Pathfinder 1e
Spell
Abjuration
Guarding Knowledge
Grants defenses and saving throw bonuses against a chosen researched monster's special attack.
- School
- Abjuration
- Casting Time
- 1 standard action
- Range
- Personal
- Target
- You
- Duration
- 1 minute/level (D)
- Saving Throw
- —
- Spell Resistance
- No
- Components
- V S M DF
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.