Interesting stuff in Pathfinder

[zook1shoe]

You can single class qualify for Arcane Archer at 6th level instead 8th w magus

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  Child of Acavna and Amaznen (Fighter)
  The child of Acavna and Amaznen has trained in the
nearly forgotten arts of Azlant passed down by Aroden,
which combine martial prowess with elementary wizardry.
Inspired by the deities Aroden once worshiped long ago,
children of Acavna and Amaznen strive to understand the
dangers of the world and overcome them with knowledge
and strength of arms.
  Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A child of Acavna
and Amaznen is not proficient with two-handed martial
weapons or tower shields. This alters the fighter’s weapon
and armor proficiency.
  Eldritch Lore: A child of Acavna and Amaznen gains
4 skill ranks + a number of skill ranks equal to her
Intelligence modifier at each level, instead of the normal
2 skill ranks  + her Intelligence modifier at each level.
  Furthermore, Knowledge (arcana, religion), Linguistics,
and Spellcraft are all class skills for the child of Acavna and
Amaznen. This alters the fighter’s skills and replaces the
bonus fighter combat feat gained at 1st level.
  Lore of Acavna and Amaznen (Ex): At 2nd level, a child
of Acavna and Amaznen is further initiated into the arcane
secrets passed down from Azlant. This gives her minor
spellcasting abilities and access to lore collected to give her
an edge against the enemies of humanity.
  The child of Acavna and Amaznen gains a spellbook
containing 4 0-level wizard spells of her choice. She can
prepare and cast these spells as a wizard, using her fighter
level as her caster level. She can prepare a number of 0-level
spells each day equal to 1 + 1 per 6 fighter levels.
  She also gains a +2 bonus on Knowledge checks relating to
Azlant and the Azlanti, and on Knowledge checks to identify
and learn the powers and weaknesses of aboleths, demons,
serpentfolk, and undead.
  This ability replaces the bonus feat gained at 2nd level.
  Eldritch Armor Training (Ex): At 3rd level, a child of
Acavna and Amaznen gains eldritch armor training. This
functions as armor training, except as a swift action she can
also reduce the arcane spell failure chance due to armor she
is wearing by 15% for any spells she casts this round. This
reduction increases to 20% at 7th level, 25% at 11th level,
and 30% at 15th level. In addition, if she has Arcane Armor
Training or Arcane Armor Mastery, rather than having their
normal effects, each of those feats increases the arcane spell
failure reduction of her eldritch armor training by 10%. This
ability modifies armor training.
  Spells: Starting at 5th level, the spellcasting ability of
a child of Acavna and Amaznen increases to allow her to
cast a limited number of spells drawn from the bloodrager
spell list (Pathfinder RPG Advanced Class Guide 22). She
automatically adds to her spellbook a number of 1st-level
bloodrager spells equal to 3 + her Intelligence modifier. Her
caster level for these spells is equal to her fighter level, and
the bloodrager class spell list is considered to be her class
spell list for the purposes of meeting prerequisites and
using magic items.
  She uses the ranger’s spells per day, but uses her
Intelligence score to determine her bonus spells and spell
saving throw DCs, just as a wizard does. She does not gain
any other wizard abilities, such as an arcane bond or school.
Each time she attains a new fighter level, she gains one
bloodrager spell of her choice to add to her spellbook. The
free spells must be of spell levels she can cast. She otherwise
follows the rules for a wizard regarding her spellbook and
learning or preparing spells.
  This replaces all weapon training and the bonus feats
gained at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 20th level.

[deadkitten]

So the Sanctified Slayer gets access to the Studied Target Class feature:

Studied Target (Ex): At 1st level, a sanctified slayer gains the slayer’s studied target class feature. She uses her inquisitor level as her effective slayer level to determine the effects of studied target. This ability replaces judgment 1/day.

Studied Target (Ex): A slayer can study an opponent he can see as a move action. The slayer then gains a +1 bonus on Bluff, Knowledge, Perception, Sense Motive, and Survival checks attempted against that opponent, and a +1 bonus on weapon attack and damage rolls against it. The DCs of slayer class abilities against that opponent increase by 1.

Now , Im of the opinion that Spellcasting would count as a class feature for the Sanctified Slayer's studied target, thus you would get it's bonus on spell DC's.

And one of the Subdomain options of the Protection Domain is this little ability:

Taboo (Su): When a creature touches you or strikes you with a melee attack, you can activate this power as an immediate action. That creature takes a –1 penalty on saving throws for 1 minute. This penalty increases by 1 for every 5 levels you possess. When you use this ability, you lose your resistance bonus granted by the Protection domain for 1 minute. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Wisdom modifier.

