Heighten Spell + Hypnotism Question

[Cleftin Twain]

Ok so I'm a little confused with the wording of Hypnotism. It says roll 2d4 to see how many HD of creatures you affect. My understanding is that it affects creatures level 2-8 depending on the roll; is that correct or wrong? If wrong what does HD refer to if not the level of the creature?

Secondly, if I Heighten this spell it only increases the Difficulty Class of the spell making it harder to will save against right? I am assuming this doesn't change the 2d4 roll at all; is that correct?

Edit: To add to these questions, if Heighten Spell doesn't change the 2d4 roll of creatures, is there a metamagic feat that would change this and make it higher?

[TaKo]

when an ability says it affects "X HD of creatures" its referring to the total sum of HD of creatures that can be affected

for example lets say u use hypnotism on a group of 4 bandits each having 2 HD, and you roll a 7 on that 2d4, that mean 3 of those 4 bandits will be affected, any HD not sufficient to affect an enemy are wasted

i am not sure if empower/maximize metamagic would affect the rolls of sleep spells like hypnotism

[Cleftin Twain]

OK. Seems like it would become useless after a certain point. That makes sense. Thank you.

[For_Science!]

Originally posted by Lvl One Mage:

OK. Seems like it would become useless after a certain point. That makes sense. Thank you.

You are correct; spells like sleep and hypnotism are early-game spells, and they DO become useless quickly. These spells can be a powerful part of a low-level wizard's arsenal, but I wouldn't recommend learning them as a bard or a sorcerer. For those classes, pick spells that can benefit you throughout the game.

(In normal Pathfinder rules, bards, sorcerers, inquisitors, etc. can replace a limited number of spells during their career, but that rule was never implemented in this digital conversion.)

[TaKo]

Originally posted by For_Science!:

(In normal Pathfinder rules, bards, sorcerers, inquisitors, etc. can replace a limited number of spells during their career, but that rule was never implemented in this digital conversion.)

the mod eldritch arcana adds quite a few missing pathfinder things, including replacement of sponteneous caster spells on certain level ups

[Cleftin Twain]

I was actually looking at it on a cleric setup so replacing it is easy. Was just hoping it would be a nice long term control option.