HallucinistSource Ultimate Intrigue pg. 34
A hallucinist imbibes magical drugs to expand his mind into the psychedelic world, extending his awareness to things he could not normally perceive. While a hallucinist’s body sways oddly under the effects of his hallucinogen, it grants him strange insights that reveal things to him that others can’t see. Hallucinists know that others can’t function with these expanded senses, and they use that fact to repurpose their hallucinations as distractions or assaults against their enemies.
Psychedelic Perception (Su): In addition to magical extracts, a hallucinist learns to swiftly mix various psychoactive substances, using a fraction of his own power to create a magical hallucinogen that he can imbibe to grant himself powers of psychedelic perception. A hallucinogen follows all the normal rules and restrictions for an alchemist’s mutagen as if they were the same substance, just as a cognatogen does.
At 1st level, the effects of a hallucinogen last for 1 minute per investigator level, and the hallucinogen grants low-light vision and a +2 insight bonus on Perception checks, but imposes a –2 penalty to his Dexterity. At 3rd level, the duration increases to 10 minutes per the hallucinist’s investigator level and the insight bonus on Perception checks increases to +4. At 7th level, the hallucinogen also grants see invisibility and darkvision 60 feet (or if the hallucinist drinking it already has darkvision, it increases the range of the darkvision by 30 feet) and the Perception bonus increases to +6. At 11th level, the hallucinogen also grants aura sightACG and the Perception bonus increases to +8. At 15th level, the hallucinogen also grants blindsense 60 feet and the Perception bonus increases to +10.
This ability replaces trapfinding, the trap sense gained at 3rd level, and the investigator talents gained at 3rd, 7th, 11th, and 15th levels.
Drug Lore (Ex): At 2nd level, a hallucinist has a deep understanding and appreciation of drugs. If the hallucinist spends 1 minute physically examining a drug, he can attempt a Knowledge (nature) check to identify any natural drug or a Knowledge (arcana) check to identify any magical drug (DC = the drug’s addiction saving throw DC). Once he identifies a drug, he can spend 1 minute and attempt a Craft (alchemy) check (DC = the drug’s addiction saving throw DC) to neutralize 1 dose of the drug. Success renders the dose harmless. The hallucinist has no chance of accidentally drugging herself when examining or attempting to neutralize a drug.
This ability replaces poison lore.
Drug Resistance (Ex): At 2nd level, a hallucinist gains a +2 bonus on all saving throws against drug addiction. This bonus increases to +4 at 5th level, and to +6 at 8th level. At 11th level, a hallucinist becomes completely immune to drug addiction, but he can choose to lower this immunity for any particular drug. If he becomes addicted to a drug, he must fully recover from the addiction before he can resume his immunity to addiction to that drug.
This ability replaces all instances of poison resistance and poison immunity.
Shared Hallucinations (Sp): At 3rd level, a hallucinist under the effects of his hallucinogen can share and manipulate his hallucinatory revelations. By expending 10 minutes of the duration of his hallucinogen or one use of inspiration, he can create an effect similar to minor image or oneiric horrorOA. At 5th level, he can create an effect similar to synesthesiaOA.
Any of the effects remain only while the hallucinist concentrates upon it, for up to 1 round per hallucinist’s investigator level, but otherwise function as the spell. The DC of saving throws against these effects is equal to 10 + 1/2 the hallucinist’s investigator level + his modifier. At 9th level, a hallucinist can expend 10 minutes of the duration of the hallucinogen or one use of inspiration to use aura alterationOA on one creature or object (unlike the other three abilities, this does not require concentration).
This ability replaces keen recollection, and the investigator talents gained at 5th and 9th levels.
Simultaneous Study (Su): At 6th level and every 3 investigator levels thereafter, the expanded mind of a hallucinist is able to maintain his studied combat bonuses against an additional target at the same time. In order to do so, the hallucinist must be using his psychedelic perception ability and must expend one use of inspiration in order to designate each target beyond the first target (this cost stacks with the use of inspiration required to designate a target more than once per 24 hours). He still needs to take a move action for each target, designating them one at a time. The hallucinist can discard this connection to a target of studied combat as a free action, allowing him to study another target in its place.
This ability alters studied combat and replaces all remaining trap sense.
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