Guarding Knowledge
Abjuration
Level: Alchemist* 3, Artificer * 3, Bard * 3, Cleric */Oracle * 3, Inquisitor * 2, Sorcerer */Wizard * 3
Components: V, S, M/DF (see text)
Casting Time: 1 Standard Action
Range: personal
Target: you
Duration: 1 minute/level (D)
Saving Throw: -
Spell Resistance: -
Upon casting this spell, choose a specific variety of monster (red dragon rather than dragon) and one of its special attacks that you have successfully identified with a Knowledge check or otherwise researched, such as a cockatrice's petrification ability or a spider swarm's poison. You gain a +4 Insight Bonus on saving throws against the selected special attack. The bonus does not apply to saves against other monsters' abilities of the same name, spell-like abilities, or special attacks derived from class levels or equipment. If you use a trophy from a monster of the exact same variety as an optional material component, the bonus increases to +6.
Level: Alchemist* 3, Artificer * 3, Bard * 3, Cleric */Oracle * 3, Inquisitor * 2, Sorcerer */Wizard * 3
Components: V, S, M/DF (see text)
Casting Time: 1 Standard Action
Range: personal
Target: you
Duration: 1 minute/level (D)
Saving Throw: -
Spell Resistance: -
Upon casting this spell, choose a specific variety of monster (red dragon rather than dragon) and one of its special attacks that you have successfully identified with a Knowledge check or otherwise researched, such as a cockatrice's petrification ability or a spider swarm's poison. You gain a +4 Insight Bonus on saving throws against the selected special attack. The bonus does not apply to saves against other monsters' abilities of the same name, spell-like abilities, or special attacks derived from class levels or equipment. If you use a trophy from a monster of the exact same variety as an optional material component, the bonus increases to +6.