Missing power with Hag bloodline Bloodrager

[Eric Hinkle]

I love just about everything in the recent Blood of the Coven, but I am curious just what was the intended 8th level power for the Hag bloodrager bloodline on page 27?

I was wondering/hoping it might be something like the green hag's 'touch of weakness' power.

If the developer or someone else with an answer can respond here I'd appreciate it

[Justonalark]

Yeah, I'm pretty frustrated by this too... but since only one other person seems to have noticed it in the thread for the book, and no-one's replied to this thread at all, even though it's been more than a year, I guess we're the only ones who seem to care. If we're on our own, I'm no expert, but I can think of two potential workarounds: either homebrew your own 8th-level power, or use an archetype to fill in the gap.

If you go the homebrew route, you could just make a power that works like "touch of weakness," maybe as a touch attack or linked to "a natural attack or unarmed strike" since the bloodline itself doesn't automatically give you claws. Or maybe grant some kind of spellcasting buff, or access to some witch hexes... Or play it safe and just steal an 8th-level power from a different bloodline, thematically reskinned in some way to make it seem haggier.

On that note, you could also play by official rules and still just straight up steal an 8th level power from another bloodline by going with the Crossblooded archetype. It's not an ideal solution, but it's more likely to be well-balanced than making up your own power.

I think the best option (though none are particularly appealing) would be to use the Primalist archetype, and take two barbarian rage powers at 8th level. That way you get powerful, balanced abilities without having to give anything up.

A persnickety GM could argue that the archetypes don't work since there isn't an 8th-level bloodline power for them to replace, but the bloodline ability clearly states when you're supposed to get powers; it's even written right onto the advancement table, and other than BAB increase and +1 to Fortitude saves, it's the only thing a Bloodrager GETS at 8th level. So as far as I'm concerned, RAW state that a Hag Bloodline Bloodrager gets a nameless bloodline power that does nothing at 8th level, ripe for replacement.

[MrCharisma]

Well not to be too nit-picky but you do also get immunity to poison from your Hag Hortitude at 8th level. This did make me wonder if they intended that as your 8th level power (since - as you say - you get nothing else at 8th), but it really doesn't seem more powerful than other scaling 4th level powers.

I have nothing really to add except that it seems like a mistake, and to "BUMP" this thread in the hopes it gets noticed.

Also I like this archetype thematically (thanks for bringing it to my attention), but it seems fairly lacking mechanically. Hopefully if this gets enough attention it'll get some love and the mechanics will live up to the fluff.