In 3.5 Unearthed Arcana, there is a set of feats called Spelltouched Feats, and I was wondering if there is a Pathfinder equivalent? Specifically, the Live My Nightmare feat.
I want to make a Barbarian, raised and lives outside of civilization who has had zero interaction with magic and sees a traveling (evil) wizard. Spellbound (har har) he sees this and becomes obsessed with magic. He agrees to be experimented on by the wizard. Disaster ensures, naturally. But, in doing so, he now has the ability to cast spells and use magic, i.e. multiclass as a sorcerer, and also now has the Live My Nightmare spelltouched feat. Now, is there anything in Pathfinder that operates the same way as that feat, or am I stuck with making this character in a 3.5 game?
Pathfinder doesn't have any feats like the Spelltouched feats, and not one I can recognize that feels like Live My Nightmare.
A barbarian that gains the ability to use magic might be better off as a bloodrager. You have no casting ability until 4, so that's several levels where you can establish the backstory.
However, I want to say something about this part:
Now, is there anything in Pathfinder that operates the same way as that feat, or am I stuck with making this character in a 3.5 game?
This is a false dichotomy. Your options are not limited to one or the other. In fact, as 3.5 and PF are so compatible, you may find that many GMs might allow you to take 3.5 feats, especially the niche ones.
I haven't looked too much into the bloodrager yet, but it does look like exactly what I want, other than half barbarian half sorcerer, which one 20 level class is pretty much always going to be superior to two 10 level classes combined. My GM can be pretty stubborn about what is allowed and what isn't but I'll keep trying to convince him to allow those feats. It fits the character and his story and really, wouldn't come up all that often. Thanks!
Pathfinder doesn't have any feats like the Spelltouched feats, and not one I can recognize that feels like Live My Nightmare.
A barbarian that gains the ability to use magic might be better off as a bloodrager. You have no casting ability until 4, so that's several levels where you can establish the backstory.
However, I want to say something about this part:
Now, is there anything in Pathfinder that operates the same way as that feat, or am I stuck with making this character in a 3.5 game?This is a false dichotomy. Your options are not limited to one or the other. In fact, as 3.5 and PF are so compatible, you may find that many GMs might allow you to take 3.5 feats, especially the niche ones.
Save for those who realize that much of the 3.5 overpowered material is made much worse in Pathfinder.