The Spirit Totem Rage Power gives you a little ghost buddy that slams things with 1d4+Cha negative energy, with the Greater Totem raising it to 1d8.
Cut to the chase, are you able to increase the damage further than that?
Improved Natural Attack, Enlarge Person, some Third thing, Magic Fang or Animal Growth if you try to be cute and have a lion with a ghost friend?
Thank you.
Despite the description you do not gain a “little buddy”. The Spirit Totem Rage powers do not summon or otherwise create a creature in game terms. The rage power simply gives the barbarian an extra attack he can use once per round without using up any of his attacks.
Since there is no creature, you cannot target the totem powers with spells that have a creature as a target. The damage is not defined as a natural attack, weapon or any other type of attack. Nor is the damage linked to the barbarian’s size. Effects that give a general bonus to attack and damage should usually work, but effects that work by boosting specific attacks or must target specific weapons or parts of a creature will not. Nor will affects that create changes to the barbarian.
So, none of the things you listed would work. But if the barbarian was under something like divine favor, he would get the bonus to hit and damage on the rage power.
Totem Rage/Skald powers
just a power doing its thing. It's an Su effect, so no weapon or creature to target with a spell.
Headband/circlet of CHA seems the easiest magic item.
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Advice
realistically, BAB +CHA for (1d4+ CHA) damage ain't nothing compared to the barbarian 6th+ actual weapon attack & damage.
Blur:I2 would more than cover Spirit Totem.
Mysterious Stranger wrote: Despite the description you do not gain a “little buddy”. The Spirit Totem Rage powers do not summon or otherwise create a creature in game terms. The rage power simply gives the barbarian an extra attack he can use once per round without using up any of his attacks.
Since there is no creature, you cannot target the totem powers with spells that have a creature as a target. The damage is not defined as a natural attack, weapon or any other type of attack. Nor is the damage linked to the barbarian’s size. Effects that give a general bonus to attack and damage should usually work, but effects that work by boosting specific attacks or must target specific weapons or parts of a creature will not. Nor will affects that create changes to the barbarian.
So, none of the things you listed would work. But if the barbarian was under something like divine favor, he would get the bonus to hit and damage on the rage power.
So it's not even a slam attack as it says in the Rage Power?
Azothath wrote: Totem Rage/Skald powers
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just a power doing its thing. It's an Su effect, so no weapon or creature to target with a spell.
Headband/circlet of CHA seems the easiest magic item.
= = =
Advice
realistically, BAB +CHA for (1d4+ CHA) damage ain't nothing compared to the barbarian 6th+ actual weapon attack & damage.
Blur:I2 would more than cover Spirit Totem.
To be fair, I'm asking more for using it on a Skald, or a Viking Fighter or even a particularly bullying Iroran Paladin.
Hell, the idea with the lion(s) would be funny to do it, if they can take Totemic Initiate.
But still, not even Enlarge Person to upscale the damage, that's rough.
But at least it's nice to know, so thank you for the help.
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