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Hi, buddies!
I have a question about the ability "Blessing of the Faithful" from the Ecclesitheurge Cleric's archetype.
The text says:
As a standard action, the ecclesitheurge can bless one ally within close range (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels). A blessed ally gains a +2 sacred or profane bonus (depending on whether the ecclesitheurge channels positive or negative energy) on attack rolls, skill checks, ability checks, or saving throws or to AC until the ecclesitheurge's next turn. The ecclesitheurge can expend 1 use of channel energy when activating this ability to increase the duration to a number of rounds equal to the number of dice of his channel energy.
So, my doubt is: the cleric chooses where the +2 goes, or the subject of the blessing chooses it when he need it?
Example of the situation 1: my cleric blesses the fighter and I decided to give him +2 on his AC.
Example of the situation 2: my cleric blesses the fighter, and the fighter's player, in his turn, decides to use the +2 in a skill check, or in other more convenient situation.
What is the right point?
Thank you!
You choose, not the target. Think of the choice in the same way as Resist Energy or Evil Eye.
It feels like some bad copy paste. The Advanced Class Guide is infamous for being badly edited.
I’m not even sure you’re supposed to pick one. Written in this manner, the “or” is not necessarily exclusionary. The blessed target may be intended to receive all of those bonuses at once.
thanks for the feedback. I will check PC Kingmaker game - even if it has a modified ruleset. Maybe it gives me a hint
The Kingmaker tooltip drops the extra "or" and switches to the "and" conjunction. So, you get all of the bonuses at once.
But it's hard to know if that change was based on information from the Paizo developers or if it was just their own decision to make the gameplay of the archetype flow better. Having to pick your type of bonus every round sounds annoying.