Soulmeld List by Class and Slot

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Incarnate
Crown Chakra
Crystal Helm - Good Crown equip for melee-centric Base Effect: +2 Will vs Charm/Compulsion
Essentia: Deflection Bonus to AC per essentia invested

Bound Effect: Melee attacks gain Force descriptor, ignoring miss chance of incorporeal targets

Diadem of Purelight - Good if you are worried about concealmentBase Effect: 20' bright illumination, 40' shadowy illumination
Essentia: Increase radius of bright illumination by 10' per essentia invested, shadowy illumination is twice bright illumination.

Bound Effect: Negates concealment less than total within bright illumination. Does not affect invisibility or total concealment, but DOES affect all other forms of concealment, including fog and blur

Enigma Helm - Good if you are worried about divination or charmsBase Effect: Nondetection, DC 11+ Meldshaper level to penetrate with any divination effect.
Essentia: +1 Will/Essentia

Bound Effect: Immunity to Enchantment (Charm) spells.

Necrocarnum Circlet - Good if you are going NecrocarnateBase Effect: Detect Undead 30. Functions as Blindsight for undead, so it does allow specific targeting, and bypasses invisibility and other sight-based effects, but for undead only.
Essentia:Undead within 30' gain Turn Resistance equal to essentia

Bound Effect:Animate Necrocarnum Zombie, HD cap = Meldshaper level. You take damage equal to zombie's HD, which may not be healed as long as zombie is animated. Zombie can act immediately on your turn, you have complete control as long as you have Line of Effect. If this is broken, it acts on last instructions. Automatically regain control when you regain LoE. Only one at a time. Zombie returns to inert corpse if soulmeld is unshaped. No creature can be affected more than once.
Bound Essentia Effect: Necrocarnum Zombie's essentia pool is increased by the amount of essentia invested in this soulmeld.

Soulspark Familiar - Good if you want a familiarBase Effect: Summon Least Soulspark, grants Alertness.
EssentiaGives the soulspark various abilities, all essentia must be invested in the same ability. Choose between: Aligned Attack, Attack/Damage Bonus, Deflection Bonus to AC, Fast Healing, or Saving Throw Bonus. Note: this only affects the soulspark, not the meldshaper.

Bound Effect: Summon a Lesser soulspark rather than least



Feet Chakra

Acrobat Boots - Good if you want bonus to Balance, Escape Artist, Jump, and Tumble Base Effect +2 Insight bonus to Balance, Escape Artist, Jump, and Tumble (does NOT let you make Tumble checks untrained)
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Reduce falling damage by 1d6/essentia invested

Airstep Sandals - Good if you want to flyBasic Effect: Fly up to 10' with Good maneuverability as move action
Essentia: +10' of flight/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Maneuverability becomes Perfect.

Cerulean Sandals - Various movement-based abilitiesBasic Effect: Walk on Water
Essentia: +5' to base land speed/essentia invested

Bound Effect: DimDoor up to 10'/meldshaper level per day. May be split up into 10' increments, but soulmeld unshapes when you hit your daily allotment. Requires Standard action to activate.

Impulse Boots - Good if you are worried about Sneak Attack/Sudden Strike or BlastomancyBasic Effect: Uncanny Dodge
Essentia: +1 Reflex/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Evasion



Hand Chakra

Bloodwar gauntlets - Limited combat bonuses, it's a trapBasic Effect: +1 morale bonus on melee attack rolls
Essentia: Increase bonus by +1/essentia invested

Bound Effect: +4 bonus on rolls made to confirm critical threats

Lightning Gauntlets - Limited lightning damage, it's a trapBasic Effect: 1d6 Lightning damage as a touch attack
Essentia: Increase lightning damage by +1d6/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Add this electricity damage to ONE melee attack, which must be declared prior to attack roll.

Lucky Dice - Luck bonus to various things, can share with alliesBasic Effect: Use as Swift action to gain +1 luck bonus to one of the following: Attack *and* Damage rolls, Saving Throws, or all Skill and Ability checks. When you activate, roll 2d6. If the result turns up a 7, you gain this bonus to ALL of the listed rolls.
Essentia: Increase duration of bonuses by one round/essentia. Since luck bonuses stack with themselves, and you may activate them every round as your Swift action, you may find yourself stacking bonuses up pretty heavily.

Bound Effect: Share bonus with allies

Necrocarnum Weapon - Good if you are going NecrocarnateBasic Effect: Bypass DR/Evil
Essentia: +1 Profane bonus on attack AND damage rolls AND critical threat confirmation checks, but ONLY against living creatures.

Bound Effect: Gain temp essentia equal to essentia invested when you confirm a critical hit on any living creature. This temp essentia lasts 10 rounds. Multiple uses of this ability does not stack, it refreshes the 10 round timer. This works with a CDG.

Sighting Gloves: - Good if you want to focus on ranged attacks Basic Effect: +1 Insight bonus on damage with ranged attacks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +1/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Precise Shot feat

Theft Gloves - Good if your party doesn't have a TrapspringerBasic Effect: +2 Insight on Disable Device, Open Lock, and Slight of Hand checks. This DOES allows you to make checks untrained.
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/Essentia Invested

Bound Effect: Trapfinding



Arms Chakra

Armguards of Disruption - Good against undeadBasic Effect: +1d6 damage to undead with melee touch attack
Essentia:Increase damage by +1d6/essentia invested

Bound Effect: +1 Insight bonus to AC and Saving Throws vs attacks made by Undead Creatures/essentia invested

Bloodwar gauntlets - Limited combat bonuses, it's a trapBasic Effect: +1 morale bonus on melee attack rolls
Essentia: Increase bonus by +1/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Deal 3d6/essentia to all creatures in 20' radius of yourself, Fort/Half, which unshapes this soulmeld. Considering you can't reshape it until the next day, this is a trap.

Bluesteel Bracers Good combat-focused abilitiesBasic Effect: +2 Insight bonus to Initiative checks
Essentia: +1 Insight bonus to weapon damage rolls/essentia invested. Does not discriminate between melee and ranged, but does specify weapon.

Bound Effect: Share bonus on Initiative with allies

Incarnate Weapon - Good if you want to look like a JediBasic Effect: Create an aligned weapon: Chaotic: Battleaxe, Evil: Flail, Good: Warhammer, Lawful: Longsword. Automatically proficient in weapon. Immune to sunder and cannot be destroyed. If it leaves your hand, it returns at the beginning of your next turn (if that is impossible, it falls to your feet, and attempts to return to your hand on the next turn). Other creatures may attempt to wield it while it is not in your hand, but does not gain any of its special benefits.
Essentia: Enhancement bonus on attack and damage rolls/essentia invested

Bound Effect: As a move action, charge incarnate weapon. If the next melee attack hits a target with one alignment component opposite yours, opponent makes Fort save or be Stunned until the beginning of your next turn. It is discharged on a miss. May only hold one charge at a time, but may hold the charge indefinitely as long as you hold the weapon.

Lammasu Mantle - Good against evil thingsBasic Effect: +2 Deflection bonus to AC vs attacks made by Evil creatures
Essentia: +1 Resistance bonus on saving throws against spells and effects used by Evil creatures/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Share deflection bonus to AC vs evil creatures with all all allies within 10'

Lifebond Vestments - Good for limited healingBasic Effect: Touch living creature (standard action) to heal 1 hp/meldshaper level, take half that amount of damage round up. You may not use this more than 1/hour on any creature Since it references Lay on Hands, it is open to interpretation if it works with Caduceus Bracers (MIC).
Essentia:+5 to healing cap/essentia

Bound Effect: You may heal a target up to 30' away

Necrocarnum Touch - Good if you are going NecrocarnateBasic Effect: +4 on Slight of Hand and Bluff Checks to Feint in combat. This DOES allow you to make checks untrained
Essentia: Grants melee touch attack dealing 1d8 damage/essentia invested to living target (Fort/half). This is NOT a negative energy effect, it may NOT be used to heal targets with Tomb-Tainted.

Bound Effect: Allows the Essentia granted ability to be used as a Ray with a range of 30'.

