Questions tagged [occult-magic]
For questions about the special abilities available through the use of “occult magic,” such as in Pathfinder.
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Is there thought and emotion component for psychic spells?
I could have sworn that psychic spells had there specific components listed like regular spells. For example, the fireball spell tells you the material component is bat guano.
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(Occult Adventures) Does Esoteric Knight's Step Through Reality have the same drawback as Dimension Door?
From Esoteric Knight
Step through Reality (Sp)
By expending a 3rd-level spell slot as a swift action, the esoteric
knight can teleport to a space within 30 feet as if using dimension
door. This ...
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(Occult Adventures) When do I roll my saves when opening/maintaining Chakras?
https://www.d20pfsrd.com/alternative-rule-systems/occult-adventures/occult-rules/chakras/
As far as I can tell it isn't specified whether you make the save during the swift action but before ...
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Is there any official (or semi-official) clarification on how often Psychic Virtuoso allows a character to use occult skill unlocks?
The description of the Psychic Virtuoso feat from Occult Adventures states "You can use all of your occult skill unlocks more often and you are more talented at using them." However, the ...
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Can a "psionic spell" be dispelled using the Dispel Magic spell?
Situation from my recent game: a tree-like supposedly psionic monster used pain mirror on me (I'm Arcanist). I intended to dispel it with dispel magic, but I was informed that because it's a psionic ...
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Are those changes enough to save the Kineticist?
I've been toying with the idea of making a kineticist for a bit, now. The class is quite flavorful, with some interesting options and a nice set of utility.
...That said, its core sucks.
Like, really ...
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Does a Psychic with the Improved Eldritch Heritage feat for the Psychic Bloodline get any benefit from Undercasting Prodigy?
Does a Psychic with the Improved Eldritch Heritage feat for the Psychic Bloodline get any benefit from Undercasting Prodigy?
Undercasting Prodigy says:
Starting at 9th level, whenever you gain a ...
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Does the level requirement of the psychic's Psi-Tech Discoveries refer to class level or character level?
In the list of the psychic's psy-tech discoveries is Force Field, which says:
You must be at least 3rd level to select this discovery.
Does this mean Psychic level 3 or character level 3?
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Is there a limit to what you can manifest in a psychic duel?
I have recently created a psychic with psychic duelist archetype and i was talking to my friend and she mentioned that since it was a mindscape one could manifest a cake and eat it without gaining any ...
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Is psychic casting (with Thought/Emotion components) detectable in the same way as Somatic/Verbal components?
I'm starting a new campaign and for the first time ever and I'm trying a Psychic spell caster (Psychic, specifically.)
My GM is pretty adamant that the metamagic Still Spell and Silent Spell exist ...
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Route to Divine Spell Immunity?
Parameter: this is RAW. I can pretty well guess RAI doesn't agree. So I'm asking this from a 1) RAW viewpoint, and 2) DM viewpoint.
So, I've been browsing Occult Rituals because I have an occult-...
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How can I play a Psychic Necromancer using Occult Adventures material?
I'd like to play a Psychic Necromancer using Occult Adventures material in Pathfinder.
There is the Haunted discipline; however, that's not what I'm looking for. I was hoping more along the line of a ...
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How to jail a Kineticist
I am running a Pathfinder game in which a L5 Kineticist (fire and aether elements) decided he wanted to go kill an angel more or less on his own. He got his ass kicked, but the Angel does not want to ...
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Can I make my spiritualist's phantom a lich?
I am a spiritualist and I want to make my phantom into a lich. Is this feasible? He would be willing but doesn't have his body. Also could I be the vessel for his soul that way he is still bound to me?...
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For a water-focused kineticist's Basic Hydrokinesis feature, how does the ability to create "mild currents" work, particularly underwater?
In Paizo's Occult Adventures, the Kineticist class, with a Water Elemental Focus, gets this ability:
Basic Hydrokinesis
Element(s) water; Type utility (Sp); Level 1; Burn 0
You can create water as ...
