Could a PC benefit from a spells boon while unconscious?


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In the party's dire moment, the BBEG has managed to knock the majority of the party unconscious.

One of the players has a boon which says that [specific PFS NPC] owes you a debt and has granted you a fraction of her power. You may use one of the next spell-like abilities using your character level as caster level and cross the boon afterwards: aid, detect thoughts, lesser restoration, see invisibility, continual flame, dispel magic, lesser globe of invulnerability, restoration.

Could the PC indeed benefit from an AID spell, even though he is unconscious?

Or is it, as i myself suspect, required the PC is awake?

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It still requires your actions to cast, so no.

Liberty's Edge 3/5 5/5 **** Venture-Captain, Nebraska—Omaha

To nitpick, it is a spell-like ability so the character would not be casting. But agree the character would have to to "something" so would need to be awake to do it.

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CRB Spell-Like Abilities (SP) wrote:
A spell-like ability has a casting time of 1 standard action unless noted otherwise in the ability or spell description. In all other ways, a spell-like ability functions just like a spell.

Sounds like you cast them to me.

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Gary Bush wrote:
To nitpick, it is a spell-like ability so the character would not be casting. But agree the character would have to to "something" so would need to be awake to do it.

To nit pick further, PF2 doesn't have "spell like abilities." They have been replaced by "innate spells" and they are cast using the "cast a spell" action.

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Jared Thaler - Personal Opinion wrote:
Gary Bush wrote:
To nitpick, it is a spell-like ability so the character would not be casting. But agree the character would have to to "something" so would need to be awake to do it.
To nit pick further, PF2 doesn't have "spell like abilities." They have been replaced by "innate spells" and they are cast using the "cast a spell" action.

This is a 1E boon. SLA's require a standard action to cast usually so no, you couldnt do it while unconscious.

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