So at Level 10 that would be a +3 to the DC's of your Spells and a -3 to their saves if they hit you, which is not an unreasonable event.

However, the Inquisitor spell list is nice, but it does not lend itself well to save or die, or even save or suck spells.
Any way this could be alleviated besides the Samsaran's Mystic Past Life alternate racial trait?

[Amechra]

Sadly, the bonus only applies to slayer class features, not the slayer's class features.

[deadkitten]

Sadly, the bonus only applies to slayer class features, not the slayer's class features.

While I can agree that's a valid interpretation, if ran that way in game it can cause inconsiencies and trouble with a host of archetypes and clas abilities.  It's something g if have Faq'ed before but never got any traction on.

It's my beliefs it's just a wording issue.

[Eviltedzies]

Not sure if these have been mentioned, but there are some really nifty magic containers available for nominal prices.

The Vial of Efficacious Medicine is basically a slightly more expensive healing belt, but it is reusable, multifunctional, AND you can carry more than one at a time!

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This round, rainbow-hued glass flask allows up to three alchemical splash weapons of the same type to be poured into it, concentrating them such that they never increase its weight noticeably. If multiple types of alchemical items are poured in, all the contents are ruined. The flask can be thrown as a normal splash weapon, and when it breaks, it releases all of the contained splash weapons in the same space, and the focusing flask is destroyed. If the items held within the flask normally allow a saving throw to reduce or negate the effects, the target of a focusing flask needs to succeed at only a single saving throw, regardless of the number of items held within the focusing flask. The DC of the saving throw increases by 2 if the flask contains two alchemical items, or by 4 if it contains three items.

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This crystal retort was meticulously crafted from the hides of a dozen shattered crysmals. When light is shone through the retort, the concoction within glows like a golden torch.

A retort of control can be used to perform spontaneous alchemy with speed and precision. Distillation and sublimation can be carried out in merely 10 minutes when using this tool. In addition, if the user speaks a command word while using spontaneous alchemy to create an alchemical item with the retort as an additional crafting tool, she can designate one creature type or creature subtype. The created alchemical item does not affect creatures of the designated creature type or subtype—alchemical weapons do not harm such creatures on a direct hit or with splash damage, alchemical remedies do not work on such creatures, and so on.

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This bulbous bottle is crafted of smoked glass and causes any liquid contained within to take on a significantly darker cast and twinkle with motes of beautiful white light.

A vial of efficacious medicine can hold a single dose of an alchemical remedy, such as antitoxin or antiplague. Loading a remedy into the vial is a standard action that provokes attacks of opportunity. When an alchemical remedy is imbibed or applied from the vial, any alchemical bonus it grants on saving throws or checks or to AC or CMD increases by 2. Treat this increase as an enhancement bonus. In addition, the user is healed of 1d8+5 points of damage. A vial of efficacious medicine can be used up to three times per day.

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This sky-blue glass bottle sports a sculpture of a silver eagle wrapped around the top of the glass.

A winged bottle can be filled with the contents of an alchemical splash weapon as a standard action that provokes attacks of opportunity. Three times per day, on command, the bottle sprouts crystalline wings and takes flight. The owner can move the winged bottle to any space within 130 feet as a move action; if given no direction, the bottle floats in place. While flying, the bottle is able to drop its contents as a splash weapon with an attack bonus equal to 3 + the owner's Dexterity modifier. The owner must have line of sight to the bottle in order to direct it. Three rounds after being activated, a winged bottle loses the power of flight and drifts safely to ground.

[zook1shoe]

At least in PFS, they changed the vial to 7k gp :-(

[Eviltedzies]

Speaking of magic bottles.....

Bountiful Bottle

Price 4,000 gp; Slot none; CL 6th; Weight 1 lb.; Aura moderate transmutation
DESCRIPTION

This oddly shaped, transparent bottle has one chamber nested inside the other and two separate spouts, one leading into the smaller inner bottle, and the other into the outer bottle. To use the bottle, the inner chamber is filled with a potion and the outer chamber filled with water.

When left alone for 24 hours, the water in the outer chamber slowly takes on the properties of the potion in the inner chamber, creating a second dose of the potion (though the bottle is unable to replicate potions with expensive material components). The second dose of created potion must be quaffed from the bountiful bottle to be effective, and loses its potency if transferred to another container. By expending one use of mythic power, the time it takes to transform a potion is shortened to a full-round action.

