Kineticists, Omnikinesis and Gather Power


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Just a question about how the Kineticist’s omnikinesis class feature works for simple blasts in conjunction with Gather Power.

The first part of the description for omnikinesis says that “By accepting 1 point of burn (in addition to any burn requirement of the kinetic blast she chooses), she can use any blast wild talent she doesn’t know”. That seems pretty straightforward.

The second part of the description says that “By accepting 1 point of burn as a standard action, she can change any of her wild talents into any other wild talent of the same category (such as simple blasts or defense) for 24 hours, ignoring any elemental requirements or restrictions (but not any other requirements or restrictions)”.

Looking to Gather Power, the FAQ http://paizo.com/paizo/faq/v5748nruor1h5#v5748eaic9tpl says that “You can reduce infusions, metakinesis, and even the 1 extra burn for using a blast you don’t possess with omnikinesis. All of these add to the blast’s cost. You still can’t reduce utility talents, including the extra burn cost for swapping out a utility talent with omnikinesis, unless you use internal buffer instead”.

So my question is: Can you use Gather Power to pay for the burn to swap out simple blasts for 24 hours?


The answer is unclear, but I am assuming the FAQ meant to say that you cannot use Gather Power to reduce the Burn cost of swapping out a Wild Talent with Omnikinesis as opposed to just a "Utility Talent".

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