Mirror-Mad Mesmerist (3.5e Alternate Class Feature)
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Mirror-Mad Mesmerist
While madness is a ail that plagues all men, it is most dangerous to a psychic mind. A mirror-mad mesmerist is an afflicted being, whose mental struggles have taken a terrible form. The abilities to manipulate mind granted by a mesmerist is turned on its head, with the mirror-mad mesmerist being able to manifest a ghostly being that is naught but a shard of her consciousness. Typically, mirror-mad mesmerists are individuals deeply troubled by despair, seeking unconscionable revenge or similar negative emotions; who have been driven to the very end of their sanity through mistreatment, imprisonment or arcane experiments.
Class: Mesmerist
Level: 1st-20th
Replaces: Consummate Liar, Mesmerist Tricks, Manifold Trick, Touch Treatment
Benefit: A mirror-mad mesmerist gains the following class features.
Psychic Phantasm: A mirror-mad mesmerist has a phantom as a spiritualist of her mesmerist level. This phantom is a figment of her fragmented mind, manifested through psychic energy rather than an actual ethereal being. If a mirror-mad phantasm would be banished, it is instead harbored in the mirror-mad mesmerist's consciousness and cannot be manifested again until she next rest to regain her spells. A psychic phantoms heals naturally while harboured in the mesmerist consciousness and may be manifested as a full-round action, and recalled as a free action.
The mirror-mad mesmerist must select a negative emotion for her phantom's emotional focus, reflecting her own obsession or madness. Whenever the mirror-mad mesmerist is manifested, she is struck with strong madness and cannot cast psychic spells. If the mesmerist lacks psychic spellcasting, she is staggered for as long as her phantom is manifested.
At 4th level, a mirror-mad mesmerist gains the spiritual interference class features.
This ability replaces consummate liar, mesmerist trick and manifold trick.
Mad Stare (Su): A mirror-mad mesmerist cannot use her painful stare to increase the damage of her allies normally. She may only use her painful stare class feature to increase her damage when her phantom is harbored in her consciousness, and her phantom's damage while it is manifested. Her phantom receives the same increased damage as would be granted to her when she uses painful stare to increase its damage.
This ability alters painful stare.
Phantom Stare (Ex): For the purpose of applying her hypnotic stare, a mirror-mad mesmerist of 3rd level or higher may use her position or her phantom's position to determine range. At 6th level she gains Bleeding Stare as a bonus feat. At 10th level, she gains Demoralizing Stare as a bonus feat. At 14th level, the mirror-mad mesmerist gains the Compounded Pain feat as a bonus feat.
This ability replaces all instances of touch treatment.
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| Author | Leziad + |
| Class | Mesmerist + |
| Identifier | 3.5e Alternate Class Feature + |
| Rating | Undiscussed + |
| Summary | While madness is a ail that plagues all me … While madness is a ail that plagues all men, it is most dangerous to a psychic mind. A mirror-mad mesmerist is an afflicted being, whose mental struggles have taken a terrible form. The abilities to manipulate mind granted by a mesmerist is turned on its head, with the mirror-mad mesmerist being able to manifest a ghostly being that is naught but a shard of her consciousness. Typically, mirror-mad mesmerists are individuals deeply troubled by despair, seeking unconscionable revenge or similar negative emotions; who have been driven to the very end of their sanity through mistreatment, imprisonment or arcane experiments. tment, imprisonment or arcane experiments. + |
| Title | Mirror-Mad Mesmerist + |
