Counterspell Arcanist

[Jace Knightly]

So I am looking for clarification on the rules for the arcanist counterspell exploit.

It says that it functions as dispel magic but what I want to know is how does it interact with other feats and abilities such as varisian tatoo, dispel focus, or abilities that would increase the caster level of dispel magic when cast.

[wraithstrike]

The exploit does not count as dispel magic because you are not actually casting a spell. What you have is an SU that uses the same rules. They could have just given you the spell as an SLA if they wanted it to qualify for everything the spell qualifies for.

Other abilities also work like this. As an example the dominate ability that vampires have references the dominate person spell, but it can't be used in place of the spell to qualify for things.

[Jace Knightly]

wraithstrike wrote:

The exploit does not count as dispel magic because you are not actually casting a spell. What you have is an SU that uses the same rules. They could have just given you the spell as an SLA if they wanted it to qualify for everything the spell qualifies for.

Other abilities also work like this. As an example the dominate ability that vampires have references the dominate person spell, but it can't be used in place of the spell to qualify for things.

So dispel focus would apply since it modifies dispel checks but nothing that modifies the spell would apply correct?

[wraithstrike]

Jace Knightly wrote:

wraithstrike wrote:

The exploit does not count as dispel magic because you are not actually casting a spell. What you have is an SU that uses the same rules. They could have just given you the spell as an SLA if they wanted it to qualify for everything the spell qualifies for.

Other abilities also work like this. As an example the dominate ability that vampires have references the dominate person spell, but it can't be used in place of the spell to qualify for things.

So dispel focus would apply since it modifies dispel checks but nothing that modifies the spell would apply correct?

Yes

[Jace Knightly]

wraithstrike wrote:

Jace Knightly wrote:

wraithstrike wrote:

The exploit does not count as dispel magic because you are not actually casting a spell. What you have is an SU that uses the same rules. They could have just given you the spell as an SLA if they wanted it to qualify for everything the spell qualifies for.

Other abilities also work like this. As an example the dominate ability that vampires have references the dominate person spell, but it can't be used in place of the spell to qualify for things.

So dispel focus would apply since it modifies dispel checks but nothing that modifies the spell would apply correct?

Yes

Last question. Items like otherworldly kimono and the orange ioun stone that raise you caster level for caster level checks would also apply to this ability, correct?

[Bladelock]

Jace Knightly wrote:

wraithstrike wrote:

Jace Knightly wrote:

wraithstrike wrote:

The exploit does not count as dispel magic because you are not actually casting a spell. What you have is an SU that uses the same rules. They could have just given you the spell as an SLA if they wanted it to qualify for everything the spell qualifies for.

Other abilities also work like this. As an example the dominate ability that vampires have references the dominate person spell, but it can't be used in place of the spell to qualify for things.

So dispel focus would apply since it modifies dispel checks but nothing that modifies the spell would apply correct?

Yes

Last question. Items like otherworldly kimono and the orange ioun stone that raise you caster level for caster level checks would also apply to this ability, correct?

Otherworldly Komono & Orange Ioun Stone should both work.