Even without being a Mythic Character, 4k gold to replicate any potions properties basically as often as you want but only one at a time? Fork over the cash for a 20th CL Potion of whatever and this thing pays for itself very quickly.

[TiaC]

Yeah, there went one of the only reason to play an Alchemist. For 7k, you can get 20 hours a day of +5 equipment, 400 minutes a day of Barkskin or Heroism, 200 minutes a day of Magic Circle or Ward the Faithful...

The list goes on from there.

[Eviltedzies]

Get yourself a Sipping Jacket and spread out those CL 20 Haste/Enlarge Person/ect...

Hell, buy yourself some CL 20 Remove Curse, Remove Disease, ect....

Swap them out as needed and nobody in the party should ever need to pay for healing.

[zook1shoe]

Messed up my previous post about full pouch... but heres somthing else
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You can single class qualify for Arcane Archer at 6th level instead 8th w magus

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  Child of Acavna and Amaznen (Fighter) {Arcane Anthology}
  The child of Acavna and Amaznen has trained in the nearly forgotten arts of Azlant passed down by Aroden, which combine martial prowess with elementary wizardry. Inspired by the deities Aroden once worshiped long ago,children of Acavna and Amaznen strive to understand the dangers of the world and overcome them with knowledge and strength of arms.

  Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A child of Acavna and Amaznen is not proficient with two-handed martial weapons or tower shields.
  This alters the fighter’s weapon and armor proficiency.

  Eldritch Lore: A child of Acavna and Amaznen gains 4 skill ranks + a number of skill ranks equal to her Intelligence modifier at each level, instead of the normal 2 skill ranks  + her Intelligence modifier at each level.
  Furthermore, Knowledge (arcana, religion), Linguistics, and Spellcraft are all class skills for the child of Acavna and Amaznen.
  This alters the fighter’s skills and replaces the bonus fighter combat feat gained at 1st level.

  Lore of Acavna and Amaznen (Ex): At 2nd level, a child of Acavna and Amaznen is further initiated into the arcane secrets passed down from Azlant. This gives her minor spellcasting abilities and access to lore collected to give her an edge against the enemies of humanity.
  The child of Acavna and Amaznen gains a spellbook containing 4 0-level wizard spells of her choice. She can prepare and cast these spells as a wizard, using her fighter level as her caster level. She can prepare a number of 0-level spells each day equal to 1 + 1 per 6 fighter levels.
  She also gains a +2 bonus on Knowledge checks relating to Azlant and the Azlanti, and on Knowledge checks to identify and learn the powers and weaknesses of aboleths, demons, serpentfolk, and undead.
  This ability replaces the bonus feat gained at 2nd level.

  Eldritch Armor Training (Ex): At 3rd level, a child of Acavna and Amaznen gains eldritch armor training. This functions as armor training, except as a swift action she can also reduce the arcane spell failure chance due to armor she is wearing by 15% for any spells she casts this round. This reduction increases to 20% at 7th level, 25% at 11th level, and 30% at 15th level.
  In addition, if she has Arcane Armor Training or Arcane Armor Mastery, rather than having their normal effects, each of those feats increases the arcane spell failure reduction of her eldritch armor training by 10%.
  This ability modifies armor training.

  Spells: Starting at 5th level, the spellcasting ability of a child of Acavna and Amaznen increases to allow her to cast a limited number of spells drawn from the bloodrager spell list (Pathfinder RPG Advanced Class Guide 22). She automatically adds to her spellbook a number of 1st-level bloodrager spells equal to 3 + her Intelligence modifier. Her caster level for these spells is equal to her fighter level, and the bloodrager class spell list is considered to be her class spell list for the purposes of meeting prerequisites and using magic items.
  She uses the ranger’s spells per day, but uses her Intelligence score to determine her bonus spells and spell saving throw DCs, just as a wizard does. She does not gain any other wizard abilities, such as an arcane bond or school. Each time she attains a new fighter level, she gains one bloodrager spell of her choice to add to her spellbook. The free spells must be of spell levels she can cast. She otherwise follows the rules for a wizard regarding her spellbook and learning or preparing spells.
  This replaces all weapon training and the bonus feats gained at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 20th level.

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Did someone say super cheap guns that cost only 25%? The only primitive material that specifies melee is bone.

[sambojin]

Sylph's are lovely, delicate, airy sorts of fellows, that make rather good Wizards. They are also hideous bloodsucking magic vampires that always get the loot.

As a Racial Archetype, you can be a Wind Listener Wizard. You basically get spontaneous casting for Divination spells at lvl1, slot for slot (or lesser) whenever you want, instead of your Arcane Focus. There's some other stuff, but focus on this. All well and good.

