Hello all!
I was browsing the Psychic class recently and I came across their ability know as Phrenic Amplifications. One amplification in particular caught my eye, Focused Force, and it reads as such
"When casting a force , the psychic can increase the spell's damage by spending 1 point from her phrenic pool. Increase the die size for the spell's damage by one step."
With this reading, I was wondering if using a spell-like ability with the force descriptor would count as casting a force spell or if I had to use an actual spell from a spell slot?
On a related note, could I use a spell from a wand and increase it using this Phrenic Amplification?
Thanks for your input
Yes on SLAs, no on items.
If you can't use a metamagic on an SLA (and you can't), then I don't think you can use a phrenic amplification on one.
Does the ability say anything at all about only effecting psychic spells? If so then sla are out since they aren't psychic.
"The psychic can activate a phrenic amplification only while casting a spell using psychic magic"
Does the ability say anything at all about only effecting psychic spells? If so then sla are out since they aren't psychic.
"The psychic can activate a phrenic amplification only while casting a spell using psychic magic"
This.
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Does the ability say anything at all about only effecting psychic spells? If so then sla are out since they aren't psychic.
"The psychic can activate a phrenic amplification only while casting a spell using psychic magic"
If the sla is granted by a psychic class, it's psychic.
For spell-like abiities gained from a class, use the spell type (arcane or divine) of that class to determine whether the spell-like ability is arcane or divine. If the class doesn't cast spells, use the above rule for spell-like abilities from race or type.
The FAQ was written before psychic spells, but the general rule still applies.