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Charm, Psionic

Telepathy [mind-affecting]

Level

Communication 1 [–], Deception 1 [–], Telepath 1 [–]

Display

Mental

Mft. Time

Standard action

Target

One humanoid

Range

Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)

Duration

1 hour/level

Save

Will negates

PR

Yes

Cost

1

Source

XPH, 82

Published

April 2004

As the charm person spell, except as noted here.

Charm Person

This charm makes a humanoid creature regard you as its trusted friend and ally (treat the target’s attitude as friendly). If the creature is currently being threatened or attacked by you or your allies, however, it receives a +5 bonus on its saving throw.

The spell does not enable you to control the charmed person as if it were an automaton, but it perceives your words and actions in the most favorable way. You can try to give the subject orders, but you must win an opposed Charisma check to convince it to do anything it wouldn’t ordinarily do. (Retries are not allowed.) An affected creature never obeys suicidal or obviously harmful orders, but it might be convinced that something very dangerous is worth doing. Any act by you or your apparent allies that threatens the charmed person breaks the spell. You must speak the person’s language to communicate your commands, or else be good at pantomiming.

Augment

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

  1. If you spend 2 additional power points, this power can also affect an animal, fey, giant, magical beast, or monstrous humanoid.
  2. If you spend 4 additional power points, this power can also affect an aberration, dragon, elemental, or outsider in addition to the creature types mentioned above.
  3. If you spend 4 additional power points, this power’s duration increases to one day per level.
  4. In addition, for every 2 additional power points you spend to achieve any of these effects, this power's save DC increases by 1.