But then there's the two lvl 2 divination spells: Blood Transcription (evil spell, from Ultimate Magic) and Create Treasure Map (Advanced Players Guide).


Blood Transcription lets you drink a pint of blood of a recently deceased spellcaster (up to 24hrs dead) and learn a spell they knew. You can write it down, memorize it, prepare it, everything, for the next day. And forever, after you write it down (which you will). It takes one standard action to do this (plus writing/learning time). It doesn't say you can only do it once per dead body either. Pints of blood still available and lvl2+ slots seem to be the only limiting factors on how many times you can vamp spells from a corpse for this build.

You will do this to every vaguely decent magic user that you kill in your campaign, as long as you've got a level 2 or higher slot spare to spontaneously cast it with. Even for weird, campaign specific, DM only spells. If you know the name of the spell, you can vampire it out of them, spontaneously. You will very shortly have an awesome array of known spells, thusly:

"Hi, I was wondering if you could create a scroll of Spell-X and one of Spell-Y for me? Yes? Good."
STAB! Slurp! Slurp!


Create Treasure Map lets you do this, but for loot. It takes an hour, you have to cut stuff off them, but you find 1 treasure cache per 3 levels, accurately, at whatever map scale you want, for a spontaneous lvl2 slot. So you'll be rich and powerful. Think you missed some of the BBEG's loot? Check. On your handy-dandy flayed skin map.


Yep. Spontaneous divinations sound pretty crappy until you realize they'll save you a fortune in research costs for spell acquisition, all the while making you a millionaire from a pile of deceased enemies (or bystanders). Every.Single.Magical.BBEG gets this done to him, if he had the merest semblance of originality in his spells (or he just cast something you don't have before he dies). Or just make a map from him if he wasn't magical (saves you a slot for spontaneously scrying for traps and guards around his treasure horde later).

Hell, you'll probably start just killing random townsfolk to make treasure maps for fun (which is way better than that whole "gathering information in an urban environment" thing that other people do in downtime sessions). How do you know the baker's wife isn't rich? Better check.


You'll learn to always have a lvl2+ slot saved (or a few), just in case you've got to murder some magic or loot out of somebody. Mmmmm, divinations. So nice and helpful as a magical school. And Sylphs are just lovely, shy and a little misunderstood as a species.

[Keldar]

 

[sambojin]

Strangely enough, a Lore Shaman can use Arcane Enlightenment to grab Blood Transcription and Create Treasure Map, transfer them to someone else using Imbue With Spell Ability, and start a little coven of magical leeching vamps and looters. Why not get your flunkies/cohorts/followers/other party members to do the dirty work sometimes? The Treasure/Hunters Guild, indeed.

It's good to have common interests with a group of like-minded people.

I doubt it'd work for Sorcs/spontaneous casters for getting extra new spells (except as a definite way of getting what you want at level-up for new ones and changing known spells), but it can't hurt to try it out on your DM. They know the spell. They can write it down and everything. They can probably still even taste it.......



Now, sort of a question/find in one.

The way that the Shaman's Heaven spirit companion hex "Heaven's Leap" reads, it seems like the 1 per 24hr limit only applies to allies. As in, you can do a Jester's Jaunt an unlimited amount of times per day, but only once a day to your allies. Is "allies" a generic PF term that includes you?

RAW it reads "have an unlimited amount of lvl3 30' teleport spells for a 2lvl dip. You can let your allies try it once a day too."  Surely this isn't the case?


It's a pretty good spirit/hex anyway (3rd lvl spell equivalents aren't exactly common as lvl2 class features, especially ones that are more than 1/day), and you get 5' flight on your companion as well as a free star-map, but that hex is pretty incredible if it is specifically giving you standard action 30' teleport an unlimited amount of times per day. It specifically calls out allies as once/24hrs, but says nothing about use on yourself.

Every other hex seems to.

[linklord231]

FAQ/Errata:
Do you count as your own ally?

You count as your own ally unless otherwise stated or if doing so would make no sense or be impossible. Thus, "your allies" almost always means the same as "you and your allies."

That being said, Hex Vulnerability might let you do it more often.  Depending on the definition of "harmful."  Though the example uses the Charm hex, so there's obviously some ambiguity on what exactly that constitutes. 

[awaken_D_M_golem]

+1 Sambojin

the 1e Sylph pic was rather tweenage hormonal tasty back-in-the-day.

[phaedrusxy]

FAQ/Errata:
Do you count as your own ally?