Riding Bracers: - Good bonus on Handle Animal and Ride checksBasic Effect: +4 Insight bonus on Handle Animal and Ride checks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: +2 Insight bonus to melee damage and +2 Dodge bonus to AC while mounted

Sailor's Bracers - Good only in a sea-heavy campaignBasic Effect: +4 Insight bonus on Swim, Profession (Sailor), and Use Rope checks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect Swim up to your speed as full-round action, or up to half speed as move action. You take no penalties on attack rolls made underwater (as if you had Freedom of Movement, for this effect ONLY)



Brow Chakra

Illusion Veil - Good if you are also an illusionistBasic Effect: +1 DC on illusion spells and SLA's you cast
Essentia: Increase duration of non-instantaneous illusion spell or SLA by 1 round/essentia invested

Bound Effect: See Invisibility and +1 Insight bonus on Spot checks AND save vs Illusion spells/essentia invested

Keeneye Lenses - Good for scoutingBasic Effect: +4 Insight bonus on Spot checks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia

Bound Effect: See Invisibility

Mage's Spectacles: - Good if you are also an arcane casterBasic Effect: +4 Insight bonus on Decipher Script, Spellcraft, and UMD checks. DOES allow you to make these checks untrained
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Continuous Read Magic effect

Planar Chasuble - Good for Incarnates wanting situational energy resistance or to increase their Incarnum Radiance class featureBasic Effect: Gain Alignment subtype, immunity to planar effects of that type, resistance to energy 10 as follows: Chaotic: Electricity, Evil: Acid, Good: Cold, Lawful: Fire
Essentia: Increase energy resistance to specified type by 5/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Increase Incarnum Radiance class feature by 1

Silvertongue Mask - Good for 'Party Face' rollBasic Effect: +2 Insight bonus on Bluff and Diplomacy checks
Essentia:Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Also gain insight bonus on Sense Motive checks equal to bonus on Bluff and Diplomacy granted by this meldshape

Soulspark Familiar - Good if you want a familiarBase Effect: Summon Least Soulspark, grants Alertness.
EssentiaGives the soulspark various abilities, all essentia must be invested in the same ability. Choose between: Aligned Attack, Attack/Damage Bonus, Deflection Bonus to AC, Fast Healing, or Saving Throw Bonus. Note: this only affects the soulspark, not the meldshaper.

Bound Effect: Summon a standard Soulspark rather than least

Truthseeker Goggles - Good for gather informationBasic Effect: +2 Insight bonus on Gather Information, Search, and Sense Motive checks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia

Bound Effect: Darkvision 60'



Shoulders Chakra

Adamant Pauldrons - Good if you are worried about precision-based damageBasic Effect: Light Fortification (25% chance of negating precision-based damage/critical hits)
Essentia:DR/opposite alignment equal to essentia invested

Bound Effect: Increase chance of negating critical hits and sneak attacks to 50%

Lammasu Mantle - Good against evil thingsBasic Effect: +2 Deflection bonus to AC vs attacks made by Evil creatures
Essentia: +1 Resistance bonus on saving throws against spells and effects used by Evil creatures/essentia invested

Bound Effect: No summoned creatures except those of Good alignment may approach within 10' of you (see Magic Circle against Evil)

Mantle of Flame - Almost worthless retributive strikeBasic effect: Creatures attacking you take 1d6 Fire damage. Creatures wielding weapons with reach are not subject to this damage.
Essentia:Increase damage by 1d6/essentia invested

Bound Effect: As a standard action, all creatures adjacent takes damage as though they had struck you (ref/half)

Pauldrons of Health - Good if you are worried about certain status effectsBasic Effect: Immunity to Disease, Sickened, and Nauseated
Essentia:+1 Enhancement bonus to Fort saves/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Immunity to energy drain

Therapeutic Mantle - Almost worthless unless you plan on being healed a lotBasic Effect: Any spell or effect that heals hit point damage which targets YOU heals additional damage equal to the spell level
Essentia: Increase additional healing by 2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Insight bonus to effective caster level for any spell you cast in the Healing subschool equal to essentia invested. Considering the caps these spells have, this is a trap.

Wind Cloak - Good against ranged attacksBasic Effect: DR 2/Magic vs ranged attacks
Essentia: Increase DR/magic vs ranged attacks by 2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Deflect Arrows, but you don't need a free hand to use it. This works even if you are flat-footed.
Bound Essentia: Increases number of projectiles you may deflect per round by 1/essentia invested



Throat Chakra

Apparition Ribbon - Good if you want to be able to go IncorporealBasic Effect: Reroll miss chance against incorporeal foes
Essentia: +2 Insight bonus on damage vs incorporeal/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Gain incorporeal subtype for 1 round plus 1/essentia invested. You cannot voluntarily change essentia invested until duration of incorporeality ends. If it is decreased involuntarily to the point where the duration is less than the number of turns spent incorporeal, you immediately become corporeal. If you are within a solid object when you go corporeal, you are shunted to nearest open space, taking 1d6 damage per 5' of movement. You are limited to Meldshaper Level number of rounds per day of incorporeality.

Arcane Focus - Good if you plan on BlastomancyBasic Effect:+1 bonus on spell damage. Spells that deal damage to multiple targets apply this bonus damage to each target.
Essentia: Increase damage bonus by 1/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Single Living creature damaged by your spell make Fort save or be Dazed for one round. If the spell deals damage to more than one target, or if the target takes no damage due to resistance, saving throws, or other method of negating damage, this effect does not apply.

Dissolving Spittle - Not worth itBasic Effect: 1d6 acid damage with ranged touch attack
Essentia: Increase damage by 1d6/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Target hit by acid also takes damage on the next turn

Necrocarnum Mantle - Good if you are a NecrocarnateBasic Effect: Immunity to Disease
Essentia: +1 Profane bonus on saving throws vs mind-affecting

Bound Effect: Immunity to Poison

Planar Ward - Good if you are worried about mind controlBasic Effect: Suppresses mental control (as per Protection from Evil)
Essentia: Morale bonus on saves made to resist (Su) or (Sp) abilities of extraplanar creatures equal to essentia invested.

Bound Effect: When you are struck by an extraplanar creature, the attacking creature must make a Will save or be banished. Creature adds its HD as a bonus on saving throw, and you add your Meldshaper level to the save DC. If the creature succeeds, he is immune to this effect for 24 hours.

Silvertongue Mask - Good for 'Party Face' rollBasic Effect: +2 Insight bonus on Bluff and Diplomacy checks
Essentia:Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Suggestion (as per spell) as Standard action (will negates). A creature targeted by this ability may not be targeted again for 24 hours, successful or not.

Soulspark Familiar - Good if you want a familiarBase Effect: Summon Least Soulspark, grants Alertness.
EssentiaGives the soulspark various abilities, all essentia must be invested in the same ability. Choose between: Aligned Attack, Attack/Damage Bonus, Deflection Bonus to AC, Fast Healing, or Saving Throw Bonus. Note: this only affects the soulspark, not the meldshaper.

Bound Effect: Summon a Greater soulspark rather than least



Waist Chakra

Flame Cincture - Good against fireBasic Effect:Fire Resistance 10
Essentia:+5 Fire Resistance/Essentia invested

Bound Effect: When your Flame Cincture prevents fire damage, on your next turn, as a swift action, deal fire damage equal to the amount prevented by the flame cincture on the previous round (Ref/half) to a single target within 60'

Necrocarnum Shroud - Good if you are a NecrocarnateBasic Effect:+1 Profane bonus on attack and damage rolls any time a living creature takes damage while adjacent to you. This bonus lasts one round. If a living creature dies while adjacent to you, bonus lasts for number of rounds equal to creature's HD
Essentia:Increase area of effect to 5'+5'/essentia invested

Bound Effect: At the beginning of your turn, any creature within the area of effect becomes Shaken for one round (Will negates)

Necrocarnum Vestments - Good if you are a NecrocarnateBasic Effect:Resistance to Cold 5
Essentia:3 bonus hit points/essentia invested. These are not temporary hit points, and are not depleted first. This can reduce your hit point total below 0 if you reduce the essentia invested in this while low on hp.

Bound Effect: Any living creature adjacent to you at the end of your turn takes 1d6 Cold damage (Fort/negate)

Strongheart Vest - Good if you are worried about ability damageBasic Effect:Any time you would take ability damage, the amount of the damage is reduced by 1 point, to a minimum of 0
Essentia:Increases the amount of ability damage that is reduced by 1/essentia invested

* NOTE: There is a long-standing debate about how this interacts with Hellfire Warlock. Some say that by reducing the damage to 0, you don't take the damage, an thus the HFW's abilities are negated. Others say that you are taking damage, it's just being reduced to 0, so because you aren't immune to it, the abilities stay put. Check with your GM before using this in conjunction with HFW to make sure you are both in agreement about the interpretation being used in your game.

Bound Effect: Also reduce Ability Drain by the same amount you reduce ability damage.

Vitality Belt - Solid defensive item
Basic Effect: +4 Morale bonus on Con checks (but not Fort saves) and Con-based skill checks
Essentia: Bonus hit points equal to Meldshaper level per point of essentia invested. Look at that again. For full Meldshapers, this is effectively a free die size upgrade to HD per point of essentia invested. 5 essentia = 100 bonus hit points at MsL 20. That's... pretty handy. Just be careful, you can kill yourself by shifting essentia away while damaged. But by the same token, you can give yourself a little more breathing room if you find yourself dangerously low by shifting more essentia here.

Bound effect: Immunity to Con damage and Con Drain. Con damage kills. Con drain is even nastier. Avoid them both today!



Heart Chakra

Lifebond Vestments - Good for limited healingBasic Effect: Touch living creature (standard action) to heal 1 hp/meldshaper level, take half that amount of damage round up. You may not use this more than 1/hour on any creature Since it references Lay on Hands, it is open to interpretation if it works with Caduceus Bracers (MIC).
Essentia:+5 to healing cap/essentia

Bound Effect: Remove the 1/hour limitation on healing

Necrocarnum Vestments - Good if you are a NecrocarnateBasic Effect:Resistance to Cold 5
Essentia:3 bonus hit points/essentia invested. These are not temporary hit points, and are not depleted first. This can reduce your hit point total below 0 if you reduce the essentia invested in this while low on hp.

