Eldritch FontArcanist Archetype |
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![]() Fortitude Low |
![]() Will High |
![]() Reflex Low |
![]() Base Attack Bonus Low |
![]() HP per level +4 (d6) |
![]() Skill Points +2 |
![]() Max level of Spells 10 |
![]() Caster ability Intelligence |
![]() Caster type Casting Spontaneously |
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Eldritch Font is an Arcanist archetype in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
For some arcanists, the power bubbling up from within is nearly too much to contain. They become adept at shaping this magical energy without needing to bind it up in spells.
Eldritch Font Information
- Base Class: Arcanist
- High saves: Will
- Class skills: Knowledge (Arcana), Knowledge (World), Lore (Religion), Lore (Nature), Use Magic Device
- Proficient with all simple weapons. They are not proficient with any type of armor or shields.
Eldritch Font Progression
Level |
Abilities |
1 | Arcanist Exploits, Cantrips, Arcanist Proficiencies, Arcane Reservoir, Consume Spells, Font of Power |
2 | |
3 | Eldritch Surge |
4 | |
5 | Arcanist Exploits |
6 | |
7 | Improved Surge |
8 | |
9 | Arcanist Exploits |
10 | |
11 | Arcanist Exploits, Great Exploits |
12 | |
13 | Greater Surge |
14 | |
15 | Arcanist Exploits |
16 | |
17 | Arcanist Exploits |
18 | |
19 | Arcanist Exploits |
20 | Bottomless Well |
Eldritch Font Abilities

Cantrips
Arcanists can cast an unlimited number of cantrips, or 0-level spells. These spells are cast like any other spell, but they do not consume spell slots.

Arcanist Proficiencies
Arcanists are proficient with all simple weapons. They are not proficient with any type of armor or shield. Armor interferes with an arcanist's gestures, which can cause her spells with somatic components to fail.

Greater Exploits
At 11th level and every 2 levels thereafter, an arcanist can choose one of the greater exploits in place of an arcanist exploit.

Consume Spells
At 1st level, an arcanist can expend an available arcanist spell slot as a move action, making it unavailable for the rest of the day, just as if she had used it to cast a spell. She can use this ability a number of times per day equal to her Charisma modifier (minimum 1). Doing this adds a number of points to her arcane reservoir equal to the level of the spell slot consumed. She cannot consume cantrips (0 level spells) in this way. Points gained in excess of the reservoir's maximum are lost.

Arcanist Exploits
By bending and sometimes even breaking the rules of magic, the arcanist learns to exploit gaps and exceptions in the laws of magic. Some of these exploits allow her to break down various forms of magic, adding their essence to her arcane reservoir. At 1st level and every 2 levels thereafter, the arcanist learns a new arcane exploit. An arcanist exploit cannot be selected more than once. Once an arcanist exploit has been selected, it cannot be changed. Most arcanist exploits require the arcanist to expend points from her arcane reservoir to function. Unless otherwise noted, the saving throw DC for an arcanist exploit is equal to 10 + 1/2 the arcanist's level + the arcanist's Charisma modifier.

Eldritch Surge
At 3rd level, an eldritch font can, as a swift action, pour more power into her spells and abilities. She can add 2 to the caster level and DC of a spell, or increase her effective arcanist level by 2 when using an arcanist exploit. She becomes fatigued upon using this ability. If she is already fatigued, she becomes exhausted. If she’s already exhausted, or something would prevent her from becoming fatigued or exhausted, she cannot use this ability. This ability does not stack with spending points from her arcane reservoir to increase the spell’s caster level or DC (as the arcane reservoir class feature).
Only rest can remove fatigue or exhaustion caused by an eldritch surge—spells and abilities have no effect.

Font of Power
An eldritch font gains one additional spell slot for each level of arcanist spell she can cast. However, the number of spells of each level that she can prepare reduces by 1. If this reduces her spells prepared for a level to 0, she still gains spell slots of that level, which can be consumed using the consume spells class feature to fuel her arcane reservoir or cast spells using metamagic feats.

Bottomless Well
At 20th level, once per day an eldritch font can spend a full-round action studying her spellbook to refuel herself. Doing so allows her to prepare new spells and regain points of arcane reservoir equal to 1/2 her level.

Greater Surge
At 13th level, an eldritch font can use her eldritch surge ability to force a creature to reroll a saving throw against one spell or arcanist exploit and take the lower value. The eldritch font must declare the use of this ability before the result of that creature’s saving throw is revealed. If the spell or arcanist exploit affects more than one target, only one target is affected by this ability.

Improved Surge
At 7th level, an eldritch font can use her eldritch surge ability to make two attack rolls associated with a spell and take the better result.

Arcane Reservoir
An arcanist has an innate pool of magical energy that she can draw upon to fuel her arcanist exploits and enhance her spells. The arcanist's arcane reservoir can hold a maximum amount of magical energy equal to 3 + the arcanist's level. Each day, when preparing spells, the arcanist's arcane reservoir fills with raw magical energy, gaining a number of points equal to 3 + 1/2 her arcanist level. Any points she had from the previous day are lost. She can also regain these points through the consume spells class feature and some arcanist exploits. The arcane reservoir can never hold more points than the maximum amount noted above; points gained in excess of this total are lost.
Points from the arcanist reservoir are used to fuel many of the arcanist's powers. In addition, the arcanist can expend 1 point from her arcane reservoir as a free action whenever she casts an arcanist spell. If she does, she can choose to increase the caster level by 1 or increase the spell's DC by 1. She can expend no more than 1 point from her reservoir on a given spell in this way.