Forsaker with permanent spell

Orco42 · Mar 22, 2002

What would happen if, before becoming a Forsaker, a fight had resistance cast on him permanently?

A. He could not take the PrC (until dispelled).
B. He could take the class and the spell remains active.
C. Other

Thanks.

Crothian · Mar 22, 2002

He can take the class, he just loses all the class abilities as if he used a magical item or otherwise violated the no magic rule. So, you'd need to get it dispelled to really use the class.

However, if you have a permanent spell that was not a benfit (like Blindness or Deafness) I would allow that. I'd also allow that to fullfill the almost being killed by magic requirement.

Psifon · Mar 22, 2002

Oh man, a forsaker with a permanent antimagic shell! That would rock! Pitty it is totally illegal.

Orco42 · Mar 22, 2002

Psifon said:
Oh man, a forsaker with a permanent antimagic shell! That would rock! Pitty it is totally illegal.

It was worth a shot. At least Manuals and Tomes are still legal.

Crothian · Mar 22, 2002

He's not allowed to use any magical items. So, if you get them before the class, then it's okay. If you use them while you have the class you have to wait I think a year and a day of no magic to get the abilites back.

Orco42 · Mar 22, 2002

Right. I was talking about reading the books before taking the class.

AuraSeer · Mar 22, 2002

Ah, but you must keep in mind toems and manuals give inherent bonuses. The stat bonuses from the prestige class are also inherent bonuses. They don't stack.

So if used a manual to get a +2 Strength, and then added 3 points to Strength from the prestige class, you'd still only have a +3 bonus.

(It's like using a Wish. Using five wishes in immediate succession gives you a single inherent bonus of +5. But if you use one wish per day for a week, you'll just get the same +1 bonus multiple times; if they're applied to the same stat, you'll have wasted a lot of XP for only one stat point.)