Quick Clarification re Rage Powers for Skalds, please.

[Barachûrg]

Hi!

Just wanted a wee clarification on Rage Powers going into the Inspired Rage song thing. Bit of a long-winded question, so hope you don't mind.

I got the bit about getting rage powers every third level that can go into the Inspired Rage. No problem there.

Just want to make sure if you can also add to the Inspired Rage extra rage powers a skald takes on using the Extra Rage Power feat. I assume you can, but I don't want to trip up on getting it wrong.

For Example, my skald here takes Reckless Abandon at third level. And then decides to beef that up by using the Extra Rage Power feat to add Elemental Rage at level 5. So, he should be able to add both Reckless Abandon and Elemental Rage to his Inspired Rages, shouldn't he?

I'm assuming that if a skald can make use of Extra Rage Power like that, he or she essentially gives up one or more feats solely for an even better rage song.

Anyway, if someone could give me a clarification on that, it would be appreciated. I just want to be sure I'm not using Extra Rage Power to further beef up an Inspired Rage only to find the Inspired Rage can only use the rage powers at every third level.

Thanks in advance.

[Chess Pwn]

the feats rage powers can't be shared, but the skald can take it and use it himself. It's the line that essential is saying "any rage powers from other sources aren't shared" and a feat is another source.

[Cavall]

Is there a quote in that you can give that's official?

[Chess Pwn]

"If the skald has rage powers from another source, he (but not his allies) can use those rage powers during an inspired rage."

extra rage power gives you another rage power, thus it's a different source than the class feature.

The pregen takes extra rage power and can't share that power with his allies.

[Barachûrg]

@ Chess Pawn:

Thanks for that! Got it.

I had to have a close look at Hakon, the Pregen, for that. It showed up on the level 7 build. I had to work backwards a bit to figure it out. He took Supersition and Ghost Rager as his two regular rage powers, and Witch Hunter as an extra rage power feat.

So, during a Rage song, his allies can get the powers of Superstition and Ghost Rager. But only Hakon could get the Benefits of Witch Hunter. Even then, he can only benefit from Witch Hunter while performing a rage song and taking its benefits.

That clears things up for me. And helps me know how to plan rage songs to take in the future. Makes sense for game balance too, I think. If a skald could pass on ALL rage powers he/she has to allies, it could be a bit over the top. Well, a lot over the top, actually.

Would've been nicer if the RAW stated explicitly that the extra rage power feat counts as rage powers "from another source." Oh well.

Makes sense to me now.

Thanks for that clarification!