| SaulJ |
1. Stacking effects
Pharmacology inhibitor states:
The target gains the encumbered condition and must succeed at a Fortitude save or also gain the entangled condition. This is a mind-affecting poison effect.
Encumbered applies a 10ft malus to speed and if they fail their save they get entangled which halves the speed.
Let's add the hampering inhibitor into the mix which states:
Any biohack inhibitor you successfully use against a foe decreases that foe’s speed by 50%, to a minimum of 5 feet, in addition to the normal inhibitor effect you choose. If the target has multiple movement types, all its speeds are decreased.
I assume these effects stack (and entangled gets applied after encumbered), but I was wondering if the theorem effect should apply before or after the inhibitor effect?
2. Attuned
You can also attune your custom microlab to a number of individual creatures equal to 3 + your key ability modifier. This takes 10 minutes, which you can combine with the time needed to prepare your biohacks for the day, and the creatures must be present, willing, and able to cooperate with the scan. [...] Under some circumstances, you can deliver biohacks to attuned creatures using ranged injection weapons without making an attack roll.
I assume this effect is not of supernatural/magic origin so is there a technological explanation? Do the targets need to be visible by the biohacker to be injected? e.g. at range but like behind a wall, in a fog, behind an ennemy, invisible etc...
3. Enzymology field of study
Enzymology got removed from the available fields of study. In the playtest, it's used to apply fatigue (exhausted at lvl 9) or remove fatigue. Breakthrough was a haste buff to an ally. Has it been explained why?
| Pantshandshake |
I’d say your order of operations is Encumbered, Entangled, and then the hampering… thing. My reasoning is that everything after Encumbered is an additional effect, predicated on the success of your first action.
Seems pretty technological to me. Or could be future-space-magic. In any case, it probably doesn’t matter, aside from some odd edge cases, in which case, you and your GM get to make it up! As far the rest, you’ll need LOS regardless of whether you need to make an attack roll. So behind a wall? No, of course not. Fog or invisibility? Follow the usual perception rules to see if you can figure out where your target is. Since there’s no attack roll, cover/partial cover from anything doesn’t seem to matter.
No idea as to why it was removed. I’m not sure that Paizo gives reasons, or that said reasons would matter. Gone is gone.