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Phantasmal Killer, Psionic

Telepathy [fear, mind-affecting]

(unrated)

Level

Psion/Wilder 4 [+]

Display

Visual; see text

Mft. Time

Standard action

Target

One living creature

Range

Medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)

Duration

Instantaneous

Save

Will disbelief (if interacted with), then Fortitutde partial; see text

PR

Yes

Cost

7

Source

Hyper, 106

Published

September 2004

As phantasmal killer, except as noted here.

Phantasmal Killer

You create a phantasmal image of the most fearsome creature imaginable to the subject simply by forming the fears of the subject's subconscious mind into something that its conscious mind can visualize: this most horrible beast. Only the spell's subject can see the phantasmal killer. You see only a vague shape. The target first gets a Will save to recognize the image as unreal. If that save fails, the phantasm touches the subject, and the subject must succeed on a Fortitude save or die from fear. Even if the Fortitude save is successful, the subject takes 3d6 points of damage.

If the subject of a phantasmal killer attack succeeds in disbelieving and is wearing a helm of telepathy, the beast can be turned upon you. You must then disbelieve it or become subject to its deadly fear attack.

Augment

You can augment this power in one or both of the following ways.

  1. For every 2 additional power points spent, both DCs increase by 1.
  2. For every 5 additional power points spent, you can attempt to affect one additional creature. If affecting more than one creature, no two can be more than 30 feet apart.