Sorcerer elemental blood magic


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Hi everyone!

I'm a bit uncertain on how to read this phrase:

SorcererSRD wrote:
Blood Magic Elemental energy surrounds you or a target.Either you gain a +1 status bonus to Intimidation checks for 1 round, or a target takes 1 damage per spell level.

The bonus to damage or intimidate is a status bonus? To me both are status bonus type since it say "+1 to intimidate, or"..but effectively it seems that only the bonus to intimidate is a status bonus.

What do you think?

If I cast a fireball this ability affect only ONE target or ALL the fireball targets?

Thank you for your answers!


target takes 1 damage per spell level, not bonus damage, not status bonus to damage just 1 damage per spell level

And I think it would hit all targets of the spell, so it's really good for aoe spells


The intimidation bonus is a status bonus.
The increase to damage is not assigned a bonus type.

Because the text says "a target" that is a singular target, no matter how many targets the spell triggering your Blood Magic effect might have.


Quote:

Blood Magic Whenever you cast a bloodline spell using Focus Points or a granted spell from your bloodline using a spell slot, you gain a blood magic effect. If the blood magic offers a choice, make it before resolving the spell. The blood magic effect occurs after resolving any checks for the spell’s initial effects and, against a foe, applies only if the spell is a successful attack or the foe fails its saving throw. If the spell has an area, you must designate yourself or one target in the area when you cast the spell to be the target of the blood magic effect. All references to spell level refer to the level of the spell you cast.

One target in the area of fireball.


Had the text not quite in my head, ignore the second half of my last post

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