Feather Step and Very Difficult Terrain

[Tangent101]

If you are in Very Difficult Terrain (such as snow over three feet deep or snow with brush (snow and brush being terrains that "stack")), does the spell Feather Step negate the entire difficult terrain, or just lessen its impact?

Or does the spell Feather Step negate all types of hampered terrain?

[LordKailas]

The way the spell is worded it would work in one of the two following ways:

1. Recipients ignore all types of difficult terrain regardless of severity.

2. Recipients ignore only difficult terrain and suffer the full effects of anything more severe then difficult terrain.

My inclination is that #1 is correct. But I can see some justification for #2.

edit: on further research what is "very difficult terrain"? I can't seem to find rules for such a thing. I don't think it exists as a game term in which case #1 is correct.

[Themetricsystem]

Feather Step has the target ignore all adverse movement effects so yeah, it 100% lets the Legolas walk on top of the snow at the top of the mountain while everyone else is 3 feet deep.

[Claxon]

As far as I'm aware there's no such thing as very difficult terrain.

There's only difficult terrain, and feather step ignores it.

[Cavall]

It actually says ignore adverse effects of difficult terrain. Snow specifically states it stacks with difficult terrain. Therefore it isn't difficult terrain.

Like above I can see both arguments. However, I cam apply a little logic here and solve this.

In Reign of winter book one, there is a fight where it is heavy snow and some potions of this spell are nearby, used to move freely around.

Therefore, I can only surmise that despite RAW highjinx, its allowing free movement in snow based on the writers doing exactly that. While AP arent the best place for rules, it IS an example of how it should work

[Tangent101]

Okay, thanks!