life Link ability

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