Bound Effect: Immunity to stunning and death effects

Spellward Shirt - Good for being immune to specific spellsBasic Effect:Spell Resistance 5
Essentia:Increase spell resistance by 4/essentia invested

Bound Effect: When you shape this soulmeld, choose 4 spells of 6th level or less. You gain complete immunity to the effects of these spells as if you were under the effect of a spell immunity spell.

Strongheart Vest - Good if you are worried about ability damageBasic Effect:Any time you would take ability damage, the amount of the damage is reduced by 1 point, to a minimum of 0
Essentia:Increases the amount of ability damage that is reduced by 1/essentia invested

* NOTE: There is a long-standing debate about how this interacts with Hellfire Warlock. Some say that by reducing the damage to 0, you don't take the damage, an thus the HFW's abilities are negated. Others say that you are taking damage, it's just being reduced to 0, so because you aren't immune to it, the abilities stay put. Check with your GM before using this in conjunction with HFW to make sure you are both in agreement about the interpretation being used in your game.

Bound Effect: Immunity to energy drain and death effects



Soul Chakra

Fellmist Robe - Good for concealmentBasic Effect:10% concealment miss chance vs any attack coming from more than 5' away. Your attacks are unaffected. A strong wind (21mph or greater) suppresses this effect, although it comes back one round after the wind stops
Essentia: +5% concealment miss chance/essentia invested (max 50%)

Bound Effect: Concealment miss chance works against adjacent attackers, resists winds up to 50mph.

Incarnate Avatar - Good for turning into an OutsiderBasic Effect:No basic effect without essentia investment
Essentia:Depends on alignment: Chaos: +1 insight on ranged attack rolls/essentia invested; Evil: +2 Insight bonus on melee damage rolls/essentia invested; Good: +1 Insight bonus to AC/essentia invested; Law: +1 Insight bonus on melee attack rolls/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Depends on alignment. Chaos: +30' enhancement bonus to base land speed; Evil: Fly at 30' (good maneuverability); Good: Fly at 30' (good maneuverability); Law: Immunity to daze, paralysis, petrification, and stun as well as any magical effect that would Slow you.

Keeneye Lenses - Good for scoutingBasic Effect: +4 Insight bonus on Spot checks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia

Bound Effect: True Seeing, always on

Necrocarnum Shroud - Good if you are a NecrocarnateBasic Effect:+1 Profane bonus on attack and damage rolls any time a living creature takes damage while adjacent to you. This bonus lasts one round. If a living creature dies while adjacent to you, bonus lasts for number of rounds equal to creature's HD
Essentia:Increase area of effect to 5'+5'/essentia invested

Bound Effect: As a standard action, make a melee touch attack against a living foe to deal 1d4 negative levels (Fort/half). For each negative level bestowed, you gain 1 temp essentia point and 5 temp hit points. Temp essentia lasts until end of next turn. Temp hit points fade after an hour.

Planar Chasuble - Good for Incarnates wanting situational energy resistance or to increase their Incarnum Radiance class featureBasic Effect: Gain Alignment subtype, immunity to planar effects of that type, resistance to energy 10 as follows: Chaotic: Electricity, Evil: Acid, Good: Cold, Lawful: Fire
Essentia: Increase energy resistance to specified type by 5/essentia invested

Bound Effect: 1/week you may use Gate to a plane with an alignment trait matching your chosen alignment. If you use the 'calling creatures' function, it costs 1,000 XP.

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Totemist

Each soulmeld will have their Totem chakra bind listed in their description, which will be found under the slot they are shaped under.

Crown Chakra
Beast Tamer Circlet - Not usefulBasic Effect:+2 Insight bonus on Handle Animal and Wild Empathy checks
Essentia: +2 to above checks/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Speak with Animals
Totem Bind effect: Animal Trance

Frost Helm - Good for Endure ElementsBasic Effect:Endure Elements
Essentia:Cold Resistance 5/essentia invested

Bound Effect:Ray deals 1d6 Cold damage + 1d6/essentia invested
Totem Bind effect: Target 1 creature + 1/essentia invested. Will save or be stunned for 1d4 rounds. If target is attacked or violently shaken (full-round action), it's allowed another save. Once a creature has resisted or broken the effects, it cannot be targeted by this ability for 24 hours.

Hunter's Circlet - Good for TrackBasic Effect:+2 to Heal and Survival checks
Essentia:Additional +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Track
Totem Bind effect: Scent ability

Shedu Crown - Useful for MindsightBasic Effect:Immune to being pushed back as a result of Bull Rush
Essentia: +1 Competence bonus on saving throws vs mind-affecting/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Telepathy 100'
Totem Bind effect: Trample attack. 1d8 Bludgeoning damage +1.5*Str mod

Threefold Mask of the Chimera - Basic Effect:Cannot be flanked. Period.
Essentia: +1 Competence bonus on Search checks

Bound Effect: At the end of your turn, take an extra Move action. If you do, you take a -5 penalty on AC and all attack rolls until the end of your next turn. Furthermore, on your next turn, you can only take a single standard action OR a move action, but not both, nor a full-round action. Essentia reduces the penalty by 1/essentia invested (maximum of 0), but does not affect the reduction in action economy.
Totem Bind effect: Gain natural attacks. One bite (1d8), one Bite (1d6), and one Gore (1d6). As a standard action, you can attack with any one of them, applying full Str mod as bonus on damage roll. As a full attack action, you can attack with all three, applying full str mod on all three. Alternately, as part of a full attack, you can make a secondary attack with ONE head at a -5, applying 1/2 Str mod to damage.


Feet Chakra

Dread Carapace - Handy for natural attack damage bonusesBasic Effect:+2 bonus on damage when using a Bite attack, +1 when using a Claw or other natural attack. In exchange, take a -1 penalty on attack.
Essentia: Increase both the damage bonus (+2 for bite, +1 for other natural attacks) and the penalty on attack rolls per essentia invested.

Bound Effect: 1/min you can add an enhancement bonus of 60' to your speed for 1 round. This is further increased by 10'/essentia invested.
Totem Bind effect: When you charge, all enemies within 60' who can see you become shaken for 1 round (Will/negates)

Landshark Boots - Very situationally usefulBasic Effect:+4 Competence bonus on Jump checks
Essentia: Increase said bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Move action for Tremorsense 10'. Cannot pinpoint the location of any creature. Every point of essentia increases range by 5'
Totem Bind effect: Hands gain claws for 1d6. +1 enhancement bonus on attack and damage with these claws per point of invested essentia. As a part of a move, make Jump check to attack with all four claws as a standard action. If you do so, you cannot make any other attacks in the same round, regardless of the source.

Totem Avatar - Versatile soulmeld that has various applicationsBasic Effect: Bonus hit points equal to meldshaper level. These are NOT temp hit points, and do not go away first.
Essentia: +1 Enhancement bonus to Natural Armor/Essentia invested

Bound Effect: +4 bonus on checks to resist a bull rush, overrun, or trip. You are ALSO treated as if you were one size category larger than normal when making a check to resist a bull rush, grapple, overrun, or trip attack.
Totem Bind effect: +1 Morale bonus on natural weapon damage/essentia invested

Urksan Greaves - Good for Pounce buildsBasic Effect:+5 untyped bonus on Balance checks on ice
Essentia:Resistance to Cold 5/essentia invested

Bound Effect: When you charge, if your melee attack hits, you deal an additional 1d4 damage per point invested
Totem Bind effect: When you attempt to overrun an opponent, the target cannot choose to avoid you. You also gain a +2 bonus on Str checks to knock down your opponent, with an additional +1/essentia invested

Worg Pelt - Basic Effect: +2 Competence bonus on Hide and Move Silently
Essentia: Additional +2 to the aforementioned checks/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Base land speed increases 5' plus an additional 5'/essentia invested
Totem Bind effect: Bite attack deals 1d6. Use either as Primary attack or as a Secondary attack. +1 Enhancement bonus on attack and damage per point of Essentia invested



Hand Chakra

Bloodtalons - Avoid thisBasic Effect:You are not disabled by being -1 to -9 hit points. When you hit -10, you immediately die. Since specific trumps general, this actually bypasses normal immunity to death via damage, making this worse than useless for any build which might normally take advantage of being below 0 hit points.
Essentia: +2 untyped bonus on Spot checks/essentia invested.

Bound Effect: Weapon Finesse with natural weapons
Totem Bind effect: Hands gain claws that deal 1d4 damage. On the round after you hit with a claw, the wounds bleed for an additional 1 point of damage per point of essentia invested. Nonliving creatures are immune to this. Every point of essentia also grants a +1 enhancement bonus on attack rolls made with these claws.

Kruthik Claws - Not bad for clawsBasic Effect: +4 Competence bonus to Hide and Move Silently checks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Weapon Finesse with natural weapons
Totem Bind effect: Hands gain Claws do 1d6 damage + 1d4/essentia acid damage invested.

Rageclaws - Avoid thisBasic Effect: Not disabled when -1 to -9 hit points. You immediately die at -10 or lower. See Bloodtalons for why this is bad.
Essentia: Increase the negative hit point threshold by -3/essentia invested. If your essentia investment is reduced (voluntarily or otherwise) and your current hit point total is at or below the point at which you would die, you immediately die.

