Changes to the Vulcanist subclass:
  • Lava Bender's extra fire damage is limited to once per turn.
  • Magmatic Emissions' extra fire damage is moved to become a part of Lava Bender.


Taken together, this means at 3rd-4th level the vulcanist deals a bit more damage, since he probably wasn't dealing damage more than once per turn anyway, and this gives him some off-turn damage sooner as enemies start their turns in his terrain effects. By 5th level when he gets Spell Sling this is basically break-even, then by 6th it's a minor nerf. The once-per-turn limitation makes the subclass slightly less multiclass-bait for martials looking to add some extra damage to all their attacks.