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So I've been thinking: do these archetypes stack?
Taken together, they turn the phantom into some ultra creepy shadow-kyton...thing. No interesting combos or OP strats here, just a critical mass of Kuthite thematicness primed and ready to creep out the rest of the party.
Or sing Linkin Park covers. Who knows?
Anyways, I'm uncertain because of the following two abilities:
Shade - A shadow caller gains a special kind of phantom known as a shade. A shade functions as a phantom, except as noted below. A shade is from the Shadow Plane instead of the Ethereal Plane. A shade is not confined to the shadow caller’s consciousness, but instead inhabits her shadow.
This ability alters phantom.
Emotionless(Su) - A shadow caller’s shade lacks an emotional focus; it is cold and devoid of all emotions. The shade gains a number of ranks in Intimidate and Stealth equal to its Hit Dice. The shadow caller gains Skill Focus in each of these skills while the shade inhabits her shadow.
The shade has good Reflex and Will saves, gains Lightning Reflexes as a bonus feat, and gains the following abilities...
Endure Torment(Ex) - At 6th level, a scourge’s phantom gains immunity to pain effects and gains a +4 bonus on saving throws against effects that could cause it to become staggered or stunned.
This ability replaces devotion.
Both archetypes kinda skirt the issue of replacing abilities that don't belong to the class itself. Emotionless doesn't even get a "X replaces Y" statement and the way Scourge mentions Devotion made me look it up to make sure it belonged to the Phantom in the first place.
I'm leaning towards "no", but the ambiguity and the sheer thematic compatibility make me wonder...