Bound Effect: While your hit point total is below 0, you gain a +2 morale bonus on melee attack, melee weapon damage, and fort saves.
Totem Bind effect: Hands gain claws that do 1d6. When you grapple, you can attack with both claws, which are not subject to the usual -4 penalty for attacking with a natural weapon while in a grapple. +1 Enhancement bonus on attack and damage rolls with your claws/essentia invested

Sphinx Claws - The go-to soulmeld for all your Pouncing needsBasic Effect: +1 Competence on Str checks and Str-based skill checks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +1/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Pounce with natural weapons only.
Totem Bind effect: Hands grow claws do 1d8 damage. +1 enhancement to attack and damage per point of essentia invested

Worg Pelt - Situationally useful for trip builds that have a biteBasic Effect: +2 Competence bonus on Hide and Move Silently
Essentia: Additional +2 to the aforementioned checks/essentia invested

Bound Effect: When you hit with a Bite attack, you get a free Trip attempt. You cannot be tripped if you fail.
Totem Bind effect: Bite attack deals 1d6. Use either as Primary attack or as a Secondary attack. +1 Enhancement bonus on attack and damage per point of Essentia invested



Arms Chakra

Dread Carapace - Handy for natural attack damage bonusesBasic Effect:+2 bonus on damage when using a Bite attack, +1 when using a Claw or other natural attack. In exchange, take a -1 penalty on attack.
Essentia: Increase both the damage bonus (+2 for bite, +1 for other natural attacks) and the penalty on attack rolls per essentia invested.

Bound Effect: Threat range of any natural attacks you possess is doubled. Does NOT stack with any other effect that increases threat range of your natural weapon.
Totem Bind effect: When you charge, all enemies within 60' who can see you become shaken for 1 round (Will/negates)

Girallon Arms - Go-to soulmeld for lots of claw attacksBasic Effect: +2 competence bonus on Climb and Grapple checks
Essentia: increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: If you hit with at least two claws, you can Rend, automatically dealing double claw damage, including double Str bonus
Totem Bind effect: You gain four claws that deal 1d4 damage each. +1 enhancement bonus on attack and damage rolls per point of essentia invested

Kraken Mantle - Basic Effect: +8 Competence bonus to Swim checks. With a successful Swim check, you can move at up to your speed (as a full round action) or one-half speed (as a move action)
Essentia: +5' swim speed/essentia invested.

Bound Effect: Bonus on grapple checks equal to number of points of essentia invested. In addition, successful grapple check deals 1d8 bludgeoning damage plus Str mod to opponent.
Totem Bind effect: Breathe underwater

Lammasu Mantle - Good against evil thingsBasic Effect: +2 Deflection bonus to AC vs attacks made by Evil creatures
Essentia: +1 Resistance bonus on saving throws against spells and effects used by Evil creatures/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Share deflection bonus to AC vs evil creatures with all all allies within 10'
Totem Bind effect:15' cone of fire dealing 1d4 fire damage +1d4/essentia invested (Ref/half)

Riding Bracers: - Good bonus on Handle Animal and Ride checksBasic Effect: +4 Insight bonus on Handle Animal and Ride checks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: +2 Insight bonus to melee damage and +2 Dodge bonus to AC while mounted
Totem Bind effect: If you are riding an animal or magical beast with an Int of 1-2, you can handle the creature as a Free action, or push it as a Move action, even if you don't have any ranks in Handle Animal. In addition, your mount gains Evasion.

Totem Avatar - Versatile soulmeld that has various applicationsBasic Effect: Bonus hit points equal to meldshaper level. These are NOT temp hit points, and do not go away first.
Essentia: +1 Enhancement bonus to Natural Armor/Essentia invested

Bound Effect: Improved Grapple
Totem Bind effect: +1 Morale bonus on natural weapon damage/essentia invested




Brow Chakra

Basilisk Mask - Nerf-bats hurt, yoBasic Effect:Low-Light vision
Essentia: Darkvision with a range of 30'/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Blind-Fight feat
Totem Bind effect: Full round action Flesh To Stone duration is only 1 round (Fort/negates)

Disenchanter Mask - Basic Effect: Detect Magic 10'
Essentia: Increases range of Detect Magic by 10'/essentia invested

Bound Effect: When using this Detect Magic ability, you instantly determine the number, strength, and location of each magical aura present. You must still make a Spellcraft check to determine the school of magic involved in each aura.
Totem Bind effect: As a Standard Action, you may make a melee touch attack with a reach of 5' longer than your natural reach. If you hit, make a Meldshaper level check DC 11+magic item's caster level to repress for 10 minutes. You may also use this to suppress a specific soulmeld, but you have to specify it.

Great Raptor Mask - Good for Evasion without armor limitationsBasic Effect: +2 competence bonus on Spot checks.
Essentia: increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Low light vision 5x as far as normal
Totem Bind effect: Evasion

Krenshar Mask - Good for intimidate stackingBasic Effect: +4 Competence to Jump and Move Silently checks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Bonus also applies to Intimidate checks
Totem Bind effect: Standard action to cause one creature within 30' to become Frightened for 1 round (Will/negates). Sonic, mind-affecting

Unicorn Horn - Basic Effect: +2 Competence bonus on Wild Empathy and Move Silently
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2

Bound Effect: Detect Evil
Totem Bind effect: Horn can gore for 1d6 damage. Enhancement bonus on attack and damage rolls with the horn equal to essentia invested. +1d6 damage vs undead.

Yrthak Mask - Basic Effect: +4 Competence bonus to Listen checks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Limited Blindsense. Move action to pinpoint the location of every creature within 10' with LoE. Range increases by 10'/essentia invested. Any creature you cannot see still has Total Concealment and you still have normal miss chance when attacking foes with concealment. Visibility still affects your movement. You are still denied your Dex Bonus to AC against attacks from creatures you cannot see. You also take a -4 penalty on Spot checks, but a +4 on saving throws vs Gaze, visual effects, illusions, and other attack forms that rely on sight.
Totem Bind effect: Once every two rounds, you can use a ranged touch attack ray for 1d6 Sonic per point of essentia invested



Shoulders Chakra

Displacer Mantle - Basic Effect: +4 Competence bonus on Hide checks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: 20% miss chance, as per Blur
Totem Bind effect: 2 tentacles deal 1d4 damage. Have natural reach + 5', but cannot make AoO. +1 Enhancement to attack and damage/essentia invested

Kruthik Claws - Not bad for Claws that also gives Acid resistanceBasic Effect: +4 Competence bonus to Hide and Move Silently checks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Acid resistance 10 +5/essentia invested
Totem Bind effect: Hands gain Claws do 1d6 damage + 1d4/essentia acid damage invested.

Lammasu Mantle - Good against evil thingsBasic Effect: +2 Deflection bonus to AC vs attacks made by Evil creatures
Essentia: +1 Resistance bonus on saving throws against spells and effects used by Evil creatures/essentia invested

Bound Effect: No summoned creatures except those of Good alignment may approach within 10' of you (see Magic Circle against Evil)
Totem Bind effect: 15' cone of fire dealing 1d4 fire damage +1d4/essentia invested (Ref/half)

Pegasus Cloak - So the totem bind is worse than the shoulder bind? Wut?Basic Effect: +2 Enhancement bonus on Jump checks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Fly (average maneuverability) 10'/essentia invested
Totem Bind effect: As a move action, can fly up to 10'/essentia invested (Average maneuverability), but must start and land on a solid surface or fall

Phase Cloak - Basic Effect: +4 Competence bonus on Climb checks. May always Take 10 on Climb checks.
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: When you move at least 5', you can become ethereal during the movement, but become physical again at the end of each move. If you are in a solid object when you become physical, you are shunted to nearest open space taking 1d6/5' so traveled. While traveling so, you may be attacked by ethereal creatures.

Totem Bind effect: Bite deals 1d4 damage and has poison (Fort/negate 1d3 Con). Can be used either as primary or secondary attack. +1 Enhancement bonus to attack with this bite attack per point of essentia invested.

Shadow Mantle - Someone forgot to read what Darkness actually doesBasic Effect: +4 Competence bonus to Listen checks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia investd

Bound Effect: Magical darkness radius 5'/essentia invested. You also gain Blindsight within the same radius. Magical silence negates this blindsight. You may end this effect as a Swift action
Totem Bind effect: Bonus to Listen also applies to Hide checks

Totem Avatar - Versatile soulmeld that has various applicationsBasic Effect: Bonus hit points equal to meldshaper level. These are NOT temp hit points, and do not go away first.
Essentia: +1 Enhancement bonus to Natural Armor/Essentia invested

Bound Effect: Natural Weapons deal damage as if you were one size category larger
Totem Bind effect: +1 Morale bonus on natural weapon damage/essentia invested



Throat Chakra

Ankheg Breastplate - long cooldown on the bound effectBasic Effect: +2 Armor bonus to AC
Essentia: Increase bonus by +1/essentia

Bound Effect: Once Per Minute Line of Acid 5' + 5'/essentia invested. Deals 2d6 + 1d6/essentia invested. Ref/half.
Totem Bind effect: Bite attack does 1d8 + 1d4 Acid/essentia invested

Behir Gorget - Long cooldown on the damage output, but electricity resistance is goodBasic Effect: +4 bonus resist being bull rushed or tripped
Essentia: Resistance Electricity 5/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Once Per Minute line of lightning 5' + 5' per essentia invested dealing 2d6 + 1d6/essentia invested (Ref/half)
Totem Bind effect: Bite deals 1d8 + 1d4 electricity/essentia invested

Brass Mane - Basic Effect: +4 Competence bonus to Intimidate
Essentia: additional +2/essentia

Bound Effect: Once per Minute, 10' point-blank area effect Wil save or Fatigued. Increase range by 10'/essentia invested
Totem Bind effect: Bite 1d8. +1 enhancement/essentia invested

Gorgon Mask - I like to be useful more than 1/dayBasic Effect: +1 Resistance bonus to Fort saves, +2 resistance bonuses vs bull rush, tripped, overrun, or trampled
Essentia: additional +1 to aforementioned bonuses/essentia invested.

