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Sounds legit to me. Choose the Crystal or Forest dragon when taking the Dragon Disciple dedication, so that at level 13, you have Resistance 9 to Piercing damage (ie the most common type) for whatever goes through your 39 AC.I looked into that too, but seems that either pathbuilder 2e and nethys don't allow kobolds to take the new dragons ( what I mean is that in the kobold description there are just the basic dragons, while for sorcerer and barbarian there's the possibility to choose between different ones ).
ps: obviously the cosmos oracle is not an ancestry, it's a mystery which enfeebles the character, and has weapon and armor proficiency as a spellcaster, so I won't consider it.
You get the resistance through Dragon Disciple, not through being a Dragonscaled kobold.
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Talking about the dragon disciple archetype, couldn't find the DC for the given Breath of the dragon.
Is the spell supposed to be an innate spell and because so Charisma based with proficiency equal to your class dc?
I recognize this question.
I don't think it ever got a completely resolved answer.
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Without any sort of described DC, doesn't it default to an innate spell?
Did you read the other thread I linked to?
There are several people there who make very good points - with rules citations - indicating that a focus spell is never an innate spell. Omitting the DC is an error in the rule for the feat since you can get the archetype and feat without having an existing spellcasting tradition.
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That one is weird in that it turns an existing focus spell into an innate spell since it doesn't give you a focus point pool.indicating that a focus spell is never an innate spell.But we have the Dragon Prince which is an innate focus spell.
Or did you mean "you won't have to tap your focus pool with innate spells?"
It doesn't even turn the spell into an innate spell really. It is just using the existing rules for the focus spell and making an innate spell that uses that rule text rather than reprinting it.
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Scales of the Dragon has been marked for Errata a very long time ago, if I'm not mistaken. Prepare for it to be reigned in significantly. I assume they'll just turn it into an item bonus that stacks with those armor Potency runes, just like they did with Mountain Stance.
I just hope they change the numbers to something like +3 item bonus with dex cap of +2. Would make the feat actually useful.
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but is all of this intended? Or did I read the misread a feat?
I don't think you have. I think its fine. The Alchemist has just a few things it is good at. This is one.
The alchemical items like DrakeHeart Mutagen and Bestial Mutagen do break out of the normal boundaries of the game.
The point to note is that those Mutagens both have the Polymorph trait so they don't stack with each other or say a BattleForm Spell. However Scales of the Dragon does not have the Polymorph trait so it can stack.
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Talking about the dragon disciple archetype, couldn't find the DC for the given Breath of the dragon.
Is the spell supposed to be an innate spell and because so Charisma based with proficiency equal to your class dc?
I recognize this question.
I don't think it ever got a completely resolved answer.
True. The best answers though were its just undefined by the game. Let's not make it useless. The GM should choose either class DC or a spell casting DC appropriate to how the character qualified for Dragon Disciple.
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I really hope that however it gets erratad, somehow we still get a status bonus to ac while while shaped. To me that's basically the point, to keep dragon form ac up in the late game.
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Scales of the Dragon has been marked for Errata a very long time ago, if I'm not mistaken. Prepare for it to be reigned in significantly. I assume they'll just turn it into an item bonus that stacks with those armor Potency runes, just like they did with Mountain Stance.
I just hope they change the numbers to something like +3 item bonus with dex cap of +2. Would make the feat actually useful.
Maybe but +2 status Bonus to AC is not that broken. It doesn't have to be errated. It is costly to qualify for. I mean the bard has a cantrip that gives every ally in an 60ft area +1 AC. So on the scale of powers its not far out of whack.
Scales of the Dragon has been marked for Errata a very long time ago, if I'm not mistaken. Prepare for it to be reigned in significantly. I assume they'll just turn it into an item bonus that stacks with those armor Potency runes, just like they did with Mountain Stance.
I just hope they change the numbers to something like +3 item bonus with dex cap of +2. Would make the feat actually useful.
