Why do these two spells exist, and especially, why are they BOTH in Core Rulebook?
It could clearly have been a single spell where you choose between a weaker effect with longer duration, or a stronger effect but with short duration.
It could clearly have been a single spell where you choose between a weaker effect with longer duration, or a stronger effect but with short duration.
And then the heightening entry would have to say something like
Heightened(2nd) If you chose 10', the duration increases to 8 hours; if you chose 30', nothing changes.
Which is ugly and probably confusing, and certainly a bad precedent.
It could clearly have been a single spell where you choose between a weaker effect with longer duration, or a stronger effect but with short duration.And then the heightening entry would have to say something like
Heightened(2nd) If you chose 10', the duration increases to 8 hours; if you chose 30', nothing changes.
Which is ugly and probably confusing, and certainly a bad precedent.
You don't need the second sentence, much like battleform polymorphs don't specify things that do not change.