Bound Effect: 1/day, single-target against adjacent foe Flesh to Stone (Fort/negates)
Totem Bind effect: Trample 1d8

Winter Mask - Basic Effect: Touch attack to Fatigue (Fort/negates)
Essentia: Also deals 1d4 nonlethal cold damage/essentia

Bound Effect: Once every 1d4 rounds, 15' Cone of Cold deals 2d6 + 1d6/essentia invested (Ref/half)
Totem Bind effect: Bite deals 1d6 + 1d4 Cold damage/essentia invested



Waist Chakra

Heart of Fire - Basic Effect: +1 Insight to attack and damage vs creatures with Cold subtype
Essentia: increase bonus by +1/essentia invested

Bound Effect: 1d6/essentia invested fire damage retributive strike. Explicitly doesn't stack with totem bind
Totem Bind effect: natural weapons or unarmed strikes deal +1d4/essentia fire damage. Creatures grappling also take this damage.

Lamia Belt - Basic Effect: +4 Competence bonus to Bluff and Hide
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Enhancement bonus of 10' to land speed and gain Spring Attack
Totem Bind effect: Gain two more Claw attacks 1d4 damage

Manticore Belt - Go-to soulmeld for ranged Natural AttacksBasic Effect: +2 enhancement bonus on Jump and Spot checks
Essentia: increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Fly (Clumsy maneuverability) 10'/essentia + Flyby Attack
Totem Bind effect: As a standard action, Ranged attack spines deal 1d6. They are listed as natural attacks, so all soulmelds which affect natural attacks also affect these. 1 spine/essentia invested

Phoenix Belt - Basic Effect: Endure Heat up to 140 degrees
Essentia: Resistance to Fire 5/essentia invested

Bound Effect: When you resist fire, you gain fast healing 1 for number of rounds equal to amount of damage negated. Doesn't stack with itself or any other kind of fast healing, use longer duration.
Totem Bind effect: Standard action point-blank area effect deals 1d6 fire damage per point of invested essentia (Ref/half)

Wormtail Belt - Good for natural armor, do not bind itBasic Effect: +2 Enhancement to Natural Armor
Essentia: increases by +1/essentia

Bound Effect: Awesome Blow, but DC is calculated as any other soulmeld effect, so it sucks now
Totem Bind effect: stinger deals 1d6 damage + 1d4 Str poison (Fort/negate). May not use any other attacks when using this. +1 enhancement bonus on attack and poison save DC per essentia invested.



Heart Chakra

Blink Shirt - Good for DimDoor action. Shadowpouncer's best friendBasic Effect: DimDoor 10' unlimited use
Essentia: Increases range of DimDoor 10'/essentia

Bound Effect: Blink
Totem Bind effect: You can DimDoor as a Move action. Keep in mind that DimDoor still shuts down the rest of your actions that round.

Dread Carapace - Handy for natural attack damage bonusesBasic Effect:+2 bonus on damage when using a Bite attack, +1 when using a Claw or other natural attack. In exchange, take a -1 penalty on attack.
Essentia: Increase both the damage bonus (+2 for bite, +1 for other natural attacks) and the penalty on attack rolls per essentia invested.

Bound Effect: SR 5 + 4/essentia invested
Totem Bind effect: When you charge, all enemies within 60' who can see you become shaken for 1 round (Will/negates)

Shedu Crown - Basic Effect:Immune to being pushed back as a result of Bull Rush
Essentia: +1 Competence bonus on saving throws vs mind-affecting/essentia invested

Bound Effect: May shift to the Ethereal plane as a standard action, and back to the Material as a free action. Each day, you may spend a total number of rounds equal ethereal to your meldshaper level.
Totem Bind effect: Trample attack. 1d8 Bludgeoning damage +1.5*Str mod

Totem Avatar - Versatile soulmeld that has various applicationsBasic Effect: Bonus hit points equal to meldshaper level. These are NOT temp hit points, and do not go away first.
Essentia: +1 Enhancement bonus to Natural Armor/Essentia invested

Bound Effect: DR 5/Magic +1/essentia invested
Totem Bind effect: +1 Morale bonus on natural weapon damage/essentia invested



Soul Chakra

Threefold Mask of the Chimera - Basic Effect:Cannot be flanked. Period.
Essentia: +1 Competence bonus on Search checks

Bound Effect: At the end of your turn, you may take an additional standard action. However, if you do, you can take no actions, and you have a -5 on AC and attack rolls until the end of your next turn. Essentia reduces penalties by 1/esentia invested (maximum of 0), but does not affect the reduction in action economy.
Totem Bind effect: Gain natural attacks. One bite (1d8), one Bite (1d6), and one Gore (1d6). As a standard action, you can attack with any one of them, applying full Str mod as bonus on damage roll. As a full attack action, you can attack wtih all three, applying full str mod on all three. Alternately, as part of a full attack, you can make a secondary attack with ONE head at a -5, applying 1/2 Str mod to damage.

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Soulborn
Crown Chakra
Crystal Helm - Good Crown equip for melee-centric Base Effect: +2 Will vs Charm/Compulsion
Essentia: Deflection Bonus to AC per essentia invested

Bound Effect: Melee attacks gain Force descriptor, ignoring miss chance of incorporeal targets
Diadem of Purelight - Good if you are worried about concealmentBase Effect: 20' bright illumination, 40' shadowy illumination
Essentia: Increase radius of bright illumination by 10' per essentia invested, shadowy illumination is twice bright illumination.

Bound Effect: Negates concealment less than total within bright illumination. Does not affect invisibility or total concealment, but DOES affect all other forms of concealment, including fog and blur

Enigma Helm - Good if you are worried about divination or charmsBase Effect: Nondetection, DC 11+ Meldshaper level to penetrate with any divination effect.
Essentia: +1 Will/Essentia

Bound Effect: Immunity to Enchantment (Charm) spells.

Hunter's Circlet - Good if you want to TrackBasic Effect:+2 Insight bonus on Heal and Survival checks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Track feat

Necrocarnum Circlet - Good if you are going NecrocarnateBase Effect: Detect Undead 30. Functions as Blindsight for undead, so it does allow specific targeting, and bypasses invisibility and other sight-based effects, but for undead only.
Essentia:Undead within 30' gain Turn Resistance equal to essentia

Bound Effect:Animate Necrocarnum Zombie, HD cap = Meldshaper level. You take damage equal to zombie's HD, which may not be healed as long as zombie is animated. Zombie can act immediately on your turn, you have complete control as long as you have Line of Effect. If this is broken, it acts on last instructions. Automatically regain control when you regain LoE. Only one at a time. Zombie returns to inert corpse if soulmeld is unshaped. No creature can be affected more than once.
Bound Essentia Effect: Necrocarnum Zombie's essentia pool is increased by the amount of essentia invested in this soulmeld.

Soulspark Familiar - Good if you want a familiarBase Effect: Summon Least Soulspark, grants Alertness.
EssentiaGives the soulspark various abilities, all essentia must be invested in the same ability. Choose between: Aligned Attack, Attack/Damage Bonus, Deflection Bonus to AC, Fast Healing, or Saving Throw Bonus. Note: this only affects the soulspark, not the meldshaper.

Bound Effect: Summon a Lesser soulspark rather than least

Soulspeaker's Circlet - Good for communicatingBasic Effect: Choose a language when shaping this meldshape. You can understand the spoken forms of this language, but not the ability to speak, read, or write that language
Essentia: Each essentia point invested gives you another language.

Bound Effect: You may now speak those languages it lets you understand. You still cannot read or write them.



Feet Chakra

Cerulean Sandals - Various movement-based abilitiesBasic Effect: Walk on Water
Essentia: +5' to base land speed/essentia invested

Bound Effect: DimDoor up to 10'/meldshaper level per day. May be split up into 10' increments, but soulmeld unshapes when you hit your daily allotment. Requires Standard action to activate.