You count as your own ally unless otherwise stated or if doing so would make no sense or be impossible. Thus, "your allies" almost always means the same as "you and your allies."

That being said, Hex Vulnerability might let you do it more often.  Depending on the definition of "harmful."  Though the example uses the Charm hex, so there's obviously some ambiguity on what exactly that constitutes.

Wow, I never noticed that word "harmful" in there... That kind of shoots the idea of using a wand of Hex Vulnerability for cheap in-party healing... That stinks...

[sambojin]

Perhaps you're insidiously healing them, whereby bolstering their confidence to the point that you can destroy them at a vital moment?

"I'll be fine. Got heaps of HP thanks to our shammy. I'll just tank the next encounter, even if it's the BBEG."

Minutes later........
STAB! Slurp! Slurp!

Harmful is such an imprecise term

[linklord231]

Wow, I never noticed that word "harmful" in there... That kind of shoots the idea of using a wand of Hex Vulnerability for cheap in-party healing... That stinks...

It looks like it might have been errata'd.  My pdf of the first printing doesn't mention any restrictions.

The targeted creature becomes susceptible to a repeat use of your hexes, even if you could not otherwise target that creature with a particular hex for a certain time period.  For example...

Ah yes, ACG Errata, page 7:  "Page 184 - in Hex Vulnerability, in the first sentence of the description, add "harmful" before "hexes." 

[phaedrusxy]

Wow, I never noticed that word "harmful" in there... That kind of shoots the idea of using a wand of Hex Vulnerability for cheap in-party healing... That stinks...

It looks like it might have been errata'd.  My pdf of the first printing doesn't mention any restrictions.

The targeted creature becomes susceptible to a repeat use of your hexes, even if you could not otherwise target that creature with a particular hex for a certain time period.  For example...

Ah yes, ACG Errata, page 7:  "Page 184 - in Hex Vulnerability, in the first sentence of the description, add "harmful" before "hexes."

Douches.

[Amechra]

Occult Skill Unlocks are... interesting.

Basically, having access to Psychic Spells or the Psychic Sensitivity feat gives you access to a bunch of Divination effects (plus a little mind control) with skill checks.

There are some feats that interact with the system, but none of them are all that good.

You know what are good (or at least hilarious)? Chakras!

Here's how you use 'em:

1. Have a ki pool.
2. Have Psychic Sensitivity OR levels in one of the Occult Classes.
3. Spend one ki per round as a swift action to progressively unlock more potent abilities (to a maximum Tier of HD/2) or maintain your powers.
4. Make a Will and Fort save each round; the DCs are 10 + the sum of the tiers of awakened Chakras. You do get your Charisma as an untyped bonus to these saves, though.
4a. Failing the Will save dazes you for a round and closes all your Chakras.
4b. Failing the Fort save causes you to take [number of awakened Chakras]d6 damage.
5. Pick one ability from the tiers you've unlocked so far each round.

What do you get for each of these?

Tier 1: DR [Awakened Chakras]/- for one round.
Tier 2: Fly (Average) at your base land speed.
Tier 3: Gain a Breath Attack that deals [Awakened Chakras - 1]d8 damage in a 30-ft cone.
Tier 4: Heal yourself or someone you touch for 1d8 + [2 * Awakened Chakras] damage and remove one of the following: confused, nauseated, sickened, staggered, or stunned.
Tier 5: One creature within 30ft must make a DC 10 + 1/2 HD + Cha Will save or be staggered for a round.
Tier 6: Freaky psychic eye opens, giving you True Seeing for that round.
Tier 7: You can use any two of the above at once, or just one and roll twice for all d20 rolls and take the better result.

There are 4 feats you can take that'll help with the above:
Chakra Mandala: Halve the damage from failing a Fort save; Prereqs: Ki Pool.
Chakra Initiate: You get a special pool of 3 Ki, which you may only use to open or maintain Chakras. Prereqs: Level 2+
Chakra Adept: You get +1 Ki to your special pool. When you maintain Chakras, you only have to attempt either the Will save or the Fort save. Plus, you can use your Chakras for a round after you stop spending Ki points. Prereqs: Level 8+
Chakra Master You get +1 Ki to your special pool; plus, you can spend +2 Ki points when opening/maintaining your Chakras to get the benefits of an extra Chakra that turn (so two normally, three once you've hit Tier 7). Prereqs: Level 14+

There's also the Serpent-Fire Adept, a Monk archetype that boosts your Chakra use. It's not that bad, actually.

I might end up doing a mini-handbook for this thing.