Maybe but +2 status Bonus to AC is not that broken. It doesn't have to be errated. It is costly to qualify for. I mean the bard has a cantrip that gives every ally in an 60ft area +1 AC. So on the scale of powers its not far out of whack.
One benefit of changing it to an item bonus (á la Mountain Stance) is that it would allow Dragon Disciples to benefit from things like Inspire Defense or Protective Ward.
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One benefit of changing it to an item bonus (á la Mountain Stance) is that it would allow Dragon Disciples to benefit from things like Inspire Defense or Protective Ward.Scales of the Dragon has been marked for Errata a very long time ago, if I'm not mistaken. Prepare for it to be reigned in significantly. I assume they'll just turn it into an item bonus that stacks with those armor Potency runes, just like they did with Mountain Stance.
I just hope they change the numbers to something like +3 item bonus with dex cap of +2. Would make the feat actually useful.
Maybe but +2 status Bonus to AC is not that broken. It doesn't have to be errated. It is costly to qualify for. I mean the bard has a cantrip that gives every ally in an 60ft area +1 AC. So on the scale of powers its not far out of whack.
Not all Dragon Disciples take Scales of the dragon.
Maybe but +2 status Bonus to AC is not that broken. It doesn't have to be errated. It is costly to qualify for. I mean the bard has a cantrip that gives every ally in an 60ft area +1 AC. So on the scale of powers its not far out of whack.
That cantrip costs an action every turn. And a feat. Or two feats if you happen to pick another muse. Or three feats if you happen to not be a bard at all. And it competes with the other excellent Compositions of the bard.
A 4th level feat providing a passive +2 status to all attack rolls available to all classes would still be ridiculously powerful, even though Inspire Courage exists.
That passive bonus stacking with everything else is a pretty huge issue. Combine it with a mountain stance monk and you have the highest AC in the game, 2 more than even full plate provides. And it still stacks with a shield.
As for the "costly to qualify for" part, it's easy enough to play a Kobold and I think many GMs just allow most Uncommon archetypes if you can provide a story-reason - which is easy enough to do.
Cost is the two feats to get.
Yes I'll concede its too strong on a Monk if that is a wierd Monk build with 14 Dex.
14 Dex seems pretty standard on a Mountain Stance Monk, no?
14 Dex seems pretty standard on a Mountain Stance Monk, no?
I guess. But even so that is a Monk that is a point of AC behind the other monks isn't it - I have to confess my local groups don't play monks much at all. I'll have to invesitigate....
Montain Stance is actually better AC on some levels then the Dex Stances (except Crane) and becomes the best stance for AC at level 14 with Mountain Quake. It eventually grants a +4 item bonus and a Dex Cap of up to +2, so it basically ends up as heavy armor. Only way for a Monk to match a Champion's AC. Well, besides Crane Style, but that doesn't stack with a shield, so Mountain still comes out on top.
Montain Stance is actually better AC on some levels then the Dex Stances (except Crane) and becomes the best stance for AC at level 14 with Mountain Quake. It eventually grants a +4 item bonus and a Dex Cap of up to +2, so it basically ends up as heavy armor. Only way for a Monk to match a Champion's AC. Well, besides Crane Style, but that doesn't stack with a shield, so Mountain still comes out on top.
For 3 levels 14-16 till Monks start having +6 dex bonuses?
Monks and Animal Barbarians using shields is not something that sits well with me. Seems flavourwise like one of the worst parts of PF2.
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For 3 levels 14-16 till Monks start having +6 dex bonuses?
Explorer's Clothing and Bracers of Armor have a dex cap of +5. You can go without them, but then you're losing armor potency runes (not to mention Resilient runes), which will lower your overall AC (and saves). So Mountain is ahead levels 14-20.
And also 6-9, thanks to Mountain Stronghold. Which also serves a a flavorful alternative to your shield problem, by the way. :)
Does this spell still provide a Dex cap of +2, according to the archives of Nethys it shows +3?
