Questions tagged [eidolon]
For questions about eidolons in RPGs, named after phantoms that resemble the human form as described in Greek literature. In Pathfinder, the Eidolon is the main class feature of the Summoner class, allowing the Summoner to summon a creature unique to them and fight at their side. (For questions regarding the Summoner class in general, use just the [summoner] tag instead.)
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Total damage from a critical hit with a fatal + striking eidolon unarmed attack
The summoner in our party has an eidolon with a 1d6 (fatal d10) primary attack.
Primary Attack: Choose from the following statistics for the more flexible primary attack.
1d8 damage (disarm, ...
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Eidolons and weapons with the Trip trait
An Eidolon's attacks can be enhanced by your handwraps of mighty blows (Secrets of Magic, p53):
Alternatively, you can Invest a magic weapon (even though magic weapons can't normally be Invested) to ...
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Act Together: how many times?
One question: I don't find the rule that you can use Act Together just once in a round. Technically I can use it three times and me (summoner) and my eidolon can make three one-action activities each ...
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When a Summoner uses Act Together for 3 actions, do they need to do an activity worth 3 actions or can they take 3 actions individually?
The "Act Together" activity reads:
You and your eidolon act as one. Either you or your eidolon takes an
action or activity using the same number of actions as Act Together,
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How does BAB Breakdown for an Eidolon with Multiple Natural Weapons
I'm trying to figure out how my Quadrapedal Eidolon attacks per turn break down BAB-wise since I've never used the Summoner previously. (Evolutions Below specifically).
It came with a Bite and Claw ...
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Eidolon Damage scaling
Eidolons do 1d8 damage with their attacks, and it does not seem to scale. I guess it cannot remain this low at 20th level, but I could not find anything, neither in the Summoner nor in the Eidolon ...
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Reactions and free actions (Summoner and Eidolon)
I have a Summoner with a Dragon Eidolon, and I'm not understanding some things about the class.
In the following topic: "Your eidolon is no mere minion. It doesn't have the minion or summoned ...
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Do conditions persist when an Eidolon is unmanifested?
Let's say a summoner's eidolon is currently suffering from persistent bleed damage, is frightened 1, benefitting from Haste for 5 more rounds, and permanently blinded. The summoner is reduced to zero ...
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How does applying drained to an Eidolon affect the Summoners hitpoints?
While in the course of play, one of the enemies gave the party summoner's eidolon drained 1. We were unsure whether to change the summoner's hit points, since they are shared amongst the two. Normally ...
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Does the Synthesist Summoner keep Hit Points from his Constitution score?
While fused with his eidolon, the Synthesist uses the eidolon's physical ability scores (Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution), but retains his own mental ability scores (Intelligence, Wisdom, and ...
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Why does an eidolon choose to be bound by a summoner?
I'm a GM in Pathfinder-1e and one of my players wants to start playing a summoner. He asked me what is the reason that an outsider chooses to bound to a summoner (RP wise) and I couldn't find any ...
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How do Unchained Eidolon's type Resistances interact with the Resistance evolution?
Certain Eidolon types obtain energy resistance against some type of damage - for example the Psychopomp type gains cold resistance 10 and electricity resistance 10 at 4th level - while some obtain the ...
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How close can a bipedal (chained) eidolon get to a human-like appearance?
So I asked a similar question here and that was confirmed. So I want to extend it. Since an eidolon can get close enough to a human pass a disguise check to pretend to be one, just how close can it ...
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Can a bipedal (chained) eidolon pass itself off as a human or similar race?
So I saw the bodyguard suggested build in the SRD and thought "That sounds awesome, but you know what will make it even better? If it were a shinobi." Yes, I know very anime that's just how I am. The ...
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What happens if an Eidolon is hit with Imprisonment?
If a Mythic Unchained Summoner's Eidolon is hit with the Imprison spell, does it automatically unsummon, or is it trapped in the prison?
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