Impulse Boots - Good if you are worried about Sneak Attack/Sudden Strike or BlastomancyBasic Effect: Uncanny Dodge
Essentia: +1 Reflex/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Evasion

Thunderstep Boots - Good for charging buildsBasic Effect:When you charge, if you hit with a melee attack, thetarget takes an additional 1d4 Sonic damage
Essentia: increases sonic damage dealt by 1d4/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Any creature taking damage from Thunderstep Boots also is stunned for a 1 round (Fort/negates)

*NOTE: There is some debate about how this works with Pounce. Some say that because the wording is singular, that it only affects the first attack in a Pounce, wheras others say it works on all attacks in a Pounce. Check with your GM about which interpretation will be used at your table



Hand Chakra

Gloves of the Poisoned Soul - Would have been useful if it wasn't for the crippling limitationBasic Effect:Deliver poison with melee touch attack that does 1 Wis/1Wis (Fort/negates). No creature can be affected by the gloves more than once in a 24-hour period.
Essentia:Increase Wis damage (both primary and secondary) by 1 point/essentia invested

Bound Effect: The poison deals Str damage in addition to Wis damage. A single save will resist both effects.

Lucky Dice - Luck bonus to various things, can share with alliesBasic Effect: Use as Swift action to gain +1 luck bonus to one of the following: Attack *and* Damage rolls, Saving Throws, or all Skill and Ability checks. When you activate, roll 2d6. If the result turns up a 7, you gain this bonus to ALL of the listed rolls.
Essentia: Increase duration of bonuses by one round/essentia. Since luck bonuses stack with themselves, and you may activate them every round as your Swift action, you may find yourself stacking bonuses up pretty heavily.

Bound Effect: Share bonus with allies

Mauling Gauntlets - Not really useful unless you use unarmed attacks. Might be useful for a monkBasic Effect: +2 Morale bonus on Str checks (but NOT str-based skill checks) such as those to break down doors or bull rush an opponent.
Essentia: Increase morale bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Morale bonus on unarmed strike damage equal to the morale bonus on Strength checks granted by the mauling gauntlets. You also gain the benefit of the Improved Unarmed Strike feat

Necrocarnum Weapon - Good if you are going NecrocarnateBasic Effect: Bypass DR/Evil
Essentia: +1 Profane bonus on attack AND damage rolls AND critical threat confirmation checks, but ONLY against living creatures.

Bound Effect: Gain temp essentia equal to essentia invested when you confirm a critical hit on any living creature. This temp essentia lasts 10 rounds. Multiple uses of this ability does not stack, it refreshes the 10 round timer. This works with a CDG.

Sighting Gloves: - Good if you want to focus on ranged attacks Basic Effect: +1 Insight bonus on damage with ranged attacks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +1/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Precise Shot feat



Arms Chakra

Armguards of Disruption - Good against undeadBasic Effect: +1d6 damage to undead with melee touch attack
Essentia:Increase damage by +1d6/essentia invested

Bound Effect: +1 Insight bonus to AC and Saving Throws vs attacks made by Undead Creatures/essentia invested

Bluesteel Bracers Good combat-focused abilitiesBasic Effect: +2 Insight bonus to Initiative checks
Essentia: +1 Insight bonus to weapon damage rolls/essentia invested. Does not discriminate between melee and ranged, but does specify weapon.

Bound Effect: Share bonus on Initiative with allies

Mauling Gauntlets - Handy for Crit-Fisher buildsBasic Effect: +2 Morale bonus on Str checks (but NOT str-based skill checks) such as those to break down doors or bull rush an opponent.
Essentia: Increase morale bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Double critical threat range of any melee weapon you wield. Does not stack with any other effect that increases a weapon's threat range, such as Improved Critical or Keen/Impact

Necrocarnum Touch - Good if you are going NecrocarnateBasic Effect: +4 on Slight of Hand and Bluff Checks to Feint in combat. This DOES allow you to make checks untrained
Essentia: Grants melee touch attack dealing 1d8 damage/essentia invested to living target (Fort/half). This is NOT a negative energy effect, it may NOT be used to heal targets with Tomb-Tainted.

Bound Effect: Allows the Essentia granted ability to be used as a Ray with a range of 30'.

Riding Bracers: - Good bonus on Handle Animal and Ride checksBasic Effect: +4 Insight bonus on Handle Animal and Ride checks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: +2 Insight bonus to melee damage and +2 Dodge bonus to AC while mounted

Sailor's Bracers - Good only in a sea-heavy campaignBasic Effect: +4 Insight bonus on Swim, Profession (Sailor), and Use Rope checks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect Swim up to your speed as full-round action, or up to half speed as move action. You take no penalties on attack rolls made underwater (as if you had Freedom of Movement, for this effect ONLY)



Brow Chakra

Fearsome Mask - Only useful if you plan on intimidate-lockdownBasic Effect: +2 Insight bonus on Intimidate
Essentia: +2 additional/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Gaze attack to make opponents Shaken for 1 minute (Will/negate). This is a mind-affecting effect.

Illusion Veil - Good if you are also an illusionistBasic Effect: +1 DC on illusion spells and SLA's you cast
Essentia: Increase duration of non-instantaneous illusion spell or SLA by 1 round/essentia invested

Bound Effect: See Invisibility and +1 Insight bonus on Spot checks AND save vs Illusion spells/essentia invested

Silvertongue Mask - Good for 'Party Face' rollBasic Effect: +2 Insight bonus on Bluff and Diplomacy checks
Essentia:Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Also gain insight bonus on Sense Motive checks equal to bonus on Bluff and Diplomacy granted by this meldshape

Soulspark Familiar - Good if you want a familiarBase Effect: Summon Least Soulspark, grants Alertness.
EssentiaGives the soulspark various abilities, all essentia must be invested in the same ability. Choose between: Aligned Attack, Attack/Damage Bonus, Deflection Bonus to AC, Fast Healing, or Saving Throw Bonus. Note: this only affects the soulspark, not the meldshaper.

Bound Effect: Summon a standard Soulspark rather than least

Truthseeker Goggles - Good for gather informationBasic Effect: +2 Insight bonus on Gather Information, Search, and Sense Motive checks
Essentia: Increase bonus by +2/essentia

Bound Effect: Darkvision 60'



Shoulders Chakra

Pauldrons of Health - Good if you are worried about certain status effectsBasic Effect: Immunity to Disease, Sickened, and Nauseated
Essentia:+1 Enhancement bonus to Fort saves/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Immunity to energy drain

Therapeutic Mantle - Almost worthless unless you plan on being healed a lotBasic Effect: Any spell or effect that heals hit point damage which targets YOU heals additional damage equal to the spell level
Essentia: Increase additional healing by 2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Insight bonus to effective caster level for any spell you cast in the Healing subschool equal to essentia invested. Considering the caps these spells have, this is a trap.

Wind Cloak - Good against ranged attacksBasic Effect: DR 2/Magic vs ranged attacks
Essentia: Increase DR/magic vs ranged attacks by 2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Deflect Arrows, but you don't need a free hand to use it. This works even if you are flat-footed.
Bound Essentia: Increases number of projectiles you may deflect per round by 1/essentia invested



Throat Chakra

Arcane Focus - Good if you plan on BlastomancyBasic Effect:+1 bonus on spell damage. Spells that deal damage to multiple targets apply this bonus damage to each target.
Essentia: Increase damage bonus by 1/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Single Living creature damaged by your spell make Fort save or be Dazed for one round. If the spell deals damage to more than one target, or if the target takes no damage due to resistance, saving throws, or other method of negating damage, this effect does not apply.

Necrocarnum Mantle - Good if you are a NecrocarnateBasic Effect: Immunity to Disease
Essentia: +1 Profane bonus on saving throws vs mind-affecting

Bound Effect: Immunity to Poison

Silvertongue Mask - Good for 'Party Face' rollBasic Effect: +2 Insight bonus on Bluff and Diplomacy checks
Essentia:Increase bonus by +2/essentia invested

Bound Effect: Suggestion (as per spell) as Standard action (will negates). A creature targeted by this ability may not be targeted again for 24 hours, successful or not.

Soulspark Familiar - Good if you want a familiarBase Effect: Summon Least Soulspark, grants Alertness.
EssentiaGives the soulspark various abilities, all essentia must be invested in the same ability. Choose between: Aligned Attack, Attack/Damage Bonus, Deflection Bonus to AC, Fast Healing, or Saving Throw Bonus. Note: this only affects the soulspark, not the meldshaper.

Bound Effect: Summon a Greater soulspark rather than least

Soulspeaker's Circlet - Good for communicatingBasic Effect: Choose a language when shaping this meldshape. You can understand the spoken forms of this language, but not the ability to speak, read, or write that language
Essentia: Each essentia point invested gives you another language.

Bound Effect: You can communicate telepathically with any creature within 20' per point of invested essentia, as long as that creature has a language. This is a mind-affecting effect.



Waist Chakra

Flame Cincture - Good against fireBasic Effect:Fire Resistance 10
Essentia:+5 Fire Resistance/Essentia invested

Bound Effect: When your Flame Cincture prevents fire damage, on your next turn, as a swift action, deal fire damage equal to the amount prevented by the flame cincture on the previous round (Ref/half) to a single target within 60'

Necrocarnum Shroud - Good if you are a NecrocarnateBasic Effect:+1 Profane bonus on attack and damage rolls any time a living creature takes damage while adjacent to you. This bonus lasts one round. If a living creature dies while adjacent to you, bonus lasts for number of rounds equal to creature's HD
Essentia:Increase area of effect to 5'+5'/essentia invested

Bound Effect: At the beginning of your turn, any creature within the area of effect becomes Shaken for one round (Will negates)

Necrocarnum Vestments - Good if you are a NecrocarnateBasic Effect:Resistance to Cold 5
Essentia:3 bonus hit points/essentia invested. These are not temporary hit points, and are not depleted first. This can reduce your hit point total below 0 if you reduce the essentia invested in this while low on hp.

