Incorporeal undead and Antimagic Field


Rules Questions


In 3.5, incorporeal creatures were "winked out" when within an antimagic field. But in the PRD, the entry for Antimagic Field says nothing at all about incorporeal creatures. It specifically says undead are only affected if they were summoned. I can't find any reference in Pathfinder that incorporeal creatures of any kind are winked out by Antimagic Field. Am I just missing something or was this intentionally changed in PF?


That looks like an intentional change to me, comparing d20 and PFS.

EDIT: I note also that incorporeal is an extraordinary ability

Edit the edit - that seemed more relevant when I added it, not sure what my point was now...


At a quick glance it seems like most, if not all, bad things that an incorporeal creature can do to you, don't work in an anti-magic field. No STR damage touch attack etc. I certainly didn't look through them all, but a quick check of several didn't show any attacks that would work. So while an incorporeal creature doesn't wink out anymore, they might as well since if they are in an anti-magic field they can't effect or be effected by anything.


dragonhunterq wrote:

That looks like an intentional change to me, comparing d20 and PFS.

EDIT: I note also that incorporeal is an extraordinary ability

Edit the edit - that seemed more relevant when I added it, not sure what my point was now...

Maybe your point was that anti-magic fields only affect spells. spell-like abilities, supernatural abilities and magic items

anti-magic field wrote:
The space within this barrier is impervious to most magical effects, including spells, spell-like abilities, and supernatural abilities. Likewise, it prevents the functioning of any magic items or spells within its confines.

and because incorporeal is an extraordinary ability it wouldn't be affected?

As it would stand by RAW incorporeal creatures would only be affected in the sense that their powers would not work while in the field but they themselves are fine.

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