Bound Effect: Any living creature adjacent to you at the end of your turn takes 1d6 Cold damage (Fort/negate)

Strongheart Vest - Good if you are worried about ability damageBasic Effect:Any time you would take ability damage, the amount of the damage is reduced by 1 point, to a minimum of 0
Essentia:Increases the amount of ability damage that is reduced by 1/essentia invested

* NOTE: There is a long-standing debate about how this interacts with Hellfire Warlock. Some say that by reducing the damage to 0, you don't take the damage, an thus the HFW's abilities are negated. Others say that you are taking damage, it's just being reduced to 0, so because you aren't immune to it, the abilities stay put. Check with your GM before using this in conjunction with HFW to make sure you are both in agreement about the interpretation being used in your game.

Bound Effect: Also reduce Ability Drain by the same amount you reduce ability damage.



Heart Chakra

Necrocarnum Vestments - Good if you are a NecrocarnateBasic Effect:Resistance to Cold 5
Essentia:3 bonus hit points/essentia invested. These are not temporary hit points, and are not depleted first. This can reduce your hit point total below 0 if you reduce the essentia invested in this while low on hp.

Bound Effect: Immunity to stunning and death effects

Spellward Shirt - Good for being immune to specific spellsBasic Effect:Spell Resistance 5
Essentia:Increase spell resistance by 4/essentia invested

Bound Effect: When you shape this soulmeld, choose 4 spells of 6th level or less. You gain complete immunity to the effects of these spells as if you were under the effect of a spell immunity spell.

Strongheart Vest - Good if you are worried about ability damageBasic Effect:Any time you would take ability damage, the amount of the damage is reduced by 1 point, to a minimum of 0
Essentia:Increases the amount of ability damage that is reduced by 1/essentia invested

* NOTE: There is a long-standing debate about how this interacts with Hellfire Warlock. Some say that by reducing the damage to 0, you don't take the damage, an thus the HFW's abilities are negated. Others say that you are taking damage, it's just being reduced to 0, so because you aren't immune to it, the abilities stay put. Check with your GM before using this in conjunction with HFW to make sure you are both in agreement about the interpretation being used in your game.

Bound Effect: Immunity to energy drain and death effects



Soul Chakra

Necrocarnum Shroud - Good if you are a NecrocarnateBasic Effect:+1 Profane bonus on attack and damage rolls any time a living creature takes damage while adjacent to you. This bonus lasts one round. If a living creature dies while adjacent to you, bonus lasts for number of rounds equal to creature's HD
Essentia:Increase area of effect to 5'+5'/essentia invested

Bound Effect: As a standard action, make a melee touch attack against a living foe to deal 1d4 negative levels (Fort/half). For each negative level bestowed, you gain 1 temp essentia point and 5 temp hit points. Temp essentia lasts until end of next turn. Temp hit points fade after an hour.

[ShneekeyTheLost]

Quick and Dirty per-slot discussion of soulmelds

Incarnate and Soulborn have most of the same melds, so let's start there.

Crown - It's hard to go wrong with either Crystal Helm or Enigma Helm, depending on if you want to be better in combat, or better at saying 'no'. However, none of the other Crown meldshapes are really worth bothering with, except in specific builds and specific situations.

Crystal Helm's Deflection Bonus to AC is pretty huge, and the fact that it makes your melee attacks Force effects is handy if you are fighting incorporeal types. This makes it actually better than the Diadem of Purelight when fighting things like Shadows.

If you're worried about charms, however, Enigma Helm gives flat immunity.

Diadem of Purelight isn't a bad option if you keep getting the lights turned off, since the essentia also increases the effective spell level to keep even Deeper Darkness from screwing with it. Negating concealment is pretty big if you are a Rogue, although a Rogue wouldn't want all that light, so it's a tradeoff.

Feet Chakra - Airstep Sandals is really hard to beat. Flight all day long as early as level 3? Impulse Boots are good if you are constantly getting harassed by sneak attack or sudden strike guys, and the evasion is good if you're in a game with a lot of blastomancy being thrown at you.

Soulborn do actually get a handy unique bind in Thunderstep Boots for charge builds. It's a shame they suck so completely that you're almost forced to blow a feat on it.

While the other feet binds aren't bad, it's just really hard to compete with the mobility that Airstep Sandals grants or the defensive power that the Impulse Boots grants. And if you are charging in combat, Thunderstep Boots is probably the only feet bind you really want to be looking at, even if it DOES cost you a feat to snag.

Hand chakra - Lucky dice all the way, and never look back. Nothing else in this slot can really compete with them. You don't really have anything that takes advantage of your Swift actions anyways, the bonuses stack with themselves, and you can share the bonuses with allies.

Arms chakra - There's a lot of options here, although many are traps. If you want to be safe? Bluesteel Bracers and DONE.

Brow chakra - Planar Chasuble increases the bonuses you get from your Incarnum Radiance ability. That's pretty handy. Illusion Veil isn't bad for seeing invisibility. Most of the others you find here do much better in other slots, or aren't worth bothering with.

Soulborn do pick up the Fearsome Mask, which can be used in Imperious Command/Never Outnumbered builds, since it's an Insight bonus to Intimidate, but I doubt it will ever be worth the feat to pick up.

Shoulder chakra - Wind Cloak can be handy if you are expecting archers. Not for the DR, which is pathetic, but for the Deflect Arrows you don't need a free hand for, and can be used multiple times per turn. Good for a Jedi build.

Pauldrons of Health is the other serious contender for the slot, granting you immunity to some fairly serious effects.

Adamant Pauldrons isn't bad, although there's easier ways to negate precision-based damage. Like, say, Concealment.

Lammasu Mantle isn't bad if you keep getting evil summons thrown at you.

Throat chakra - Some good choices here, but some traps as well.

Apparition Ribbon is handy, but remember the per day cap on number of rounds.

Silvertongue Mask. These aren't the Droids you are looking for.

Necrocarnum Mantle. Immunity to poisons and diseases isn't bad, actually. Do keep in mind the alignment restriction.

Planar Ward can be very useful if you're fighting a bunch of Extraplanar creatures. Moreso if you passed up the Enigma Helm in favor of the Crystal Helm.

Waist chakra - Strongheart Vest. Done.

Heart Chakra - Often goes begging, really. Not much useful goes here. I suppose, if you want to do limited healing, you can do Lifebond Vestments here, so you don't have to wait an hour. This can make it spammable, but remember that you are taking half the damage you are healing.

Necrocarnum Vestments makes you immune to Stunning and Death effects. That's pretty handy, but it's an [evil] bind, which means you need to be NE to grab it.

Soul Chakra Fellmist Robes for Concealment or Keeneeye Lenses for True Sight. Those are pretty much your options here.

[BlueInc]

Looks awesome :D

[Psyren]

Rather than having a separate post for useful soulmelds, you could come up with a rating system built into each meldshaper's post, similar to the one gorfnab used for Mysteries in his Shadowcaster handbook or the one Saeomon used for powers in his Psion handbook. There are some melds that are must-haves, some are situational and some are traps, and you can rate both their bound and unbound forms.

[Kansaschaser]

I have just added this this topic as a "Favorite" on my browser. I look forward to comming back and using this to help build an Incarnate. :smallsmile:

[Person_Man]

I actually have this as a spreadsheet. But this is even more handy. Thanks.

I noticed that you didn't include material from Dragon 350 or psionic soulmelds or Dragon Magic. Do you need someone to write that up, or have you just not gotten there yet, or did you leave them off for some reason?

[ShneekeyTheLost]

I actually have this as a spreadsheet. But this is even more handy. Thanks.

I noticed that you didn't include material from Dragon 350 or psionic soulmelds or Dragon Magic. Do you need someone to write that up, or have you just not gotten there yet, or did you leave them off for some reason?

I don't have access to Dragon Magic, and most games I've been in don't allow it anyways. I lost the link to the psionic soulmelds that were put online by WoTC, and haven't had a chance to do the Dragon Magic melds yet.

[Draz74]

Where are Manticore Belt spines labeled as natural attacks?

[ShneekeyTheLost]

Where are Manticore Belt spines labeled as natural attacks?

I... er...

You know, you're right. It never does call it out as a natural attack. I suppose it's up to GM interpretation, since it's simulating the natural attack of a creature.

[Draz74]

I... er...

You know, you're right. It never does call it out as a natural attack. I suppose it's up to GM interpretation, since it's simulating the natural attack of a creature.

Drat. I was hoping I was missing something, as that would make ranged Totemists a lot more viable beyond low levels.

[2xMachina]

Rageclaws give immortality. :P

Anyway

Dragon Soulmeld (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20060912a&page=4)
Psionic Soulmeld (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/psm/20060217a)

[ShneekeyTheLost]

Rageclaws give immortality. :P

AnywayActually, it prevents immortality, since it gives a definite 'you die' clause, which bypasses the normal ways to avoid dying through damage.


Dragon Soulmeld (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20060912a&page=4)
Psionic Soulmeld (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/psm/20060217a)

Thanks, I'll get these included, even if they aren't particularly powerful. Most of the psychic ones are clearly based on some of the less powerful ones (Psion-killer mask instead of Disenchanter mask, Psychic focus rather than Mage's focus, etc...)

[Rubik]

Lycanthromancer made a spreadsheet with all the soulmelds. If anyone would like to host it, it's here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7XkmnK-DY9YWW13YlFSQktOUzQ/edit?usp=sharing).

I talked to the guy, and everyone has his permission to use it. Just don't take credit if you're not him, and don't edit it beyond sorting, 'kay?

And yes, it has macros. If your security is too high, make sure you hit 'enable macros,' so you can use it to full effect.

It's not perfect, but it's useful.

[DeadlyCWA]

Luck bonuses don't stack. Sorry, lucky dice...:smallfrown:

[12owlbears]

do the wind cloak and fellmist soulmelds cancel each other out

[SiuiS]

do the wind cloak and fellmist soulmelds cancel each other out

No. One binds to the shoulders, one binds to the soul. It's like seeing both a cloak and armor, you can have both.

[ShneekeyTheLost]

No. One binds to the shoulders, one binds to the soul. It's like seeing both a cloak and armor, you can have both.

I think he's talking about the wind from the cloak dispersing the mist from the robe.

For that, ask your GM. There's open interpretation either way.

[SiuiS]

Ah, I did miss that. I would assume no; rules wise the wind is fluff only, and mechanically you're surrounded by swirling soul energy which bestows DR and keeps out flying creatures, but is not itself wind.

But, aye. DM call. Good catch, Shneeky, I skimmed and caught everything but that one thing.

[ShenekyTheLost]

Luck bonuses don't stack. Sorry, lucky dice...:smallfrown:

Very true, thanks for the catch. Did not realize this till now.

Please ignore the advice about Lucky Dice. Luck bonuses don't stack.

[Cerefel]

I still don't see why people think Airstep Sandals are so good. They don't give continuous flight so you have to land every round. Is there something I'm missing here?

[MaxiDuRaritry]

I still don't see why people think Airstep Sandals are so good. They don't give continuous flight so you have to land every round. Is there something I'm missing here?They do allow you to bypass many obstacles, and they let you avoid Climb checks up sheer surfaces so long as you have something to grab onto at the end of your movement. If you have anything that improves flight speed, it should work on airstep sandals.

[Nifft]

Very true, thanks for the catch. Did not realize this till now.

Please ignore the advice about Lucky Dice. Luck bonuses don't stack.

Well, the effects apply to different things, so you can benefit from two different +1 bonuses at once -- and get +1 to two different things.

So you're handing one +1 bonuses to a different things each round, and each +1 lasts for a few rounds, so it's quite likely you will have multiple different +1 bonuses to multiple different things at a time.

It still is quite good, but it's certainly not as good as a stacking bonus would have been.

[Troacctid]

They do allow you to bypass many obstacles, and they let you avoid Climb checks up sheer surfaces so long as you have something to grab onto at the end of your movement. If you have anything that improves flight speed, it should work on airstep sandals.
Technically, it doesn't give you a flight speed per se, it just lets you fly N feet as a move action.

Limited flight is still very good, though. Ignore difficult terrain, never have to worry about climbing or jumping, bypass penalties to your speed (e.g. because of heavy armor), etc. You can only get up to a height of 5 feet + 5 per essentia (or twice that if you bind it) but it's still a great mobility boost.

Plus, the Airstep Sandals are also great for improving existing flight speeds, since the chakra bind improves your maneuverability to perfect both for the flight it grants and for any other flight speed you might have.

[The Viscount]

I still don't see why people think Airstep Sandals are so good. They don't give continuous flight so you have to land every round. Is there something I'm missing here?

A common reasoning for the utility of the airstep sandals is that because they offer good maneuverability, you can hover, and because in hovering you're not moving anywhere, you don't activate the clause about landing.

[Zaydos]

A common reasoning for the utility of the airstep sandals is that because they offer good maneuverability, you can hover, and because in hovering you're not moving anywhere, you don't activate the clause about landing.

But that makes no sense. One you need to be flying to start hovering, so you need another source of fly speed, and it doesn't say movement, but flight, and while hovering is not necessarily movement, it is very definitely flight.

I'm not saying I'd not allow it, at least with the bind, or that it's a bad house rule, but that reasoning really does not add up.

[Venger]

But that makes no sense. One you need to be flying to start hovering, so you need another source of fly speed, and it doesn't say movement, but flight, and while hovering is not necessarily movement, it is very definitely flight.

I'm not saying I'd not allow it, at least with the bind, or that it's a bad house rule, but that reasoning really does not add up.

What are you talking about? Good maneuverability allows the ability to hover. Let's say you have it shaped (but not bound) and have no essentia invested for simplicity's sake. On your turn as a move, you go 5 feet straight up.

The next turn, you want to stay put. You can hover, so you're allowed to do that. There's no minimum forward distance with good maneuverability, so you can stay put.

You are flying on the beginning of turn 2, so I'm not sure why you wouldn't be able to hover, or why you'd need another source of fly speed.

I feel like I'm missing something.

[Cerefel]

The specific text of the soulmeld is

"Airstep sandals allow you to fly up to 10 feet [+10*essentia] (good maneuverability) as a move action once per round. You must end the flight solidly supported or you fall."

I'm not really sure how someone could rule hovering to work with this. The flight lasts one move action, and after that you fall if still in midair.

[Venger]

The specific text of the soulmeld is

"Airstep sandals allow you to fly up to 10 feet [+10*essentia] (good maneuverability) as a move action once per round. You must end the flight solidly supported or you fall."

I'm not really sure how someone could rule hovering to work with this. The flight lasts one move action, and after that you fall if still in midair.

so are you saying you lose your fly speed, going back to just having a land speed, while you're not moving? that's a very strange reading of the meld. the meld's still shaped.

[Cerefel]

so are you saying you lose your fly speed, going back to just having a land speed, while you're not moving? that's a very strange reading of the meld. the meld's still shaped.

I'm pointing out that if you use your move action to fly into the air, you start falling once you end your move action

[Venger]

I'm pointing out that if you use your move action to fly into the air, you start falling once you end your move action

ok, so, I think that's what we're talking about. it's unclear whether airstep sandals saying "you fall" takes precedence for being specific over general, or whether good's maneuverability which allows you to hover being the primary rule on flight maneuverability does.

[Cerefel]

The soulmeld pretty clearly states that you can fly for one move action per round, and if you don't end the movement on the ground you fall

[ExLibrisMortis]

ok, so, I think that's what we're talking about. it's unclear whether airstep sandals saying "you fall" takes precedence for being specific over general, or whether good's maneuverability which allows you to hover being the primary rule on flight maneuverability does.
Another way to look at the same issue: if you are 'hovering', are you also 'solidly supported'? I'd say yes, normally, but in D&D, there is some precedent for treating 'solidly supported' as 'supported by a solid', rather than 'supported in a solid manner'.

Another point: if you 'end your flight solidly supported', by hovering at the end of your flight, then you are no longer solidly supported the moment you do end your flight, because you have just ended the thing that allowed you to treat 'hovering' as 'solid support'. That is to say, if 'hovering > solid support' is true, then do you have to end your flight while solidly supported (else you fall), or do you have to end your flight such that you are solidly supported afterwards (else you fall)?

Such fun questions. Let's argue about this till the sun comes up!

[Troacctid]

so are you saying you lose your fly speed, going back to just having a land speed, while you're not moving? that's a very strange reading of the meld. the meld's still shaped.
At no point did you ever have a fly speed. Airstep Sandals don't give you one. That's not what the soulmeld does.

[Zaydos]

As pointed out it doesn't give you a fly speed, it gives you the ability to fly as a move action, which means you cannot, for example, perform the full-round run action, or charge action, and as it goes on to clarify you must end your movement solidly supported it means no hovering. Since it is once per round you can't even double move. Finally as the primary source on what the soulmeld does and the specific rule for the soulmeld it'd take precedent over the general rule for how fly speed works.

Again, though, it's one of those where you ask the DM if the chakra bind gets around it (I lean towards it being underpowered since you also can't charge with it, and 90% of the time the reason you want perfect flight over good is to charge).

[Troacctid]

There's zero basis for the bind getting around it. All it does is improve your maneuverability. It doesn't change anything else.

[weckar]

This thread must be an amazing source of necromantic energy...

[ShneekeyTheLost]

Very true, thanks for the catch. Did not realize this till now.

Please ignore the advice about Lucky Dice. Luck bonuses don't stack.

So let me get this straight...

An obsolete guide about an obscure mechanic from an obsolete gaming system written, with the last post some three and a half years ago, had an error... and your response is not to actually post on your actual account, but to create a dummy throwaway account (against the forum rules), pretend you are someone else (also against the forum rules), to try and correct it because someone on the internet was WRONG...

My suggestion: invest in Knowledge (Architecture & Engineering) so you can build yourself a bridge to get over it.